I think the biggest crime is that it costs almost the same, or in some cases MORE, for ilvl 70 hunt gear, as it does for ilvl 100 soldiery gear once you factor in the prices of allied seals. Going from ilvl 90 bodies for about 40 seals to ilvl 100 for 660 is somehow made worse when you realize they have GC ilvl 70 gear for close to the same price.

SE just can't balance their yoyo act of how to do post 50 content. Either too generous or too harsh, usually ping ponging between the two every major update. 2.0 / 2.2 / 2.4 make it very rough for the less hardcore players to really do anything, and funnels everyone into repeating the same content, then 2.1 / 2.3 / likely 2.5 eases up and makes it so Joe Blow and his pals can finally progress, while Super Jim and crew can gear up those alts in record time.