How is ilvl an issue while leveling?

[Makeda]

Why I said this:

It is amazing how often people defend this crap. That is a big reason people want change because they are hard to kick at times because people do not understand the game.

Yes, and well...

There is going into a leveling dungeon a little shy on gear and playing it safe... using ALL your cool downs, small pulls, and so on...

And then there is going into a leveling dungeon a little shy on gear and playing it Leeroy style - chain pulling in DPS stance, never using any cool downs, lettings mobs get on your back side, and so on... because "All the epic tanks on the forums say to use DPS stance"... and you think you're all that... but... they have the gear and rotation down, and you do not...

(you being our hypothetical tank... not any poster here).

Very often we get undergeared people who play it like they are overgeared... and that leads to all these fiascos.

There is also the situation of "my last healer was able to keep me up like this what is your problem" when that tank is maybe even 'of gear' but the healer is still leveling - and the tank is refusing to notice this...

And then there is the DPS that is "I'm overheard / good, so let's rush this thing" when the tank and/or healer are not overgeared...


In short, it's not so much that people run things they aren't geared for... but that when they do so, they just adjust how they play to accommodate that.