What's the point in nerfing it? So you get get stronger gear to do... what exactly?

I haven't done savage, and to be honest I have little to no interest in doing it. I did all of Coil for the story, for the cool looking gear, for the interesting new bosses. Alex savage has none of those things. Well, the bosses are slightly different, but not enough for me to care. Doing NM so many times pretty much killed my interest.

The ONLY thing you get out of savage is stronger gear and a feeling of accomplishment. If it's nerfed, the former is pointless and the latter is basically gone.