What happens to our iLevels?

[Picori]

I think whole thing is going to reset. So like right now its level 50 Ilevel 130, but next set would be like level 60 ilevel 70-90
It would still be stronger as its now level 60 and otherwise we would be getting to ilevel 200's and shit in future.
This way they can keep that number low and still be stronger gear.

[Noxifer]

I think whole thing is going to reset. So like right now its level 50 Ilevel 130, but next set would be like level 60 ilevel 70-90
It would still be stronger as its now level 60 and otherwise we would be getting to ilevel 200's and shit in future.
This way they can keep that number low and still be stronger gear.

This is an interesting theory, but it also introduces the issue of "alright! I'm level 60 now, with almost all my gear i70! I'm i68, let's do a trial roulette! wait, what? Not getting in? iLevel not high enough? D:"
So they'd have to completely remake their ilvl requirements for dungeons. (Not saying that they couldn't, but it seems a lot more work than to just continue the ilvl-series from where we are now.)

[Yitan]

I think whole thing is going to reset. So like right now its level 50 Ilevel 130, but next set would be like level 60 ilevel 70-90
It would still be stronger as its now level 60 and otherwise we would be getting to ilevel 200's and shit in future.
This way they can keep that number low and still be stronger gear.

Meh, the whole 2.0 got us to i135 and i'm guessing it would take them 2 more expansions to get close to ilvl 200 anyway, so I don't see why not keep going 5 by 5. Next ilevel cap will probably be 145 or 150.

[ProphetMagnus]

I think whole thing is going to reset. So like right now its level 50 Ilevel 130, but next set would be like level 60 ilevel 70-90
It would still be stronger as its now level 60 and otherwise we would be getting to ilevel 200's and shit in future.
This way they can keep that number low and still be stronger gear.

This would be my preference for how things progressed. I do acknowledge that they'll have to come up with a way to circumvent the Duty Finder iLevel - Maybe have it "iLevel x" or actual level x (51-60).

But I would rather see a "soft reset" on the iLevels rather than go up to 150-200+

[Fitzy]

Chances are the first few quests might reward you with some approximately i90 gear while the first few dungeons in the expansion will probably have the Soldiery and poetics gear moved into them as rewards. There may be some new gear from dungeons depending on how high the ilvl cap is going to go but you can almost guarantee their will be 2 new tome sets similar to darklight (entry level raid gear) and then maybe the new AF2 (since Yoshi said its not from quests) as the weekly capped set, as well as the raid gear.

[aerolol]

What if they incresed the actual level required to wear darksteel/myth/allagan/(un)weathered/high allagan/ironworks/dreadwyrm (and LotA/ST/WoD) gear from 50 to 60?

Meaning you'd be naked as a "fresh" 50 when expansion hits and you'll need to grind 10 levels to reach 60 so you equip your gear again.
Meanwhile you'll have to use 1* crafted stuff and eventually some new level50-59 gear that becomes available...

Then you reach lv60, and you can be item level 130 again... just to grind the new set of lv150+ gear >.<

[Fenral]

What if they incresed the actual level required to wear darksteel/myth/allagan/(un)weathered/high allagan/ironworks/dreadwyrm (and LotA/ST/WoD) gear from 50 to 60?

That would make non-expansion players unable to do most level 50 content.

[SpookyGhost]

There needs to be a way for everyone to progress from 50-60 at an absolute minimum of ilvl, so while i130 gear will certainly help initially, it will get replaced as you continue leveling. It's possible the first 1 or 2 dungeons will just drop i130 gear, but there's going to come a point where you get i140, i150, etc. AF2 will definitely be better than your Dread/Poetics set, at the very least.

[Anubis_Nephthys]

To those of you saying that all expansion gear will be better, think of this.
Think back to when you were leveling, wouldn't dungeon gear often be better than a higher ilvl white gear? Same with our 130 gear. It's essentially ilvl 130 green/aetherial.
I suspect our 130 gear will be a solid choice as we level to 60.

[Ayer2015]

Given LotK provides ilv100, i would expect the first expansion dungeon to drop ilv110 gear and increase each higher tier. How quickly this increases will depend on the number of instances.