Gear level, the final nail in the games coffin.

[Leonas]

Welp. Now, we'll see shouts "LF X class, with gear level x"

Some of you people are blowing this way out of proportion. The only thing this will change is at what iLVl your gear is, in total, to get INTO THE dungeon.
Tera has this system and its perfectly fine.

[jn2002dk]

Ah the good old PuG elitists aka the wannabes who lack the skills, both in game and social, to get a proper FC so they're at the mercy of strangers

I find that blacklisting idiots who makes outrageous gear requirements in PuGs is a great way to weed out the douchebags

That being said, i would have preferred gated content with one dungeon granting access to the next rather than a stupid gear level system which will probably be abused and circumvented anyway

Thanks Blizzard for introducing yet more shit that ruins other mmos too

[Brolleun-Hunter]

[LunarEmerald]

Issue here is that level 70 gear (Darklight) doesn't really take skill to obtain, it's nothing but a ridiculous grindfest for tomes. The patience required is way beyond the limits of more casual players. I'm casual, but I don't suck either.

The grinding is lame. There should be a tough dungeon that drops darklight equipment. More difficult than AK.

[Zumi]

I welcome that average item level check since so many people with poor gear IE level 40 weapons, full AF, junk level 20-30 accessories bring the whole group down on HM Titan and Garuda for example. I agree there needs to be a minimum level of gear that would make it so your average pick up group has a greater chance at success.

The only way a very undergeared player will beat these fights is if they get a really overgeared player to make up for what they can't do. That just isn't fair. People should run some basic dungeons to gear up before doing hard modes.

[Shori]

It doesnt even take any effort to keep gear up to date / up to level so.... point being? O.o

[Jinko]

I find it really weird that so many people use grey weapons over GC ones. Would only take a couple hours max to farm the needed seals.... maybe it's just an old way of thinking but my weapon comes before my gear.

You actually can't obtain the lvl 50 GC weapons until you complete AK though :S (it's probably easier to farm the Darklight weapons in WP tbh)

I am a supported of gear checks, I am not a supporter of douchy attitudes and elitist players though.

I think its only polite to be geared correctly when joining a group, but that's just me.

[Zumi]

It doesnt even take any effort to keep gear up to date / up to level so.... point being? O.o

It takes a lot of AK runs to get several darklight pieces and that is putting more effort into your character then the guy who shows up in full AF with a level 40 weapon to Hard Mode Titan.

[Pinkie_Pie]

so 3 outta 4 should fail due to one that's under geared in content they shouldn't be doing. Yah, thats not fair at all. You DO know why its being put in. People are wearing level 20-30 gear or having a level 44-45 gray weapon expecting to be carried for their gear. I HATE doing a AK run only to find out the second boss can't be done due to a SINGLE dps or TWO dps having low level gear. I for one, welcome this change

[ace28]

What's classed as a decent gear level? My Marauder is 70 in full Af and a Skirmish axe.