Quote Originally Posted by Kraggy View Post
Correct.

New gear = huge Seal grind or umpteen instance/group runs. Most of the friends I had early on have gone, the shell I'm in is moribund and I see no point trying to find a new one before 2.0.

If SE delete all my gear for no useful purpose whatsoever then I'll not play 2.0, simple as that. There is NO point in deleting items that already exist, at all.
There are lots of places to get new gear without an LS.

There are always shouts in Ul'dah for pickup groups.
You can buy it form the Market Ward.
You can craft it yourself.
You can get it from quest rewards.
You can get it from leve rewards.

Most activities have at least some chance of getting you new gear. If you have nothing that isn't dated, I do wonder what you've been doing for the last year.