I've long felt that a nice way to build this out would be to allow us to buy specific dungeon drop pieces with Poetics once we've completed the story in the patch that the dungeon(s) are a part of. The pieces could actually even cost more than the current highest iLevel Poetics gear that is available. For people who want a specific Fending top or Casting legs or whatever they are not likely doing it for power, they're doing it for glamour. It would provide another alternate use for Poetics and, since you'd still have to participate in content to earn Poetics, it would still be a way to keep players engaged and active in game with other characters.

In fact, it would probably be better for active play because it would mean players engaging in all sorts of content all over the place. I know I ran Ghimlyt Dark a ton of times to get the Casting top but the only thing my constant runs of Ghimlyt did was feed the queue for Ghimlyt. If other players didn't want/need Ghimlyt then my constant runs would do nothing for them but if I was able to queue for Levelling and get random dungeons in need it would actually be healthier engagement.