Quote Originally Posted by Exander View Post
I have a friend of mine who SWARES at Lv.20 his lv.50 Haub is much better than any piece of gear he can wear as well as a Lv.50 weapon he's using.
Your friend is very, very, very wrong about the weapon. And it's not that difficult to figure it out. Open your "Gear" menu. Then equip a level 20 sword, and look at your stats (attack, accuracy, etc.). Then equip a level 50 sword, and look at your stats. All of your stats are going to be much lower with the level 50 weapon. Much lower.

There's a difference, though, between what happens when you equip a weapon/tool over your rank, and armor/gear over your rank. The armor/gear scales. That means the difference is much less. So your friend might not be as good with the level 50 armor, but he might not be terrible. (Of course, the armor is still going to get damaged much quicker, so he's going to be paying tons more money to get it repaired.)