What do you guys think?

Personally, I've been disappointed with most of the equipment choices for levels 1-50 (although this issue doesn't really tie into the topic), and some of the best memories I have from FFXI was being proud of the armor I worked for pre-endgame in the leveling grind, and knowing how cool cool I looked. If I had a scorpion harness at level 55, everyone knew I was a badass for the 20 more levels left until 75.

Again, the previous statement has nothing to do with the issue I want to introduce. I don't think SE should retool the 1-59 equipment to have cross-class utility, crazy stats, and torturous demands to be obtained.

I would love to be able to recapture the nostalgia though with some new gear patterned after FFXI "classics". I've been thinking about this idea for a while, but since the latest FFXI-FFXIV crossover event, I feel like wind might just be right for SE to seriously entertain it.