I stopped playing a few weeks before 1.19 was released. Got my GLD at LVL28 and now i feel a bit confused and need some clarification regarding some new features.


First with the gear stuff... i understand that everything named "dated" is the old stuff and i should be looking for the new gear as it has improved stats and that matters a lot more now. This easier said then done.... i can't find anything good at my level, some things like gauntlets only have dated stuff available on my server. So without the new gear my character feels damn weak and i'm having a hard time doing anything alone.


Guildleves.

I thought you could stack them, accumulate leves up to 99 of them? But i guess i completely misunderstood the whole system as i'm still limited to 8 and can't pick up any more. So maybe if someone could explain this a bit i'd appreciate it.


Materia,

I've been told to turn old gear into materia.... sure..... but how?



Last.. well if you have any tips or suggestion for me I'm all open for it.