Who is gonna raid now with the iLvl 110 gear handed to people??

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Furthermore, in a game where all raiding is instanced competition for targets is a non-issue.

The crux of the matter is simply the raiding crowd are feeling upset their snowflake status is diminished.

Sure, some people may feel that way. The REAL issue is that they are so easy to obtain. Nobody should be able to get 7 sands in less than a week. NOBODY, not raiders not casuals, not anyone. It's top ilvl gear.

There should have been a weekly lockout on them 1 per week (1 oil and 1 sand respectively)

When you see hunting people obtaining sands and oils faster than the end game content can provide, you know there was a mistake. Too late to fix it now though, the damage is done already.