I think OP meant for gear to have variable ilvl where more effort = higher ilvl and stats. So technically something like Eureka gear + relics. I wouldn't mind those but tbh, I think the main problem is that this game doesn't make gear valuable outside current tier, where everything goes to the trash except for glam whenever new tier is out. Last tier savage gear can only withstand at most +4 levels of new expax before it's obsolete