Variance in player skill is hurting FFXIV's itemization design.

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There are 3 ways to nerf an encounter:
-direct nerfst to abilities and mob stats
-indirect nerfs through buffs (echo)
-increasing the raids item level past the item level that was initially available.

If you clear an encounter while wearing the item level it drops because the 3 months period where said item level was exclusive to said encounter, you down the encounter in a nerfed state.
EG: clearing A8S while wearing 240s in slots you would otherwise not have had access to 240 items (chest me thinks).
OR: clearing A7S while wearing 240 relic weapons.

You can get the augment primal chest to fill your 240 slot.

I had access to twines and the lore to get the chest, but it was terrible for my class. I instead use the Eikon chest. Please keep going on and making assumptions, It's cute.

You can be full 240 without clearing a8s, you just need a few weeks of a7s loot. Shows how much you know about FFXIV raiding. You are trying to be provocative, but rest assured, I am far from raging. Also, if you wanna talk facts, show me which wow mythic tier had LFR gear at a mythic ILVL.

That is a nice fact you like to ignore. While a mythic tier is current in wow, there is no way for players to get mythic ilvl gear without doing mythic raiding. How you can cite wow/mythic without addressing the rewards wow offers their raiders? That seems to be giant gaping hole in your fact sheet my friend.

Edit: After you went back to include your repose about wow, I included a new response below.

Yes, the next normal in WoW (which is facerolld in one sitting by mythic raiders) drops BETTER loot as soon as it hits.
The (to mythic raiders) much more relevant heroic drops 705 to 720 wich is quite the difference, esp when you factor in new set bonuses.
Now you see why guilds immediately abandon previous tiers mythic and redirect all available time into gearing up in the next tiers Heroic to get ready for next tiers mythic ASAP.

And like I said before, if there was a new wing of savage, I could care less about what drops in welfare city. So, like your saying in wow, the new normal tier would drop better gear. What you left out is that the following week, after mythic unlocks, there is new mythic gear that blows the new normal gear out of the water.

Where is my new savage gear since my old savage gear is invalidated now? Your argument has holes in it. Mythic raiders always have new mythic gear to chase down once their old gear has been trivialized. We don't have that fair exchange in this game.