Quote Originally Posted by Reynhart View Post
You're missing the real issue here. "Required ilvl" is made to ensure that your character is able to properly do its part. If the game decided that this BLM was able to enter, then it's not a problem that he's here in that state. If he had a higher weapon, then switched it, resulting in a lower ilvl than required, then it would be a problem.
Weren't people able to enter Duties with Crafting/Gathering accessories? or rather, entirely dressed in Crafting/Gathering gear? Or are they still able to?

It is a problem if a person is using a weapon that is both ten levels and a hundred and twenty item levels below the minimum ilvl of the content. If SE went with your suggestion, the BLM would actually do even less damage since their weapon is now more "balanced" towards i110 gear (and those secondary stats they went with... what even).