What happened to gear and weapon stats?

[Malivion]

I'm actually curious if this is something Square Enix will bring back once they are sufficiently satisfied that the current game is well balanced. The thing about ARR is that small stat changes make a large difference in gameplay, and I think SE was hesitant to throw something in there that may throw the balance off.

While ARR release was much better than 1.0, I think it is still in a phase where it needs to achieve solid combat balance before we start seeing items with "interesting stats".

That said, I agree completely with the sentiment that this is something I would really like to see.

[Cegiana]

I really had hoped this would've been officially addressed in some way by now. Even if nothing is gonna change, just to know whether or not to expect it at some point.

Just curious, did they ever explain why certain unique gear that is tradable but not able to be sold in the marketboards isn't obtainable anymore, but that's probably in an upcoming dungeon. What about all the U/U gear that got renamed? I really liked some of the old names, like Mitts of the Lone Knight, Bladedancer's Jackboots, etc...