Quote Originally Posted by adn View Post
Capping tomes means nothing at this point unless you are pushing Savage. BisEX/RavEX/Alex Normal can all be done easily in 170 gear. 3.1 will likely contain gear that is of a higher ilvl and is easier to get than Eso gear right now, Void Ark is likely to have only an ilvl requirement of 180 or something (Labyrinth of the Ancients was only ilvl 50 which was VERY easy to get back when it was released.)

Sure you will be ahead of the curve, but they constantly implement catch-up mechanics and you really aren't harshly punished for taking a break. I quit at the end of 2.1, came back shortly after World of Darkness was released and was upgrading my ilvl70 pieces to ilvl120 pieces in no time.

And yes you are correct, the main problem is lack of meaningful endgame PVE content.
LotA was also supposed to be out in 2.0.X, though. It got delayed a long time because they ran into tuning issues.