Quote Originally Posted by gamesmart View Post
Because that's how vertical progression works. Newer content is designed around a higher item level, and the Crystal Tower series is meant to assist in the gearing up for tackling those raids. Also, you don't put highest tier gear ONLY in the raids.

Another thing to remember is gear isn't indicative of skill. There are people toting i130 Augmented Ironworks and maybe Zetas that can be outperformed by someone in i90. Gear doesn't carry you through raids that require teamwork and personal skill (T5 anyone?).
I still don't see why T9 has some a strict dance routine, since nothing in Crystal Tower or Main Scenario is this unforgiving, and as I said, WoD gives stronger equipment while actually being fun. And for all the talk about coil is supposed to be "hardcore," the quest log and duty finder pages for the Coils turns made absolutely no effort to indicate it wasn't casual content like 95% of everything before it, so you can't expect people to not take offense at the difficulty. At least the Extreme primals let you know up front it's going to be harder.