Average item level calculation needs fixing, as does lv50 gear progression

[therpgfanatic]

While there is some things I disagree with (full i70 for HM Primals, for example), this is one thing I'll comment on.
I've seen tanks run through these new dungeons perfectly well in the min ilvl gear (i70). As long as they don't overestimate their skills, they can do fine.

Pulling 1, 2 or 3 mobs, just like dungeons were run pre-50.

Sure, it's possible but under certain conditions.

If you have high item level healers and DPS, sure they could keep an undergeared tank alive but it is going to be hell for the DPS and healers since the tank is going to struggle to maintain threat, so the DPS have to hold back.

The same is true if the tank is overgeared and the healers and DPS are undergeared; a skilled tank can carry the rest of the party through most encounters.

But if the whole party is in less than i70 I don't think things will run that smooth. The first time I did Tam-Tara HM the DPS were very undergeared and it took almost the whole hour, even though we never wiped, just because DPS was lacking and even trash pulls took a long time. If the healer hadn't been good we'd have wiped many times on the crowd pulls.

And having folks with higher item level carry the undergeared people isn't good game design.