It's annoying, and it sucks, but it's not THAT big of a deal. The difference in the new gear is negligible. Granted, if we had known, most of us would have capped out at 4k honor and waited until today to buy their stuff, and a lot of people would have tried to work the system constantly buying back and selling gear to float above the 4k cap. I love AV weekend, so I farmed my gear and had a ton of fun doing it, so I don't feel too bad that my gear is 5 iLvl below what is available today.

I myself plan on upgrading the gear anyway to the season 10 full stuff, as the weekly conquest points pour in. Wow is a game about upgrading gear, always has been, always will be. Get used to it or you might be better off looking at other games.