because it's by mob level. The defiant gear was designed for twinking, and bringing new and returning players up to speed. No one in the zone is going to need it, but they can give it to others. For something you can kill by looking at it, it's better that it drops something that nothing.
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This may be true,. that ppl give it away,. but more true is that they rape a huge profit by selling it for an insane amount at the bazars across the servers. The whole reason I was looking this item up was for my 10 Necro (44 now). On AB server it's in the bazar (rarely) at around 10k last i looked a few days ago. IMO any new or returning player is not going to be able to afford these at the current baz prices, unless they buy plat from the spamers.
**FYI SOE is comming down on plat sellers at least on AB server, I know of a few that have gotten into trouble from SOE for purchasing plat.**