Its not about you can use year 1 gear in year 2.. But rather you [u]need[/u] year 1 gear to get year 2 items. I have played: Anarchy Online, World of warcraft, Lord of the rings online, D&D online, Star wars the old republic, guild wars 1&2, EVE online, Lineage 2, Ultima Online, Darkfall and a bunch of other games which name I cant remember anymore..