Quote Originally Posted by IvoryBadge View Post
i think i phrased it poorly but what i meant is gearing level range within the expansion 91-100.
Oh, well I do think it matters actually. You can get away without it, sure, but you are potentially causing your party to wipe. I've seen this many times in leveling dungeons, where the healer's output is so poor they can't handle the healing, or the tank can't handle the enemies even with mit because they hit hard. When I was leveling Sage this expansion, I threw everything at the tank and barely kept them alive and their gear did have some leveling gear, so using tomestone gear wouldn't have been a good look for that tank.

I even remember a time in Heavensward where everyone tried to get carried in The Vault with tomestone gear and ultimately the party fought over why they were wiping, playing the blame game over lack of DPS and HP.

You can get through it with tomestone gear but you're holding your party back a lot or getting carried. Duty Support is able to do this though. The healers will actually carry the player hard.