I'm sure everyone has their ideas on this but I would like to know what SE's reasoning is. I've read back several pages looking for a possible answer to this question and all I found was a similar post that has been locked.

In my opinion, it's a bad idea not to enforce this. I mean what's the point in even having low rank items? In most cases that I've tested, the high rank items give similar and sometimes better stats than the lower rank items. Most people don't seem to bother with lower rank items if they can afford the higher rank stuff.

All I know is the economy is pretty messed up. I'm sure this is due to many reasons but rank/class enforcement on equipping items is surely one of the reasons.

Hope this doesn't get locked too.