Some states allow for 18 year olds to buy rifles . But god forbid they sip some beer . <| sep |> But this is exactly my point . There always has been more to gearing correctly than item level . An 855 fire mage with all crit gear will do better than an 870 fure mage with no crit gear . Set bonuses , proper trinkets , and before this expansion weapons have all made particularly large differences that would often make up for ilevel gaps . This is the way the game works . And like I said in my first sentence , you can absolutely have a healthy discussion about whether legendaries provide too much benefit in a single item , and whether that ' s a flaw in the system . But the fact that having the right gear makes you outperform someone with a higher item level that ' s the wrong gear ? That ' s not new .