OK, I get with 1T you need to get purple gear, purple enchantments, in good sets, etc. and get to 4 stars.
My question is this: If I have say, a level 27 char and they are wearing L27 gear, cool. But when they level a few levels to lvl 32, have they grown weaker because they are now wearing L27 gear?
Is the differential between level & the level of gear a factor? or is it just that the higher level gear helps (or does it?)
If not, in my mind 1T is like Morrowind & Oblivion, where it actually hurt you to level sometimes.