I know, I just find it wierd that you’re excluded from entering Rank 9 content on a Rank 9 map when you reach the new levelcap.
That’s why I suggest to make challenge mode on all new maps accessible even once you’ve reached your level cap.
The problem I have with this is that, depending on which items&mobs you farm, you might or might not be able to enter the challenge mode on the map you’re on.
Sure, it’s not a huge problem, that’s why this is a mere suggestion to save other players from the frustration of not being able to enter challenge mode if they farm and kill a purple monster while being of a too high level for the map instead of a feedback.
Basically you just have to know where you are, what the specs of the map are and if you’re able to enter challenge mode or not. Sooner or later everyone will have learned which maps are “challenging” for him and which are not.
But atm such things just seem like faulty designs/flaws of new content.