Unrealistic ilvl requeriment

[Chronos]

Well youngin...BACK IN THE DAY, when we started...we were clearing AK in artifact gear and lv 30 accessories.

[Makado]

If you had a good group I don't see any reason a I65 group couldn't down Garuda EX. You would need a setup which used none of the same jobs, especially for the WAR with added DPS and the faster limit gauge. But as I have been gearing my other classes I have noticed that an I65 rating can have say an I80/90 weapon and some DL/ Old AK gear mix (like Peltgast, Hoplite, etc.) The reason I see people fail even with I90 is because they just aren't very good players.

[synaesthetic]

It's possible to do Garuda EX in item level 65 gear by exploiting flaws with the item level calculations. If everyone is averaging i65, but are all decked out in five-melded crafted gear all with the best possible materia you could put in, I can see it being done.

The reason Squee makes the item level requirements low is pretty simple. They know their own itemization is flawed, and some lower item level items are better than higher item level items (especially for bard, but for other classes as well). My bard gear averages item level 68 and can outdamage bards in full Ballad Set simply because the item level 80 set is poorly itemized.

The "requirement" only really exists so that people can't troll by queueing in wearing a bikini or running around in vendor-bought stuff they intend to spiritbind and convert.

[Ashira]

The "requirement" only really exists so that people can't troll by queueing in wearing a bikini or running around in vendor-bought stuff they intend to spiritbind and convert.

They can queue in item level 65 gear then change once they're inside.

[synaesthetic]

They can queue in item level 65 gear then change once they're inside.

Well, then, that's even sillier. The item level requirement seems to be something of a "let's humor them" choice made by the developers to mollify people who complain about wiping in the duty finder.