Quote Originally Posted by Alistaire View Post
See here's the thing about that. Nobody expects "average ilvl" to become a perfect representation of skill.
No but a lot of elitist use your ilvl and the kind of gear you use as the stone to establish your skill and others follow because that's what players that are doing "better" than them do.

Not saying this is what happens 100% of the time but it has enough influence to get other players to do the same and twist it even more.