Quote Originally Posted by PrettyPrincess View Post
You're reading into this wrong. What they mean by new recipes is, they're simplifying the ones we have now, and the older complex recipes are being taken out (for low ranked gear anyways)
No, it says right in his post "the old recipes will be lost and it will not be possible to make that gear anymore going forward."

All gear that is just an optimal piece and craft seems to be getting phased out and only way to get them will be to buy from existing player who has them.