Item level compression in Heavensward?

[Felis]

All what item level do is setting the maximal cap of the stats. The higher the item level, the higher the maximal stats a gear can have. Level requirement and ilevel are independent of each other

It would be no problem to keep the current lv50/ilevel 120 gear, put them into dungeons, sharing the chests with mats and give them the same droprate like the current darklight gear. Then the players can choose between farming those lv 50 dungeons xx times until they have a full ilevel 120 set or just keep on with leveling and get another ilevel 120 set in the last level up dungeon with a higher rate.