Difficulty format for Normal and Savage will remain in 4.0

[Velhart]

Its the same old "But look at the numbers!" excuse. Principle of design, Yoshi-P. Story should be a reward, not something to be handed to you on a silver platter. If you are incapable of getting a group or lacking the skills to take on a raid tier, then wait till they put a echo buff and gimp the mechanics on normal mode. I am a broken record here, but the team needs to know when to make an MMO, and when to make a Final Fantasy. Nice to see also how enthusiastic his team is about making the raiding content. Almost like it shouldn't exist.

It is simple:
Even patch Tier 1: Normal(FCoB) > Savage(SCoB Savage)

Odd patch: Alternate ways to get gear to make checks on Normal easier.

Even patch Tier 2: Normal Tier 1(add in a echo buff and nerf mechanics, no ilvl sync) > Savage Tier 1(keep the ilvl sync on so it is always challenging)


And likely I am going to get those who say they deserve to get the story for the least amount of effort. If developers say that it is hard to motivate people to raid, then they need to find ways to do so that are not in expense of the audience the content is designed for, midcore and hardcore players.