Guys, just because it takes 6 months to create a piece of armour doesn't mean it's the only thing that gets done by those particular staff members. Think about your own work (if you do), rarely do I find myself not juggling various different projects. It might take 6 months to complete whilst also carrying out various other things.

That's why these things get planned months in advance, I believe we saw the concept for that awesome black mage armour in January (?) and it's only appeared in the .dats as of 1.18.

Can't wait till we start getting all these kick ass armour sets though, my lancer is going to look like such a boss if he gets anything as good as that dark knight-y armour set.