Quote Originally Posted by Chrolo View Post
That is just sad lol
It's not sad at all, the HQ system is designed to be more rewarding to encourage people to HQ rather than just get NQ and already be better than HQ of previous tier.

It tells players to not rush to make the next tier til they can comfortable HQ it otherwise they are just wasting resources because they can just as easily make a better version with materials that are more plentiful.