Quote Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor View Post
This is revisionist history. Everyone despised Diadem from the day it released. The devs didn't adjust it because of raiders, they adjusted due to no one wanting to participate in what ironically proved to be the beta test for Pagos. In fact, a very common complaint amongst casual players was the i280 weapon, which many felt was a slap across the face given the relic could be outdone by a random pick piece. Most hardcore raiders didn't give a damn as by that point, they had long since beaten Creator into the ground.
I'm talking about the original Diadem that released 210 aetherial gear with random stats. I personally enjoyed Diadem even though I never got that dream piece. Remember all the gear was nerfed when i210 stopped dropping and the gold box RNG was reduced. Once that happened, Diadem instantly died. Never was the same again.



You have failed to answer one question. Why should you be rewarded for doing essentially brain dead content? Raid gear is the focal point because it's the hardest content offered. If i370 gear were available from quests, normal mode trials, dungeon and etc, Savage has literally no purpose for existing, and would promptly die. All because you want gear that is hilariously overpowered outside Savage?
I'm not talking about normal mode dungeons, normal mode trials, and random easy quests. Just because I'm a casual doesn't mean I don't enjoy stuff that requires you to think. I don't do the raids anymore because they're boring and unrewarding time and again. The point was that any end-game content is automatically dead on arrival because it must be weaker than whatever the raid gear is which isn't even that much better than non-upgraded tome gear.
Shoot, the amount of life you need to sacrifice doing Eureka should be enough for the relic to be i400 at this point.

Admittedly, yes SE needs to find a better alternative than very small ilvl increases, but devaluing raid gear won't accomplish anything except pissing off a core foundation of your audience.
I'd agree if the raid gear had value but it doesn't. It's not a huge boost compared to default tome gear and it loses all value by the catch up patch. Then next patch, the crafted gear is better than raid gear. Every. Single. Time..