Simple change, White Sands use to have the same restriction. But it has been modified, 80s were farming it on epic for awhile there.
Pretty sure they had a World Boss popping on Tortage White Sands on testlive. Probably the main reason they opened up the zone to chars over lvl 25. Thus, Tortage newbies should get a chance to see one in action and even possibly get some loot. All they have to do is duck in, aggro boss, get away a safe distance and wait. They just need to be on his aggro list for 60 seconds to get stuff.
Dagget,
President of Ayredian Nightfall