Apparently Yoshi-P thinks larger scale savage content is easier to get in to

[ForteNightshade]

Wasn't the dyable judge gear ridiculously difficult (tedious) to get even if you could regularly get groups for DR savage? It's actually kind of crazy to me how doomed it was from the start.

Sort of? It takes ten tokens to purchase the upgrade, which all drop from each boss. Queen has a chance to randomly drop the full upgrade. I suspect the devs assumed that would keep people investing, forgetting raid centric players aren't usually motivated by glamour. I've always found that an odd reward even with Savage. Rarely do I even use the raid sets, let alone care if they're dyeable.