Quote Originally Posted by Lithera View Post
Find me the quote and I'll believe you. If it exists it may have been in reference to them being even pre-2.1. We're in the equivalent of post-2.1. We're still locked by soldier lockout so saying Coil shouldn't be locked is nonsense. CT...again...soldiery lockout keeps i100s coming slowly just means they instaupgrade to i110 if you carry sand or oil around. No lockout on CT would put all your classes in i100+ in a week or two. The hardcore raiders got their i110 in 2.2. Now the next tier of raiders can gear up a bit and challenge Coil 2 for their i115 weps and BiS i110s before Coil 3.
It's not quite the quote i've been looking for, but it is related.

In patch 2.0 and 2.1, the equipment from the Binding Coil of Bahamut and the equipment you could obtain with Allagan tomestones of mythology were exactly the same, and I think this detracted from players’ motivation.