As much as I like having to grind to a level to have access to exclusive end game content, I even think it is a bit much. I am fine with the 1570, max level requirement though it took me 4 weeks to hit it on 3 characters when I was doing EVERY pinnacle drop possible and I don't work so I got to play as much as I wanted. But that grind was already borderline too much as is, now 15 artifact levels are needed to hit 1585? That's rediculous. Once you get around +10, the amount of XP and playing to level up even by +1 is overwhelmingly insane. It took me days upon days of nonstop playing to even get one artifact level after 10. Not only am I retired and have all the time in the world, but I find it too much grinding XP to just be able to do a GM. And what's the point? If you lower the power level, it still will be too hard to complete a GM for alot of players anyways. It's not like lowering the power level to access it will magically make more players capable of completing GMs. GMs themselves are enough of a skill gate. And grinding artifact levels isn't skill anyways.