I was kind of interested in seeing if the number of unique sets of gear per expansion has increased or decreased over the years - and how this correlates with Mogstation releases - so I decided to manually count how many 'unique' sets of gear we have gotten per expansion.
My specific criteria for counting a gearset as 'unique' were:
Must contain at least two pieces of gear (e.g, did not count all the corsages or floral headwear). I also did not count single Mogstation items like the Carbuncle slippers for the same reason.
Must not be a recolour or duplicate of another piece of gear - this also includes models within the same release set. For example, I counted the Shadowless Striking and Scouting as one set, as they have the same model. I feel this is particularly relevant with regards to the new glamour unlocking update.
Seasonal gear was counted as an in-game item, even if it is now only obtainable on Mogstation. The Mogstation category was purely reserved for things that were first released on Mogstation.
Points of Interest:
The number of unique pieces of gear per expansion has actually remained extremely consistent.
Dawntrail is set to overtake all other expansions in terms of unique gear models released in-game and, most likely, gearsets released on Mogstation. However, it is also worth keeping in mind that the increased number of jobs in-game is also contributing to the additional gearsets present in this expansion - as an example, there are 8 more sets of job artefact armour in Dawntrail than there were in Heavensward.
