Difficulty format for Normal and Savage will remain in 4.0

[KarstenS]

And while Elyisum did have some i240 gear from raid drops, they certainly weren't anywhere close to being full i240 or even i230 overall.

They did not had that low amount of gear for the final turn you expect.

As they've cleared A7 within the first week and did run these turns with a twink party too, they've had beside the fully meldet crafted gear in the week they finally beat A8:

- 6x i240 weapon
- 36x chests with i240 gear (24 of them left side gear, even if only 50% were useful for the A8 party, its alot)
- at least 1 upgraded (cheap) tome item for everybody

[Yukiko]

They did not had that low amount of gear for the final turn you expect.

As they've cleared A7 within the first week and did run these turns with a twink party too, they've had beside the fully meldet crafted gear in the week they finally beat A8:

- 6x i240 weapon
- 36x chests with i240 gear (24 of them left side gear, even if only 50% were useful for the A8 party, its alot)
- at least 1 upgraded (cheap) tome item for everybody

Can underline this!
Most (not all) groups i have seen had fully melded crafted gear.
If you sum up all those materia you are on par with ilvl 240 gear.
Mostly right side was crafted and left side was mixed.
Special the Weapon was oftn from latest primal.