Patch 2.57 please?

[Akuryu]

This is the first I've heard it mentioned that ilvl 130 will be "too high" for the expansion content...

Every new dungeon that comes out is tuned 30 item levels below the general population, making them a snooze-fest. I don't even do expert or high level roulettes, as poetics are easily capped elsewhere. Sounds like they are making the same stupid mistake with the expansion. If ilvl 130 is too high, then they've failed before it even launches. Almost everyone has at least 1 job (their main most likely) at ilvl 130.

You could argue "what about new players, and players who are returning just for the expansion!? They won't be ilvl 130..." That's why most MMOs make the crappy gear you get right at the start of an expansion as good as the previous expansion's best raid gear. IE: white gear, easily obtainable at the start of Heavensward, should be ilvl130. That should be the ground floor.

"Oh but I spent sooo much time on my BiS 130 set! I don't want it to be useless in the expansion!!!" Guess what? It's going to be. Whether it becomes useless right away (level 51) or a few levels in (54-55) matters very little. It WILL become useless. Welcome to MMOs.

I'd like the leveling content to offer some small challenge, rather than face-roll my way to 60. Sounds like I'll be doing the latter. *sigh*