(07-01-2010, 08:56 PM)TheDragoon Wrote: I'm not sure that the numeric ilvl difference is an accurate measure since the ilvl numbers of gear keeps going up. In Classic there was a HUGE difference between ilvl 60 greens and ilvl 90 epics.Not really, no. A level (and ilevel) 60 2-hand mace had 22 strength, 10 agility, and 46.2 DPS (Skullcracking Mace). Might of Menethil, an ilevel 89 2-hand mace had 20 strength, 46 stamina, and 28 crit strike rating, and 95.3 DPS. The difference seemed a lot bigger because the spread was so much smaller.
And yes, the ilevel difference is so big this time around because Blizzard wants to move health pools up so high that tanks won't be hit quite so hard, relatively. The easiest way to accomplish that without weighting stamina differently (which would have other consequences) is to increase the ilevel.