What is going to happen to current +1/2/3 items come 1.20?

[Chrees]

The quote clearly leans more towards +2s being HQ.

Well, as it stands, yes. The current thinking is to have the +2 items become HQ. But he also said they'll be reviewing the logs to see how many +2 items are in circulation. I'd imagine if there are too many of a certain item, they'll downgrade them to NQ to keep the HQ items rare. I'm hoping they do this on a case-by-case basis, seeing as how the amount of +2s can wildly fluctuate between different items.

Thanks for the reply. I assume he isn't referring just to materials, but it's hard to know for sure. Either way I'm selling my +1's now because Gil will be Gil no matter what they change.

Considering the example they gave of the cobalt armor, as well as the wording of his posts, the changes will be for all items.

None of it seems very fair thats why they shouldnt change it but thats not gonna happen so reguardless of what they do now atleast 2 groups of item holders are gonna suffer.

I agree, it's not very fair at all. But we agreed to let them make radical changes, and with a change like this that I believe will be a good decision in the long run, we have to suffer the consequences. Considering there are probably less than 20,000 active players, this is a fairly small price to pay in the grand scheme of things for the game.