Quote Originally Posted by Mo-Nercy View Post
Don't worry if you don't have the best equipment all the time, it's perfectly okay to go through multiplie dungeons or sections of the story using the same gear. Random armour and weapons will pop out of chests, enemies and come to you as you finish hunts, so don't stress it if Vaan doesn't have a Dragon Shield like all the others or whatever.
I am not sure if I agree with this. In my playthrough of the game, equipment seemed to be more important than experience, level, or abilities when it came to controlling the amount of damage that my characters took. I would recommend not updating gear at every single opportunity in the game, but you definitely want to keep it an extremely high priority and go no longer than a dungeon or two before updating equipment if you feel that you are having a harder time than you were before.