Quote Originally Posted by atomicdeath View Post
I think a good idea for dated gear, would be to give it a legacy system of its own.

Dated becomes >>> old >>> ancient >>> etc.

Each time a stat increase or special effect of some sort. They would be sought after items, because of the rarity and stats. Also a reward for players from the before time that aquired such equipment.
I am super against that.
Many people got rid of the dated gear because it became sub-par (too low level, e.g.) a long time ago. Not only that, it's almost impossible to craft them now.
People can't go back and craft some more.
It would be completely ridiculous of the devs to back track now.

While I did enjoy a lot of the dated gear (optimal level ftw!), as with all my gear, I materia'ed it when I was done with it.
I follow Yoshi-P advice: that we should materia it and the dated gear will progressively phase out that way while keep the "materia memory" of it.