External List view doesn't display all items.

I created an external list from an external content type. The ECT refers to an EXEC MSSQL Query that returns around 2000~ items. I have changed the throttle limit to 3000 to ensure that all items get retrieved. Upon creating a view, I have to pass in the filter value in order to execute the query to get items returned. Here's where my problem occurs. Under the item limit tab if I set the value to a large number(i.e 500-1000) I can view all the data, but the page becomes really long and looks bad. I tried to set the value to 30 so the user can view all the objects in a 30 object per view pages. However, when I do this every time I click next page, I only get the first 30 values repeating on all the pages.