I don't remember the i170 DoH/DoL gear ever being specialist-only... didn't we see the first specialist recipes appear in 3.1 with the Sky Pirate gear? I would expect that the new crafted DoH/DoL gear will NOT require specialist. Here are my other thoughts:

- No mention of new accessories, so there is a good chance that the current i170 accessories will be it until 4.0, similar to the Rose Gold stuff from ARR.
- Will we be getting upgrades for our tools, perhaps in an intermediate patch? I question how many extra stats we will get with only a left side ilvl boost. Seems like there should also be a mainhand tool upgrade in there, as well, to reach 4star level.
- Like everyone else, I wonder if there will be some sort of "moogle sealant" from the new beast tribe in order to gate the new gear and to give a larger player base an opportunity to earn gil from the crafters. It seems like there **must** be some required item for the new gear that is gated in some way.
- Will they finally release the crafted weapons that were slated for 3.2? It seems a little silly that the best weapon we can craft at this point is i150... it's almost embarrassing.
- Seems like desynthesis has been rather neglected... perhaps this will become necessary again soon?