Where in my post did I say that? OK, if you have a character that has its lowest ilvl item as 620, then so be it. They’ve put the effort in on one character to obtain that, why restrict them if they just want to play an alt?
Remember what Blizzard said about Warband…
Goals of the Warband System
Before getting into the details of each change that players will experience with Warbands, we want to share the main goals we are aiming to accomplish with the system’s introduction:
- Make playing alternate (alt) characters easier and more enjoyable – Data shows that many players already have an alt or two (or ten) and enjoy playing them, so we want to make playing them even better.
- Switch between characters without falling behind – There will always be a lot of character-specific progression in World of Warcraft, such as high-end gearing, but wherever it’s appropriate, moving progression onto your Warband should allow you to freely play multiple characters without losing efficiency or long-term progress.
- Acknowledge the player behind the screen – In other words, wherever possible, we want to celebrate your accomplishments within your Warband, not only on your character, so you can carry those accomplishments with you to whichever character you choose to play.
Granted, they made a point about “high-level” gearing but for that they could put an upper limit on the catch-up gear, say Champion 8/8 or Hero 4/6 i.e. ilvl619. To go from that to max ilvl will still be a very lengthy process for 90%+ of the WoW community.
And in response to Blizzards Warband goals:
- Make playing alternate (alt) characters easier and more enjoyable – I do already have an alt or two (or ten) but don’t enjoy playing them because I have to go back to older content that I farmed for months on my main.
- Switch between characters without falling behind – I don’t feel the progression of my main when I log onto my alt, it is like starting fresh with a couple of options available for me that are marginally better than if I didn’t have that main and I can’t play multiples at once as then I’d lose efficiency and long-term progress on my main.
- Acknowledge the player behind the screen – My accomplishments are gear and gold. Gold is fine but having an alt in blue, low ilvl gear does not feel like my accomplishments are being celebrated within my Warband.