Quote Originally Posted by MariyaShidou View Post
It has to deal more with how long will a person stick with a Hempen Doublet.

When the game was first released, I saw all kind of Hempen stuffs on sale. I even bought a full set of Hempen crafting clothes, off the AFK people bazaaring in Ul'dah. Why? Because everyone was in the level range for it. Supply and demand. Several patches has made the process of ranking up much faster, and at low level it could mean something like overgrowing that piece of Hempen in a matter of days if not hours. Why bother with it then?
Newer players who were hoping they could be just pure adventurers rank up at a pace where they don't have the gil to outfit themselves with the next step up. They go into their teens with weathered equipment and some quest drops. Limsa and Gridania wards are fairly empty. Ul'dah is dangerously overpriced for low and mid rank gear.