Item levels in Hevansward

[Nalien]

Did I just imagine them talking about how 2.0 onwards caused the iLevel to rise too fast, and that they were going to aim for more horizontal progression rather than more rapid vertical progression? I specifically remember them saying they'd slow it down for Heavensward, and now they're saying it'll be faster? I mean, Lv60 will put us at i170, they claimed i130 would phase out at Lv55, so in 5 levels that is a i40 jump. Now they're claiming a bigger jump per update, which would mean each new tomestone set has a greater difference than i20? Even if we go off it being i30 that would mean the new AF2 (assuming that isn't the i170 Darklight equivalent) is i200. By 3.5 we'd be in i290?

Power creep is a very real problem for MMOs over time, it would be prudent to take steps to avoid it early on, rather than aiming to reach ridiculous levels as soon as possible... Hope this is just a case of "People like seeing big numbers" and the actual stats increases aren't nearly as big, though personally I find having iLevels over double my actual level to be pretty ridiculous anyway.