If the ilvl numbers aren't big then the stat numbers won't be. If the stat numbers are lowered to not be big in following expacs then the game needs to be rebalanced to make up for the stats being lowered.

Many games have done it already and the biggest of which is WoW(which is doing it in the next expac). To call for ilvl or stat nerfs already is just insane when it would require everything to be rebalanced in the already new game. Why should devs have to rebalance the entire game when it just came out not long ago when they could keep resources to actual new content or gear. Rebalancing things in the game isn't something that is done right off the bat because people don't understand that if ilvl isn't shown then players will find a way to make it show, it's something that's done several expacs later when things really are out of hand and the game actually has feet to stand on.