[DEV Question] Why is this allowed?

[Nestama]

You're missing the real issue here. "Required ilvl" is made to ensure that your character is able to properly do its part. If the game decided that this BLM was able to enter, then it's not a problem that he's here in that state. If he had a higher weapon, then switched it, resulting in a lower ilvl than required, then it would be a problem.

Weren't people able to enter Duties with Crafting/Gathering accessories? or rather, entirely dressed in Crafting/Gathering gear? Or are they still able to?

It is a problem if a person is using a weapon that is both ten levels and a hundred and twenty item levels below the minimum ilvl of the content. If SE went with your suggestion, the BLM would actually do even less damage since their weapon is now more "balanced" towards i110 gear (and those secondary stats they went with... what even).

[Reynhart]

If SE went with your suggestion, the BLM would actually do even less damage since their weapon is now more "balanced" towards i110 gear (and those secondary stats they went with... what even).

No, the BLM would do more damage since its Attack Power would have a greater impact

[Nestama]

No, the BLM would do more damage since its Attack Power would have a greater impact

So let me get this straight... if SE goes with your idea and a player with a level 50 weapon, possibly in the i90 range and they enter level 60 content with mostly i260-270 gear and accessories, their DPS will still be decent because of their gear stats? What even is the point of a weapon then? i230-240, 250 and 260-270 gear are very easy to acquire (Savage being the exception), whereas a weapon requires you to earn it either by grinding PotD, doing Alexander Midas/Creator 4 or 7 times to get tokens, beating Primals, beating Alexander Prime Savage, or doing the long Anima quest.

It is still possible to enter a duty only wearing crafter gear, you need only high enough average item level and you could enter ARF maybe higher, depending on your weapon and individual style of gear mixup.

Alrighty, so if I find a way to equip crafter gear and still be able to enter The Creator, Reynhart would have to concede that this is perfectly alright, since the game decided to let me enter :^)

[Legion88]

Weren't people able to enter Duties with Crafting/Gathering accessories? or rather, entirely dressed in Crafting/Gathering gear? Or are they still able to?

It is still possible to enter a duty only wearing crafter gear, you need only high enough average item level and you could enter ARF maybe higher, depending on your weapon and individual style of gear mixup.