Can we please delay Savage?

[Barraind]

And why would they hold back the new tomestones exactly?

Because new tomestones are released with savage.

They dont release the capped tomestone in the .0 patches at launch or with normal raids, they get released with savage in the .05 patch, because they keep the available ilvl constant.

Similarly with EX weapons, the weapons that fit with the ilvl progression for Savage were from Hades. Titania weapons are a full 10 ilvl lower than normal eden weapons. EX trials released alongside a savage release drop weapons that are higher ilvl than the crafted pieces, and would thus be delayed.

o far there have been no valid reasons as to why it harms the game

It needlessly delays content for everyone who is capable of time management, everyone who doesnt care about pushing their raid time back or forward TEN MINUTES one day every 6 months, and everyone who doesnt care about taking 10 minutes out of their day to watch cutscenes. It also negatively impacts gatherers and crafters, players who dont care about raiding savage minute 1, those who want to experience content without further delays, and those who are more interested in new tomestones than new savage raids.

The EX weapons that were relevant for Eden't Gate prog were Titania's ilvl 450 weapons.

Yes, items with a purposefully LOWER ilvl than every other EX tier released.

Titania dropped weapons that were on par with other weapon options. EVERY OTHER EX drops HIGHER ilvl weapons than are otherwise available at the time (excepting savage drops).

Your answer amounts to nothing more than "it was that way before so it has to stay that way"

When things dont change for 4 - 6 years and dev response is "We thought about it but we arent going to change it" it tends to be a thing thats not going to change.

It is the way it is because they very specifically and deliberately release things at the times they do with Ilvl taken into account. They arent going to shift half of it back any number of days, they're going to shift ALL of it back that long.