Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
I think this was done to avoid another level 70 capstone MSQ trial and a bunch of people without their level 70 skill queuing making the trial much harder than it would have been normally.
It wasn't the lack of the 70 skills, most of which didn't mean anything in the grand scheme of things, but the lack of the free AF gear which was a significant ilvl boost for the most part. Bad players will be bad players, but with good enough gear they can be carried through.