Quote Originally Posted by Zumi View Post
They went with the WoW philosophy this time around. When you release an expansion there is a gear reset. With weapons that have 100 more damage on them no use even using our old r/m/e stuff. All your old stuff and old content is no longer relevant as well.

They never done this before with other expansions which is why some people are upset by it.
plenty of gear resets on this past. cap release was a gear reset, abyssea was a gear reset. FFXI term of a gear reset differs from other MMO's