I fail to understand the issue. Help me understand. Higher ilevels are brought in every patch, why would you not want this? I understand if you dislike or are against linear progression, but that is how this game is built. I personally would be upset if all my gear is BiS, and the next patch dropped and I could not progress or get stronger.

Patches do not drop day to day, or even week to week, so please stop with the exaggerated comments with how quickly gear gets outdated. We are talking months between patches, and a new patch should put you right back to work. New expansions is where it is a good idea to allow 'sharpened' players to progress without much worry for upgrading, but only to a certain extent and that is one of the things I feel this game does really well. A sharpened player will not have to worry about upgrades for about half-way to max level, but after that, you have to continuously upgrade and that is part of the fun (in my eyes anyway).

When you've reached the top, there is nowhere else for you to go. Why pave the path to boredom?