In 3.0, is Level 51 ItemLevel 60? Or is Level 51 ItemLevel 150?

[StrejdaTom]

Second option seems more likely to me. It is sad that it would kill a lot of content and also it will make our progress useless but that is how it usually go with treadmill mmos.

[Yukiko]

Somehow i smell a change in gear upgrading... i just dont know if they add it on 3.0 or later...
With the end of coil and crystal tower, they will try something new.

[Deathscythe343]

I also would not put it past them to make all of the expansion gear to start with 200. This way is becomes very easy to tell the difference between the old gear and the new.

[zandervont]

Im going to bet it loosely follows what WoW is doing:
LV51 gear might be somewhere around il100, so that SCoil/FCoil gear wont be immediately outdated, but will be during the leveling process.
At lv cap it can be around 150ish for normal gear.

[Lambadelta]

I doubt they will do a horizontal system as new players will find it confusing. I also personally don't want one.

[Deathscythe343]

I'm sure that they could add some kind of horizontal system that new players would not find confusing. The set bonus suggestion is certainly something that could add great potential to the gear system, while not adding a large amount of confusion for players. A system like this has worked in WoW for many years. No reason to think that a similar system would not work in this game as well.

[Purrfectstorm]

Even if SE sticks with vertical progression, there's still room for more creativity than what we have now. What about a "Reduces cooldown of Hallowed Ground by 1 min" ability or "Reduces TP of Savage Blade by 10"? I know this might be hard to balance but it would make gear a lot more flavorful and interesting.

Back to OP's original question, I don't know. I'm also really curious to see what happens to our old gear with a new max level. I don't really care if the old stuff becomes obsolete. That basically happens every other patch anyway and getting new gear is part of the fun. I hope there will still be a point to relic though even if it is just a final form that makes a great vanity piece.