Quote Originally Posted by Karah View Post
No amount of gear in the entire game is going to make a significant impact. Sorry to tell you. The weapons might, but gear, nope.

If it were obvious to progress through the tiers, then they wouldn't have unlocked all 5 at once. They would've made it required to beat 1 to access 2, 2 to beat 3 etc.
Or they could have expected people to try the tougher stuff and possibly get creative, along the lines of the Meteor-fest mentioned above. But yes, it's a helluva lot easier to go from tier to tier rather than attempt a T3+ with pre-Delve gear...but skipping a few tiers means you're unlocking gear for plasm deals that are more potent, no?