Just a suggestion but when a duty or party finder has a minimum item level requirement then the player's main hand weapon should also be at or above that ilvl.

Too many times now I've got expert roulette with tanks in almost all 260 gear but a 200 weapon, or in once case, 170. I don't care how many enmity combos you do, you're not tanking anything with that against a 2.5k+ dps MNK.

Either that or at least educate players in the Hall of Novices how much more important weapons are than the rest of your gear.

Edit: I realise weapons can be annoying to get so how about dropping the "gears" requirement for previous tiers so people can at least easily get 230/240 when starting new.