As a good friend of mine stated this is definitely a plus.
This will add value and a sense of accomplishment for even getting the allagan pieces.
As they stand they are replaceable, if not by primary AF1 body and legs, by all pieces of AF1.
Allagan gear is the only gear you seriously have to work for in the game it should be the best currently.
All it takes is one login per week, maybe 30mins to an hour a week for however many weeks, no need to play any more than that and you have AF1.
It should be the other way around from how it is now which is why I'm so happy with the update.
AF1 SHOULD supplement Allagan. Not how it stands with Allagan supplementing AF1.

Also, another friend brought up another good point, they should have mentioned this a bit earlier than they did so people wouldn't be so shocked about it. Heh...