Dungeons Need a Gear check system

[Luin]

Don't we have this?
If your iLVL is too low you can't que in.
Every dungeon is 110% clearable with a full party at this minimum iLVL, so I'm not sure how much more of a check is actually needed.

No.

A player with a bunch of Scaevan accessories (and Menphina earrings), no leftside and level1 weapon would be i156. This would be enough ilvl to queue into any 2.00-3.00 duty. However, this is nowhere near the amount of stats you *should* have if done synced.

This is all on DRG (since I have the Scaevan set already for Reaper).

I just queued into Fractal Normal on DRG, a dungeon that I'd meet ilvl for with the above gear. I have 6809hp, 527str, 0/0 defense. This is barely "better" than ARR stats in a 3.0 Level 60 dungeon.

Queuing into Fractal Normal with all my gear but syncing to the min.ilvl, gives me 10351hp, 781str, 853/672def.

It's possible to cheese the ilvl so that you have significantly fewer stats than intended even at minimum ilvl - And let's be real, the minimum ilvl isn't the intended ilvl, even leveling through MSQ their first time, the MSQ will give you plenty of gear to be way beyond the min.ilvl.

But hey, let's kick it up another notch.

Let's say we're all Scaevan, Menphina's earrings, no belt, Level 1 weapon (no belt because I don't have one atm).

Wouldn't you know it, I'm i310. Enough to queue all the way into Fractal Hard. Mind you, I don't even have a belt on. So what kind of damage difference is this compared to all gear, synced m.Ilvl?

My autoattack with this setup is roughly 500/autoattack, and my True Thrust is 1000.

With actual gear at m.Ilvl, my autoattack is 1300, and True Thrust is about 2500.

Quick maths, this is way less than HALF the output of minimum item level.

Want some perspective? M.ilvl with gear at level 60 (Sohm Al), my autoattack is ~600, and my True Thrust is ~1300.

That's right. "i310" with level1 weapon, no belt, all Scaevan+Menphinas, is literally weaker than Level 60.

It's very easy, especially for a weak weapon, to ruin somebody's output. If you have a piece significantly far behind, you are also far behind the listed ilvl. The listed ilvl does not accurately reflect your stats.

So people can be locked out by having gotten unlucky with wrist drops, even while the rest is fine? No.

Weighted contribution would be fine.

Abania m.ilvl is 260. Shire is 270. MSQ gives gear better than that.

It would be impossible to be locked out due to how absurdly low the ilvl requirements already are, unless somebody refused to upgrade past Level 60 NQ vendor gear (which is terrible gear for its level). If that's the case, go spend a tiny amount of gil to upgrade.