I just recently came back to the game, after three months of not playing. I left with my healers with an iLvl of 218. Not great but it allowed me to casually run dungeons and even enjoy the new content as it came out.
Now, with the additions of 3,5 , story quests and the new 24 alliance Dun Scaith I decided to renew my suscrpition. I managed to do most of the story quests for Hildibrand and The scholasticate, while begrudgingly farming for Lore tomestones since it forced me to run over and over the same old dungeons. I wanted to experience the new content.
What was my surprise to learn that the ilvl for the new content was 230 for Baelsar's wall and 235 for DunScaith.
As of now, I am stuck at 229 ilvl. The only thing I am missing is a 230 weapon.
But it turns out its stuck behind yet another grind fest of 1000 lore tomestones and 30 minute ques for Alexander Fist of the Son.
Could they have made catching up to do STORY quests any more frustrating and slow?