new items are counter productive?

[LlenCoram]

I highly doubt the weapons are "class-only". You are misinterpreting that. Here is the quote:
"New weapon recipes planned for patch 1.22 are for gladiator, pugilist, marauder, and lancer classes only."

I think what they are saying is that the mage weapons and bow are not yet available. The word "class" was just used as a catch-all, instead of naming all of the corresponding jobs.

But hey, I could be wrong.

If you look at the patch notes, next to garuda weapons you see, "Required: ARC, BRD" for the bow, for example, but next to the new darksteel bow you see, "Required: ARC." No BRD. I'm pretty sure they're class only.