I280 weapons were a mistake

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Where, exactly, did Yoshi say the anima would not be the best at the end? Source, please.

It was after Gordias Savage when they made some ilvl mistakes, making the anima the same as the raid weapon ilvl. This is truth to this because the anima only went up to i240 during Midas, and the A8S weapons were i245. So you had to get an A8S weapon to get the highest.

This tier we had over 5 months of i275 exclusive if you cleared A12S. Plus this is the end of the xpac, and a victory lap step is more than okay at this point just like it was in ARR.