Quote Originally Posted by Sparthos View Post
Salvage, Einherjar - both sidegrades and sidesteps to the fact that HNMs dominated endgame.
Salvage gear was a sidegrade to HNMs...? Are you serious? Salvage destroyed HNM gear. In fact, it pretty much destroyed every other piece of gear in the game at the time.

Abyssea empyrean armor pretty much destroyed all previous gear choices.

Now we've got VW armor, which actually falls quite short relative to the eras of abyssea and salvage. Some of it is amazing, but VW gear by no means replaces all previous gear.

Nyzul is upcoming, and based on the +5 (?) versions, it might usher in a new era of gear destruction.