Has anyone noticed that STS, in the way they designed AL, is basically just pushing everyone to level cap?

Think about it..... For example, in PL there is a huge population of "twinks". Some folks do pvp at lower levels, but many also have twink farmers who farm the lower level dungeons for the lower level elite pinks. But in AL you cannot do that. Because the elite pinks fall from the elite dungeons, and when the level cap raises, all the elite dungeons scale up to level cap again, meaning a lower level player cannot ever get an elite chest.

So for example, technically the lvl15 & 16 elite gear has been discontinued, because only Elite II chests drop now, and those have lvl20 & 21 gear. So with no twink farming, everyone is basically going to be pushed towards endgame.

Also, another thought... If AL ever has a large surge in new players, that early level elite pink gear is going to be scarce, since it doesn't drop anymore.