Most of the Arsenal inventory is still too small.

[PirateRyanG]

I think this is what most people forget out here in internet land. This board is full of people dedicated enough to the game and organized enough to be posting here. It is not representative of the game in general.

If you examine someone out in the world you probably won't see: 90, 90, 90, 90, 85, 80, 80, 80, 80, 80...
You're MUCH more likely to see: 27, 58, 90, 73, 12, -, 87, 90, 22, 43... and those people can run out of space, especially for rings, VERY quickly.

I inspect people's gear quite a bit, mostly in dungeons.

I have rarely ever seen mismatched gear beyond the early levels. Most people seem to stick to on-level gear in all slots. The one exception is rings. I think new players get a level 1 ring with an XP boost, and they all wear that.