Did anyone else get really excited than read the details of the thread and realize this guy has no idea what he is typing about? The answer to your "concerns" is overgear. This has been said many times. Now for a road map to the content progression style to expect please see WoW. We called this back when beta came out.

This is the admission price for those who don't play games just to get instant reward. Just have to enjoy the content when it's "New" And hope the lambs can get carried through it.
(I totally rocked this post.)