First of all... IMO armor still needs clean up. The MW categories are just... Rediculous. When I started playing, I could even tell what armor was what. Even with dyed armor being fixed. something I like from xi was how uniform the armor was, you could tell by looking at the jobs on it's what it is right away (light, heavy, ect)
Now what would be great if they fixed MW catagories, I mean Christ we have categories that don't even have items being sold in cuz they may or may not exist. But that's not just it. What makes armor more valuable to lower levels is EASY ACCESS to it. right now if you want low level armor you gotta buy it or stumble upon it by happenstance. Things that don't come as good to new players. What we need is or low level armors to be doled out in quest rewards more often and also quests that are linked to each other so there is continuity in finding new armor. This would also decrease the value of those items on the MW so that they arent so god damned expensive and ridiculously priced. So that newbies can sell of the old armor from questing and learn the basics of the MW. Yeah... It's all connected.