So wear your Year 1 gear. Go right ahead. You can wear Year 1 and still do all the Year 1 events. If you try to take Year 1 gear I to Year 2 activities of course you will be under leveled. At the heart of this issue is that people simply do not want to use new weapons (like primaries with no burn) because we know how much simpler this game is with top rated gear. Let me guess, you should be able to bring your Year 1 gear to Year 2 AND it should be max level already at 310 cause we already upgraded it right? Well wtf is the point in that? You get the best gear by completing the hardest parts of the game. You should not be "given" the best gear by completing old events or events that are not end game. PvP is not end game