Grim Dawn Grim Misadventures #12

Crate Entertainment's Zantai continues his misadventures into the grim by posting a twelfth update to the official Grim Dawn forums, and while the items he's talking about this time won't exactly knock your socks off, it's pretty interesting to see how they're tackling common equipment.  Mundane, but effective:
Where armor is concerned, each item slot has at least two progression variants in terms of defense values and the respective physique requirements. Other than providing more visual variety, this has the added benefit of giving you more freedom in how you distribute your stats. That way, a squishy caster will still see his armor progress with level without being forced to invest heavily in physique to upgrade. Perhaps you want to be a heavily armored battle-mage-tank instead? That is your call. The gear is out there!

Below are some examples of gear you will be acquiring. These represent collections of items around levels 8 and 30. We will not spoil your appetite by showing off high level items quite yet. ;-)