Ah, I accidentally made my own topic about this, because searching didn't bring up this one.

This is clearly not working the way it should. There is a tier of armor that only Gladiator/Paladin/Marauder/Warrior can equip. Below this is a tier of heavy armor that also allows Lancer/Dragoon to equip it--this tier has lower defensive stats, and generally higher offensive stats. This tier of armor is specifically made for Lancers/Dragoons, yet we cannot roll Need on it.

Lancers/Dragoons suffer the highest risk of taking damage of all DPS classes, which is why we have this tier of heavy armor dedicated to us. Yet when it drops in a dungeon, we can't bloody Need it. This is, flat out, DPS gear that is always going to the Tank, because he's the only one who can Need it. It needs to be fixed. A Lancer/Dragoon in bloody Archer gear is a casualty waiting to happen.