New ilevel and old content

[AdvancedWind]

To be fair the ilv sync is not a bad idea. Not to make dungeons more "challenging", but just to prevent a full on curbstomp, "I'm spamming heavy thrust only and still winning". That's the exact reason for level syncs, so I don't see that as a bad idea.

Cap pre-2.2 non coil content at ilv95~100 or something like that. We can still overgear them a bit more than now, without making it an absolute breeze. That would also prevent the average PF group from increasing their ilv requirements too much.

[Vladislav]

move on and get on with the newer content? I mean that's a trend for MMOs nowadays (not sure if it's a good thing though), older contents are being left out for the new comers while older players don't bother with it anymore.

This ^ , i been in Ak only twice , nevermore step in WP after 2.1 , atm Coil +CT + roulette + treasure hunt for myth/gear then chill for a week

[Morticous]

You kow that this model is also a grind model, but a way more boring one ?
Present : have to grind for it
6 month : better stats, have to grins for it
12 month : better stats, have to grind for it
2 years : useless as the mechanics of the game are evolving in a way that you are forced to swap tanks for 2 tank stuff. Overgear solves it a bit but not that much. Thus tweaking your health for a minor damage upgrade is useless. I can stop subbing as I have nothing to aim.
Now compare it to current model :
present : some stats. I grind for it or I drop one in Coil
6 month : better stats, appealing. grind for it or drop in coil
12 month : better stats, appealing. grind for it or drop in coil
18 month : better stats, appealing. grind for it or drop in coil

and so on. No gear becomes useless 1 day after released, and we always have at least 2 options to gear up (not counting the craft as they are 1 tier late, but are really fine to prepare for new content).

tl dr : if any horizontal progression, release more equal gear in every new tier (ie, every 6 month) or in the 2.3, 2.5 and so on.

Myth gear is just welfare gear allowing really terrible players to be geared and appear like they can actually do the content the gear is required for. Allowing players to get high tier gear without any skill is a terrible idea.. The Myth gear should at least be a few Ilvls lower then Allagan to make the difference.

[Nekodar]

Myth gear is just welfare gear allowing really terrible players to be geared and appear like they can actually do the content the gear is required for. Allowing players to get high tier gear without any skill is a terrible idea.. The Myth gear should at least be a few Ilvls lower then Allagan to make the difference.

Coil gear just requires that you're lucky with RNG. A single person can in theory get 8 pieces/week.
Myth gear requires that you run stuff over and over so you can buy it. And a person can get at most 1 piece/week.

[Dyvid]

The OP brings up an interesting point. Yoshi-P likened ilvl to character levels, lv60 + ilvl40 = lv50 + ilvl50. With that said, should end game content like dungeons have an ilvl sync?