Quote Originally Posted by CGMidlander View Post
That was just an example scenario. The speed of running dungeons for glamour pieces, Triple Triad cards, high level roulette, crafting mats, minions...etc. is also hampered by the ilvl sync.
Not everyone plays to speedrun either, though. In the case of many of those there are alternative ways to get the items in question without running a dungeon repeatedly, and for those where there is no other option, syncing ilevel so that you're still incredibly overgeared but not as overgeared as you can possibly be is barely a detriment.

Those dungeons weren't designed for people at your gear level, thus the term "over-geared". They're designed for people in a lower gear range, and the sync keeps you from having too many problems coordinating with them, as Cutie_McSnuggles said. It's a sad day when you get a pug tank in Pharos Sirius wearing ilevel 70-80 equipment that gets kicked for being unable to keep up with the coil-geared DPS rushing them to go faster so they can get their light. This situation seems to be one of those where you want an entire system to conform to you, without looking at others who may be hampered by that mentality.