Yes, I do think the game can get better using the same gear for its entire lifespan. I don't particularly care that we JUST get new gear; I'd like it if we just for sure got better gear that was worth leaving old gear behind for, and still have old weapons to fall back on if the new gear sucks, and new content that was fun to play even with old gear. Trying their hardest would be keeping old weapons and content relevant instead of leaving it behind. Lazy is scrapping everything so that it doesn't have to be taken into consideration at all.