Originally Posted by
Rubeus
And when the next expansion raises the ilvl to 150 and then they have to go through and revamp relic/mythic/empyrean weapons again and AF/relic/empyrean gear again and more players quit the game again, will you then change your mind about undoing the damage that has been done? Removing the stat-vomit off of our current gear lineup would make it infinitely easier to read, and there is no downside to raising our actual levels. None. There IS a definitive downside to keeping things as they are -- right now, my BLU has to use mavi tayt +2 in order to maximize blue magic skill and therefore have the highest chance of learning WKR spells. This severely limits both my survivability and my accuracy, -mostly- because of the stat vomit. Not because the defense value is weaker, not because the gear is worse. Simply because of the stat vomit.
Reflect on that while they wrap up seekers and if you're around for the next expansion (and Adoulin's got an airship dock. Think about that.) I'll still be around to tell you I told you so.
edit: not trying to sound condescending. Simply food for thought; there's myriad continents we haven't explored yet and if they do continue to support the game into the future, ilevels will eventually stop cutting it. Maybe they're working on changing the level interface right now for all we know, but I seem to remember them saying "Aegis and Gjallarhorn would be ~180 if they had ilvls already." This does not bode well for the future of the game.