Quote Originally Posted by Februs View Post
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Put the raiding aside for a minute and look at how the gear treadmill works. When Savage hit, we had 3 weapons that were at the end of the line. i200/210 Eso weapon, and 210 gordian. To get gordian, its pretty much required to have your i200 eso weapon. This is how it was..

Now for examples sake, lets say relic came out at the same time as savage. It starts at 170 when you first get it. Dungeouns are easy so you breeze right through it in a day, maybe 2 if you don't have alot of time, then you get an i200 weapon. You've just thrown out the esoteric weapon to a lot of people. This does not mean I would not have liked to see them add it earlier, but it goes against their normal MO of doing things. Either way, it still should have came out earlier, just not when savage hit. 3.1 or maybe even a patch before 3.1.