I think this patch just shows how broke the game was/is. You can't find any low level gear because people didn't bother making it since you could equip anything you wanted. Now we have a real penalty in place. Also if you need to breeze through lv.1 ~ 49 just to have content that's a big red flag right there. The goal should be to fill up game with all level content otherwise they might as well start you off at lv. 50.

PS. If you think this plays like FFXI go ahead and swing over there to see what book burns and aby is all about. That is boring content IMO.