Quote Originally Posted by Toxsik View Post
It's better the new way. Makes more sense. People actually have to buy things now and we get to see some variation on the field rather than lvl12 wearing the coolest/best gear for lvl50. Thank you YoshiP your a genius.
How does it make more "sense" ?

If it made sense I would be able to do what is logical. In the real world you can wear anything, but you might not have the skill to yield it to its full effect.

if a mage equips R50 plate armour at lvl1, he will be gimped because it does not favour his class and also because he is far outside optimal range, and also because he is sacrificing gear slots which might otherwise be filled with something more useful.

If he wears plate armour within his level range, he might get some of the defence stats to help him solo, but will still be sacrificing the gear slot which might otherwise be filled by something to help him DD/cure more.

Optimal system was genius.