Nope, they added an ilevel requirement to alliance raids to match where someone's adventurer level is but they forgot to add an MSQ progress qualifier. So they lock out characters that are above the level of the content they're doing but can't access higher level gear yet because it's still locked behind their MSQ progress.

It was because people blamed getting Crystal Tower a lot on people who would de-gear before queueing but that wasn't remotely the issue. Now they're hurting innocent players with this.