So which is it Yoshi?

[Welsper59]

And wanting the best gear ingame, without actually putting in any real effort (Because time spent was irrelevant right?) and not even needing it one bit because you don't do the instance where it might actually matter is not a sad state? Come on please.

Is it really such a strange concept that the biggest challenge should net the biggest rewards?

It's actually not that unusual for content to be there for the sake of it being there, but that's not really the case with Coil. The game does reward you gear that is BiS for most classes in Coil, maybe not for all slots obviously, but the gear is there. Some people would just take Allagan gear over tome gear just for the sake of it being that way. Do you really think everyone that raids, even big time groups like BG, do it simply for the gear? They do it because they want to experience the content (being world first certainly had some hand in that as well). The gear is definitely enticing though, but it's typically not what motivated you to do it... you're not really "experiencing" the game if that's your outlook.

And no, it's not a strange concept to expect the biggest challenge to yield the best rewards. But if that's currently not the case, and the gear is merely a minor upgrade (if not on-par), then do it because you want to. Are you really implying that everyone (or just majority) who does a raid, ONLY does it for the gear? Like that is the absolute #1 reason to do ANYTHING endgame... it's not about experiencing what there is to be experienced...

If so, then yeah, you're probably going to throw a fit. You'd probably do that for any game though, honestly. If you're playing an MMORPG, gear cannot be the only driving force to do something. That is, assuming you aim to enjoy yourself, as you'll always be VERY disappointed. So yes, sad state to be in for folks like that.