Item level compression in Heavensward?

[Zohar_Lahar]

I just hope that the top gear we have now will be useless from level 52/53 +, so we need new gear to level from 50 to 60.

Then what would be the point of getting any further gear until 3.0?

[Vaer]

Then what would be the point of getting any further gear until 3.0?

That's part of how vertical progression works, though. There's actually no point no matter when you gear, because it's all just going to be replaced anyway. Just like how darklight, allagan, masterworks, high allagan were all replaced and presumably ironworks and dreadwyrm will be replaced come expansion. I think they expect you to be having fun while collecting said gear.


They will most likely tune the new quests in the expansion areas on the low end of average ilvl to accommodate returning players that maybe got to 50 and stopped playing, as their ilvl will be way lower than someone who has been playing until now and hand out better gear as quest rewards that match or are higher than what we are using currently. This will level the playing field and make tuning and matching players for the leveling dungeons and content in the expansion smoother.

The only question mark that remains is whether they will end the current 2.0 relic quest and start a new one in the expansion or if it will carry over and continue. If it carries over and continues in the expansion you would be way behind if you haven't started it yet. So there's somewhat a point in that but I highly doubt they will make new or returning players go through that entire slog without them adjusting it.