Quote Originally Posted by linay View Post
That's still related to your maximum capability. The higher your maximum capability, the harder the content (or vice versa), the higher minimum item level required to clear the content.
Err... No.

Since, minimum item level sync also means that materia are not factored in, since it will only be utilized if you're wearing melded gear that is that minimum item level.

In addition, we see that Savage has different minimum item levels for its bosses (While your "Maximum capability" doesn't change, since you can get all the loot from all the bosses by being not minimum item level)

Finally, we have Ultimate, which is lower item level than E7S/E8S, but is the hardest content in the game. It also has specific item level sync which is lower than the maximum capability (475 vs maximum item level gear which is 500 with a 505 weapon)