Quote Originally Posted by Priya View Post
This ties somewhat into ilvl sync which does bother me, actually. SE does not like letting gear power creep naturally nerf fights for their lower skilled base like blizzard does. They put a fairly strict cap on how powerful they let you be in current level cap content which does nothing but hinder people who do actually need the power creep for whatever reason. In my example above of WoW class halls, you could wait until the end of the expansion and steamroll them with that gear. SE doesn't like this, and they ilvl sync everything. In that at least, I agree with you in that eventually your tome gear should be able to just carry you through a fight if you're doing it late into the xpack.
This is very on the money as to what I’m getting at, yes.

Challenge my character, don’t challenge me. Why even have gear levels if they are to be nullified in an effort to check if I, as in me typing, am “good enough” to see the next chapter?

An mmo that charges for time really needs an inevitable “apply time and win” lane in the main thoroughfare of the game. I have been up to every challenge the MSQ put before me. Without gear creep I can’t guarantee that will always be the case. That makes me reluctant to invest that time if it’s not going to help my character progress.

Thank you for reminding me and illuminating a sub-topic that I probably should have included in my OP!