Game difficulty, syncing, minimum ilvl and new players

[Iscah]

There’s no easy solution here. Part of it is to reward those who worked so long for their gear. Doesn’t it feel good to feel more powerful after 5 years of playing? Otherwise, is it okay to feel exactly the same in every dungeon/trial even after 5 years of playing? Either alienate newbies or alienate tenured players.

I don't see an issue with old fights retaining their difficulty - or at least enough of it to still feel like an epic battle and not a pushover. Don't enforce a min-ilevel sync but keep it at or not too far above the best gear you could own when the fight was current.

The "reward" of getting stronger from current high-level gear should be felt in current fights, not old ones.