How did they take away your choice? If you want to fight a level 40 enemy with a level 20 weapon that's your prerogative. It can still get the job done especially since the content for ttk only starts out at lvl 25 which is less than the current max level content in the game. They just made gear of a higher level. The didn't reduce the power of anything nor did they increase the power of anything. They just gave us stronger gear that we can choose to or not to equip.