Item Level too high

[Ryans]

It most likely has nothing to do with character levels. You should get that thought out of your head. It's not about what level your character would be with those stats, it's the amount of stats on the item and its budget. There are other factors, but that is the major one.

It is about character level, though. Indirectly, maybe, but it definitely is about character level. All the items leading up to 50 that have an item level higher than the item itself have the same stats as items that are the actual level.