I'm not 100% sure that this is a bug, but I was training this guy with padded shoes on and endy capped at 205, once I took the shoes off it kept going up to 205 =/
I don't believe that's a bug. I think it was something Nef actually changed when she updated the stats or whatever. It was mentioned somewhere I just can't find it now. Basically though they work like all the other shoes now.