Dark Zone Vendor Gear Levels

[Tkrob]

So.... I am Level 21 and Dark Zone Rank 35. I thought as soon as I reached DZ rank 30 I would see vendors starting to sell better gear with a level 30 rank requirement. This has not been the case.

Everything has remained at a level 15 rank requirement which blows and leads me to believe I must rank up my characters normal level past 21.

But that too cannot be correct so where is the better level DZ gear and what are the rank intervals for sale by the DZ vendors?

I have searched and cannot find anyone listing these ranks in a table for the gear.

 

[DeadSockPuppet]

If I remember right, you either won't see lvl 30 items at vendors until you hit lvl 30 or until you're close, like lvl 28 or 29.  It's been a while since I've run a toon lvl 1-30, so I can't remember which on it is.  

The other possible explanation is that you're not in a high enough zone in the DZ to get the gear you want.  When you're lvl 1-29, the DZ breaks down like this:

• DZ01: 10-12
  
• DZ02: 13-15
  
• DZ03: 16-18
  
• DZ04: 22-24
  
• DZ05: 27-29
  
• DZ06: 29-30
  

If you're not getting up into the northern most zones, you're not going to get gear that's as good.  I could be remembering wrong, but I think one of the two answers above should be correct.