| Originally Posted by Meth |
1. No. NPC equipment has been said to be purely cosmetic. The only thing that is certain to boost NPC stats is the Hydra armor set you can equip @ level 70.
Here is a nice link for NPC info:
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/index.p...PCs_Statistics |
NPC armor is purely cosmetic. The link you posted and what I've read (including what the first responder wrote) say nothing about the weapon. Since you actually supply the weapons it doesn't seem unreasonable that they provide an upgrade. Also, since your NPC can use any of the weapons of the type that you supplied, there doesn't seem to be much point in upgrading if they don't increase damage.