The new ironworks gear is canonically basically reverse engineered allagan tech with garlean tech concepts in mind to help amplify the strength of the armor, thus why Ironworks gear is so rare and difficult to mass produce and obtain but stronger than the High Allagan Gear is SCOB.
I kinda wanna think of the ironworks gear as power armor of a sort, except without Regen shields or advanced high tech AI's.
I kinda wanna think of the ironworks gear as power armor of a sort, except without Regen shields or advanced high tech AI's.