Yeah, this was said in another topic but I could never be bothered to reply (just talked about it to moriki); The Hydra gear is already in game and looks nothing like the get-ups that SE are introducing. Nor does the full hydra set of armour give mages near infinate MP, it has fairly poor stats for Mages to be honest, unless you're a red mage DD with a passion for accuracy gear.
I really hope SE creates some really nifty and unique armour in this update, I'm sick of seeing body armour with the Typical "Defence+36, Adds Refresh Effect, INT+5, MND+5, MP+25" sorta crap, gets boring, I want something like "If interrupted mid cast, user gains the effect of Magical Rage" or something completely daft and mad