User blog comment:B214/Question and Answers 2/@comment-3965848-20140131133809/@comment-16281343-20140201002719

Items does not necessarily mean objects, it could be intangible.

In that context, equipments pertain to what they usually use. It could be weapons or abilities.

~You could post on the Issei's talk page and wait for other users to discuss that matter. Like what we did on Ross' exclusion from ORC where users voted.