Field gear VS WORKER gear

[Cryptik]

is their a difference in outcomes? Or just higher DEF?

[BALD TARU TARU]

just higher def, they are the +1 version of the gear

[Calianeri]

I wouldn't be surprised if the HQ versions did indeed yield better mining/harvesting/logging outcomes, in addition to the increased def. The HQ version is hugely more expensive (as usual), but increased def on gear you don't fight in doesn't explain the high cost.

[Arctyc]

Looking at the other non-standard skill bonus gear (Chocobo, Angler, Fisherman's, Vagabond, etc), you notice that the HQ versions provide the same numerical bonus as their standard counterparts. By that standard, I imagine that the Worker's Gear bonus to resource gathering is indeed the same as what's provided by Field Gear.

As for price? HQ items always go for inordinately large amounts of gil, especially when they're rarer ones like these. Perhaps it's simply the extremely limited supply.