Sorry Yoshi, but if you award the best weapon in the game by winning the lottery...

[CookieMonsta]

They do have the right to voice their opinion. But their reason to be upset is not good. The i280 RNG weapon doesn't invalidate the efforts they put to get their anima/alexandrian weapons. For some, it is repulsing that a peon can get, with a 0.1% chance, a better weapon than they have. They will still be able to clear savage content, they will still be able to find parties for whatever they wanna queue for in party finder. This 280 weapon doesn't affect them in any way.

No matter what Yoshida does, there will always be people that are not satisfied with his decisions. That's life.

Actually that is sort of why we're annoyed. If the gear treadmill was to continue, why not also stagger a 280 step for the Relic? also achievement mode for Savage (handicapped Savage clears for 280 weapons)? That way everyone is happy. The current method means nobody is happy except the lucky few.

And yes, the 280 does affect people. It relegates progression/player power to RnG. In one fell swoop, its basically killed off the speedrunners, the padders and if Diadem wasn't so boring, the Relic grinders and the late raid proggers too. Its basically only the boredom + RnG of Diadem that stops people from power grinding it for progression.