Quote Originally Posted by Ibi View Post
Although this is generally true, there were definitely instances of gear being introduced that could obsolete a lot of older stuff even when the level cap wasn't increasing.
Oh, of course. ToAU in particular introduced a lot of power-house items that lasted for a good long time, and they were also a lot better than anything that had come before. Thaumas Coat was BiS for NIN for TP even after they introduced item levels and only got dethroned within the last year or so by a couple of the upgraded AF/Relic pieces depending on your available magic Haste (and if you've got all sources of Haste I'm pretty sure it's *still* the best).