Quote Originally Posted by Nixxe View Post
Because Savage and Ultimate are in many respects their own reward, so removing the gear from them doesn't actually do much. That gear is primarily there to help out lower end raids that will need the gear advantage to clear what world class statics did the first week, so removing it is anti-casual more than anything else, and would actually increase stratification.
Except you have tome gear. Raid gear itself is just as often avoided due to sub-stat optimization, but vendor gear is more than sufficient (and usually what they test in) to get the job done. Even with that consideration, the gear is desirable because, again, Glamour. You can't dye normal raid gear.

that's why I'm totally fine with glamour being gatekeepered by this theoretical hardmode crafting gear stat boost. The realm of exclusive glamour to the hardcore dedicated crafter, sure. All for it.