Originally Posted by JeRM

I got all excited when I read this.

I got even more exited when 5 minutes later I got my lvl 80 weapon equiped.

So excited that I bought lvl 80 weapons for my lowbie alts for both testing and extreme grinding.

The bad news: It's client side only. You really do not have the lvl 80 item equipped. Instead the icons have merely changed places. To reset the icons back to where they belong log out and back in. And yes, I know, Your stats screen does show the increase of armor, stam, etc... but they are just there artificially.

To confirm this I went on my lvl 15 toon and tested hitting mobs with a multiple different weapons. The lvl 80 weapon was hitting for the same low damage that you would have expected.

The icons always switch back to their correct locations after logging out and logging in.

Sorry guys!