So the main class I play as is bard. As many bards know, the current BiS includes many pentamelded crafted items. From what I've found this: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/PEAO is the true bard BiS whereas this: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/PN9J is the most reasonable BiS (true BiS would cost over 100m gil to make most likely).

Now I can have fully pentamelded, ilvl110 crafted gear, and my gear will be superior to say someone with full ilvl120 gear. Even when I have BiS, I will still have about half or so pentamelded i110 items, yet my overall ilvl will be much less than 130. This makes joining parties with certain ilvl requirements via party finder and potentially duty finder instances more difficult, as I will appear to be a lower ilvl, but my real ilvl is actually much higher than the game thinks it is.

Could SE not implement a way to calculate an item's "true" ilvl based on the melded materia attached to it?