If this "Gear Score" we have in ARR is anything like the version WoW has then this will end up being a disaster. If it comes to a point where you can just slap on the highest ilvl item to make it go up then that is also a poor job at itemization. No one really knows how the content will be in ARR just yet but FF was one of the few games that proved skill > gear when it come to being able to do content. I'm afraid this may come to an end with ARR but we dont know yet. One thing we do know is there will be the "Content Finder" and im sure the gear score will end up playing a big part in what you are gated from.

What you see is true. There will be a gear score and it will have an impact on the "Content finder" and there WILL be gated pug content. Embrace it for now until we know more about it in the future. Pugs will always be pugs.