@Belial
The rank 50 raid items are far from "the best".
And between Rank 45 and Rank 50 is only the 5 Rank difference, which of course is something, but it should be more than that. Why not stop at Rank 49 than? The difference between rank 49 and 50 sure isn't significant.
We also have different opinions on how games should be designed. For me it's perfectly normal that the BEST Gear has something elitist to it.
I played FFXI for over a year and never reached the level cap and had still a lot of fun and i enjoyed it simply if a Level 75 player walked by on me, wearing a relic weapon or an AF2 set.
That's the best thing you said in your post, though it goes against all the complaints you addressed earlier
I really don't know how.
It's perfectly logical that there is something to complain about, if the game needs a lot of work and the players need patients.

btw
I had enough motivation to play till rank 50 and i don't feel the way Budi does, but he has a point. If you feel the same way is another thing, but being rank 50 has little to no benefits as it is now.
I have no problem with that, knowing that things will change, but it doesn't hurt to point it out or to simply share your thoughts.