Thats not why his edges/luck got nerfed, at least not the official reason.


However I honestly don't see the point of caring about lowbies with big gear. low and mid range pk is just inherently more risky then high level and as a result there is a much higher potential for gear circulation. You put the strange bracers in the hands of a level 25 char and the chances of it changing hands in the near future is much higher then if its in a heros hands. So from that perspective lowbie looting is excellent for the game.

My current observation is that over the last 2 years the velocity at which high end gear circulates has curtailed dramatically. You see a lot more of the high end pieces in the hands of a smaller number of people and as a result it doesn't move around a lot. Would be crazy if there was some random event that hit chars on login where they lose some/all of their famous/legendary items, it could be like random anti-hording code just to keep things circulating.