Would you sooner have people start will all their 80 skills at level 1 and get overwhelmed and quit?

Also, you need to remember this game is being built on top and top and top of again and again.
Reworking level 1-50 content doesn't make a ton of sense when the Core majority of players who stick around month after month are 80 with like a few 80s and aren't leveling 1-50 content.