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[SDaemon]

Um... that sort leaves at least until we learn more, Savage mode as the sole source of item level 210 equipment. Obtaining equipment to upgrade your equipment is sort of limiting that item level to people on the cutting edge. Even if the new 24-man content somehow rewards goblin refinements, it would be likely time gated much like Savage mode is now. I personally hope they don't take that route myself, leaving the best gear to the best content isn't a bad thing, since it is at that point a "bragging rights reward."

Savage is indeed the only place to get the 2 sets of 210 gear presently, though when the 24-man is released that won't be the case. This pattern is the same as it has always been. When the 24 man drops Savage isn't going to be the only source to upgrade Esoterics, as I don't see SE changing their setup.

And it wouldn't matter even if 210 was completely locked behind Savage. Why? Because you don't need 210 gear. There's nothing in the game that requires 210 gear, not even Savage. And the 210 gear looks just like the 190 gear, so vanity isn't an excuse either.

The response was about the Esoteric gear, not the Prototype/Gordian gear.

The i100/i110 Sol and i120/i130 Poetics looked the same and yet SE started to make those freely upgradable after the next patch outside of the raid. I don't see them doing the Esoteric gear any differently.