Quote Originally Posted by GeminiReed View Post
The designers should be under the same restriction as the players with stiff penalties for their managers should an NPC wearing an impossible set get released. I know, completely unlikely but imagine how fast they'd change their tune about job locking.
That makes no sense and shows little understanding of how things work on the developer side. Every piece of gear is essentially two parts: the stats and the look assigned to it.

No restrictions are being ignored where none exist.