Originally Posted by
brinn12
You're laughing despite not being aware of how level sync and materia interact, or pretending you don't. Time to do some research, buddy.
Imagine downgrading your gear just so you can get Criterion BiS, when you're already forced to upgrade your tomestone gear by 10 ilvls if you want Savage and Ulti BiS.
Criterion is Savage difficulty, of course it's going to use a tier's level cap. It's completely reasonable and functions exactly like Savage: you can enter with crafted gear, and the more you improve your gear, the stronger you become.
Your proposal of treating this content like Unreal, which is Extreme level, is the only thing that asks for a laugh-cry emoji.