Quote Originally Posted by Solfleur View Post
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.