So appearently a form of upgrading for salvage gear is coming, altough it's still uncertain whether or not this will be done through magian trials or not (actually, I still don't know if I can 100% believe it will really come).
This might not be on the feb minipatch, but it will likely be on the march one.
What can we expect?
Thinking about the set I know better, Usukane, I think it's going to be hard for it to be better than the current options provided by the Empyreal Armor sets. What I can see coming is some interesting situational options, for WS for example, or for some particular sets.
We can't really expect a complete revamp of the stats, so what I consider realistic to expect is:
1) Stats empowerment - the current stats will be increased
2) New Stats - some new bonus could be added on items, no more than 1 new stat per piece
3) Reworking of set bonus - they might make so it works the way Campaign and Empyreal armor sets work, where the set activates with 2 pieces and gets stronger the more pieces you add.
So, looking at Usu, I see how the Body could be an awesome WS and maybe TPing piece, same for Feet and Legs. But some of the Job Specific bonuses on Empyreal Armor are so tough, it's gonna be a hard match for Usukane even with all the empowerment of the world, at least for TPing.
Opinions? What do you people expect?