Originally posted by Arthur Beltway:

Originally posted by alden.monzon:

Probably because you are only able to upgrade the latest armor to level 2 because the improvements necessary to the newest forge is/are unfinished.

If that's the case why release it at all, the current gear is worse than old gear making getting it pointless. I'm safer in padded armor with a lox cape than I am with the new stuff. My old sword and shield are better as well. Why would anyone want to go into the Mistlands knowing it's all downgrades?

Ask the devs. I'm just stating an observation. Still, the new carapace armor are still better than the padded ones since you get a few armor points (even though the increase is just a little)

Havent used the weapons, but I'm pretty sure at least the bow is better by a little margin.