2.5 new gear speculation

[Garlyle]

Artisan's body 100% sure. Most likely new i80 main hands as well. They already introduced one of them with the i80 fishing rod, and since the message said new crafting AND gathering gear, and we already have fully upgraded gathering gear, the only thing left is an i80 mainhand for miner and botanist to go with the i80 mainhand we got early for fisher.

I actually doubt that. The reason the i80 was included for Fisher was to give it another progression step - every other class got a new Offhand introduced.

Anyway, I wouldn't actually expect it. To my recollection of the recent Live Letters, they actually don't want to dump more progression onto crafters at the moment because Heavensward is coming, and they were going to instead focus on helping players catch up (the Artisan item requirement reduction for instance). Which would make sense given we're probably going to be expecting to be replacing everything when Heavensward hits. If there's plans to trade tomes for Crafter gear, I can see this fitting in - items like the Ehcatl Gloves that function as "not best in slot but still really good crafter gear"

[Lemuel81]

pretty much this ^

I think the only thing were going to see in terms of gear are the rest of the artisian gear. The expansion will be here soon.

[Empty-handed]

hmmm everyone is assuming by default that gsm will have new accessories for DOW/M i110. hmm come to think of it. they are not currently needed for the existing content. i90 is more than enough to meet the vit requirement for t13. yeah i110 will have better stats. but... again its just a temporary thing till you get your fcob drops. (more gear up via poetics... etc).

currently i dont see the need for such accessories. unless new savage is introduced with 2.5

so maybe GSM will have new crafting recipes for rings or/and bracelets. for crafting jobs.

Alchemist still need adjustment honestly. we need higher tier of pots!

[Espritduo]

pretty much this ^

I think the only thing were going to see in terms of gear are the rest of the artisian gear. The expansion will be here soon.

The "rest" of the Artisan's gear amounts to one piece of gear - the body piece. If that was really the only new crafting/gathering related piece of gear being added, they wouldn't have even bothered mentioning "NEW CRAFTING AND GATHERING GEAR!" in the New Year's Letter as if it was a thing to get excited about. But they did. And they specifically said new gathering gear. We have the full forager's set. The only new gathering gear that would even be remotely likely is i80 mainhands for Miner and Botanist, even though they are admittedly unnecessary to hit current node caps. And if they're going to give us i80 gathering mainhands, the likelihood of i80 crafting mainhands to go alongside them (as they usually do) increases dramatically. Just throwing us a body piece isn't enough to warrant an announcement, and I expect Supra upgrades.

The other possibility is a whole new pile of Ehcatl i70 gear purchasable with oaknots that is on-par-but-not-quite with Artisan's to make gearing up for 4-star easier for newer crafters.

[Archadius]

I'm thinking...

- Artisan Vest
- i70 accessories to replace ones that are currently capped at i55
- Possibly i80 main tools for MIN, BTN and all DoH to match the i80 FSH one
- Some new recipes that are actually useful for those incredibly ridiculous 4-star master DoH recipe books we bought

[StouterTaru]

ilvl60 accessories/belt that cost a combined 10M worth of items, for a total gain of 4 craftsmanship, 7 control, and 6 CP.

[Laurell]

I personally hope they release new class specific crafter/gatherer body armors in the next patch. Everyone looking the exact same on multiple jobs just sucks.

[Xystic]

<--------Note to self....do not meld any chest/wrist/ring pieces till after next patch. Save myself some materia.

[Rocond]

I personally hope they release new class specific crafter/gatherer body armors in the next patch. Everyone looking the exact same on multiple jobs just sucks.

There is glamour for that. I personally like having one piece I can use on all classes.

[giantslayer]

ilvl60 accessories/belt that cost a combined 10M worth of items, for a total gain of 4 craftsmanship, 7 control, and 6 CP.

The sad thing is after what they released in 2.4, that is a very believable prediction, although it will probably be a body piece instead of a belt.