unanswered question dated gear!

[TonyUK]

Wolf Camp Natalan, 5 sets of gear to Spiritbond, dated gear for armour, coral rings and bracelet etc. Best way to make gil and material. Dated gear never had any benefits other than this to my knowledge it was extremely cheap junk.

[mosleykitty]

no i think the points been missed my gear was original'y black pearl earings for example cost me 300k each in 1.0 now they are dated black pearl with no stats they did have int + 5 in 1.0 this gear was very good now its all dated cause it doesnt exsist in 2.0.i have many more items that had good stas but are now converted to dated and usless. jst gona see if they are spiritbondable tho thanks for the replies.

[Okazaki]

earings that were dated were trash a long time ago.}


Just as a point of compairison to 1.0 vanila and 1.x


Dated Black Pearl Earrings -<vanilla
Optimal Level: 37
Suits: All Classes
Defense 3
Magic Evasion+5

Black Pearl Earrings
Required Level: 49
Suits: All Classes
Magic Evasion+15 Magic Critical Hit Evasion+15 (HQ:+18)

they always sucked. but yes you can spirit bond dated items still. They are convertable, non meldable, non tradeable.

[Solfleur]

Your knowledge has no doubt improved by now but I will add this for those who have come lately to the game.

As just one example among several, I have a level 15 1.0 "dated" shield that is one of few mages can use. It is far and away better than anything available at level 40 and beyond in ARR, beating the stats of even the dungeon drops, so BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU THROW AWAY!

Yes, some, even most dated material may be considered junk, and with limited storage one has to pick and choose what will be kept, but some dated gear is nice just to keep to wear around town, especially if you're one of those RP-ers so popular on my server, Balmung, in which case I have a wardrobe to DIE for...and most of it fits all jobs too ^^.

SOME rare gems are more useful than anything currently available in the game. So those of us who kept some of our 1.0 "junk" are getting the last laugh on this one.

Funny, as much as ageism exists in this game, a little maturity really is actually quite an advantage as it counsels patience and careful consideration over hasty and broadly sweeping generalizations that do not always work to one's advantage.

Happy playing.

[Holyhunter]

Your knowledge has no doubt improved by now but I will add this for those who have come lately to the game.

As just one example among several, I have a level 15 1.0 "dated" shield that is one of few mages can use. It is far and away better than anything available at level 40 and beyond in ARR, beating the stats of even the dungeon drops, so BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU THROW AWAY!

here's a list of every dated shield in the game
http://xivdb.com/?search/!filters/Ik...xfSU9JREVTQzoi
none of them have any stats besides block rate and strength, which are useless for mages. The level 10 Round shield is better for CNJ and the level 12 Leather Targe is better for both CNJ and THM.