Dated gear?

[Entomy]

Dated gear is gear that was made from old recipes before the recipe revamp from 1.19 (pre sure).. and those recipes will be phased out.. so eventually you will not see "Dated" equip.

So they have been deprecated. Thank you.

[SynysterBlitz]

So they have been deprecated. Thank you.

Yes pretty much, you will want gear that does not have "Dated" some of the "Dated" stuff is still useful but the fact that you cant place materia in it, doesnt make it a viable option for long.

[Entomy]

I would say leather armor a leather-worker could wear is considered useful...

Maybe I missed something though.

[SynysterBlitz]

I would say leather armor a leather-worker could wear is considered useful...

Maybe I missed something though.

Well just cause you can wear it, it doesn't make it useful, so obviously you missed something.. I am saying "Dated" gear at end-game/capped is pointless cause you CANNOT Materia it.. if you cannot find means of obtaining new gear then by all means wear your dated stuff, but don't be thinking you will be accepted to into harder fights w/ "Dated" gear and gear w/o some Materia Attached to it....

[Entomy]

Obviously a misunderstanding somewhere; I was not accosting you in any way. I understand the point of materia. Right now, I am doing a lot of leveling, and would like to make my own gear as I level up. Leather would work best, but it's a bit of a nuisance to have leather armor come off every time I go to make more leather gear, or cook.