Stop Raising Item Level and build foundation with Horizontal Progression first

[Magis]

Because it's a bad idea? Can imagine it now, primal X fight, must have these certain pieces of gear that are rare drops or gtfo. Content is gated by ilvl and players require minimum ilvl to join PF parties (no I dont PF, I have a static). Now you want to add even more gear checks to content?

I said best not required. People still do T6 in ilvl 90 gear and can clear it. However it does mean that an item from 3 patches ago is still viable and gives a reason to do that old content, because it gives you a bonus to killing a boss or completing a duty.

So basically you want it like FFXI with macro gear swaps for practically every ability, but instead for every fight?. Thanks but noway thanks. That trash can stay in FFXI and those who want that can take that option of playing FFXI.

How dare people want the game to have a bit more complexity than "make this number be big (ilvl)". Having just base stats isn't going to fix the problem, because people will just get w.e is BiS (the biggest stats). You haven't really fixed anything at that point.