Since the crafting/gathering forums are pretty inactive, I'll ask it here. Do you think they will introduce new crafting and gathering gear in patch 2.2? I think it's pretty much confirmed that there will be new 3 star crafts, but wouldn't new crafting gear make it an overkill since its pretty easy right now to guarantee HQ on 2 stars? But that raises another question, the 2 star control/craftsmanship requirements are already pushing it pretty far when you consider the current gear stat caps. That makes you wonder if there's no new crafting gear, what would be the 3 star control/craftsmanship requirements?

As for Disciples of Land, it does make sense if they increase gathering/perception requirements for new items because right now, their stats are pretty useless. It definitely doesn't need new gear because all you would need is materias melded onto your current gear. I just hope they don't introduce new crafting gear because all serious crafters have invested hundreds of thousands of gil on overmelding AF gear on each crafting profession. If you're one of those, what would be your reaction to see new gear?