It has been mentioned in a few places around the forums that basically the current i130 gear is what we'll have until lvl60. I believe it's form one of the interviews or something. But my thinking is more along the lines of:

50-53(maybe 54/55) - i50-i90(to sync with story on fresh chars easily)
54-60 - i90-i130(with af2 thinking i140 as starter endgame gear)

So for those that actually have i130 gear it won't matter until they hit 60 while for those fresh out the gates will actually have a more or less normal progression.