No, unfortunately, old players rolling a new character aren't eligible for this gear and it really hurts. I too, haven't played for some time, so I decided to start a brand new character. But no Divine gear for me
But the option to delete my old account and create a new one just isn't viable for me (I simply have too much on this account).
So I'm seriously thinking about creating a new account on the EU/RU server, just so I can get this gear and finally see what it's like to experience all the game's content (sadly, none of my original characters is geared and a lot of the game's content is gated behind the need for proper gear).
Anyway, if any of the Devs are reading this, I'd really like to request that this gear be given to ALL new characters and not just new accounts. In fact, I'd like to go a step further and suggest that it should be given to EVERY character, old and new. Then everybody will have this gear and nobody will be disadvantaged