Item Level - How high will it go?

[Felis]

*sigh*

Okay, let me work this through with you step by step, since you're not quite getting it. Let's start with if they dropped a digit (divide by factor of 10):

Current 270 ilvl gear would then be ilvl 27. Same stats. Same power. Just a different label. By comparison, current 20-30 ilvl gear would then be ilvl 2-3. Same stats, same power.

then why not just hide it? Would be better than 3 different base stats on the same ilevel (new ilevel 3, that would be old ilevel 31-39)