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  1. #11
    Player
    TheTen's Avatar
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    Saintrelmaux Savigny
    World
    Balmung
    Main Class
    White Mage Lv 70
    The red x means you do not meet the level requirements for the gear, as in, you do not have any class that is of a high enough level. A green x means you do have the appropriate class at the appropriate level to equip the gear, but you currently have a different class active. Which level and class you need to equip a piece of gear is right there in the gear description, which I suggest reading carefully in the future.

    Damage to your gear on the other hand is shown by the left one of the two small bars on the side of your equipped gear's icon, as well as the colour of the dots that represent your equipped gear in the bag slots bar. When gear starts to get damaged, the dot and bar is green, and the bar will go down. When it turns red, that means it is now too broken to give you its stats benefits. Repair it to get it back to working condition.
    NPCs that repair your gear for you are called Menders, but at camps outside the city, you can often also repair at an armour merchant. Repair Gear is separate a menu point when you talk to them. Repairing at an NPC costs only gil, and they will repair all gear that is not at 100% indiscriminately.
    You can also repair your gear yourself, that is what the 'Repair' menu point in the right-click menu of your gear icon is for. Repairing your gear yourself requires a piece of Dark Matter, which you can either buy from NPCs (normally found under 'Tools') or gain from Mining, as well as a high enough level in the crafting job as indicated in the gear description (f.ex. lvl 1 Leatherworker).
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  2. #12
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    Pixiey's Avatar
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    Character
    Dragonfly Bittybee
    World
    Cactuar
    Main Class
    Conjurer Lv 7
    He is not mistaken. I had mentioned this the first week the game came out and I got these types of replies. I never went back on that server to see what was going on with that character but I think that some of the folks are right. You picked disciple of war type of gear or something that is still to high for you I did this on my archer thinking I picked the right one.

    They should have some sort of error when you go to put it on that it is not the right class or level instead of having said that it needs to be repaired by a leather worker. It really makes no sense.
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  3. #13
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    lineandcolor's Avatar
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    Gridania
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    Character
    Gentle Starlight
    World
    Siren
    Main Class
    White Mage Lv 60
    Quote Originally Posted by Pixiey View Post
    He is not mistaken. I had mentioned this the first week the game came out and I got these types of replies. I never went back on that server to see what was going on with that character but I think that some of the folks are right. You picked disciple of war type of gear or something that is still to high for you I did this on my archer thinking I picked the right one.

    They should have some sort of error when you go to put it on that it is not the right class or level instead of having said that it needs to be repaired by a leather worker. It really makes no sense.
    They don't give you an error message because they expect you to read the stats before you pick/buy the item. It tells you right on the stats window when you hover over the item what level it is and what class(es) it's for. If you're of the right level and class, it's green, if you're one level behind, it's yellow, otherwise it's in red writing.

    You really have no excuse after that. :/
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  4. #14
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    Michelasso's Avatar
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    Oerba, Gran Pulse
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    Character
    Arcana Morghana
    World
    Ragnarok
    Main Class
    Thaumaturge Lv 50
    Quote Originally Posted by lineandcolor View Post
    They don't give you an error message because they expect you to read the stats before you pick/buy the item. It tells you right on the stats window when you hover over the item what level it is and what class(es) it's for. If you're of the right level and class, it's green, if you're one level behind, it's yellow, otherwise it's in red writing.

    You really have no excuse after that. :/
    Right. But as it happened to me it didn't say you don't have the right level for wearing it, it said it was damaged. Which was confusing the least. I even went checking the stats of the gear and I saw it was at 100%. Then later, once reached the minimum level I saw i could wear it. The immediate question popping in the mind was "WTF?".
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  5. #15
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    bebop_bo's Avatar
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    Character
    Madas Ahatter
    World
    Golem
    Main Class
    Conjurer Lv 100
    Before accepting your quest reward gear, check stats, simple as, its not broke, its penple being lazy then coming on here to qq after it was there own mistake!
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  6. #16
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    SugarPeanut's Avatar
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    Character
    Sugar Peanut
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    Cactuar
    Main Class
    Conjurer Lv 70
    Notice the OP has said anything else ... lol.
    I don't know wtf ppl are talking about - its not that hard to understand lol.
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  7. #17
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    Gethyn's Avatar
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    Limsa Lominsa, forever!
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    Character
    Gethyn Skylark
    World
    Balmung
    Main Class
    Pugilist Lv 53
    I know what happened!

    Somehow you got rewarded with a piece of damaged gear, which is what crafting players can use to make vintage gear. It's not gear yet, it's a crafting mat.

    That said, the story rewards you with plenty of normal gear, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. If you don't want to level crafting, you can sell it.
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    "Cuz when your back's against the wall,
    That's when you show no fear at all."

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