Difficulty format for Normal and Savage will remain in 4.0

[enthauptet]

Well, lets say SE finally gave raid gear a 10 ilvl bump over upgraded tome gear. Raiders would simply stick around to farm BiS and alt gear, like we do now. Getting a BiS set can take a few months.

It is kind of nice you can buy 3rd level gear from 2nd level token drops for people like me that can't find a group to play with so I can at least buy an item if/when I get enough tokens from subbing ( yay finally got 6 )

[zosia]

It is kind of nice you can buy 3rd level gear from 2nd level token drops for people like me that can't find a group to play with so I can at least buy an item if/when I get enough tokens from subbing ( yay finally got 6 )

that is fine, you should have your own gear progression path, outside of raiding, with it's own individual ilvl. The best ilvl should come from killing hard bosses or performing difficult tasks, not grinding tomes.