Quote Originally Posted by kpxmanifesto View Post
I posted in a diff thread about this, and I have to say it probably comes down to SE wanting to make money. The longer players stay subscribed, the more money that SE makes through monthly subscriptions. If players were allowed to get all their gear quickly you can guarantee that a few of those players will unsub till the next content patch.
I'd argue more players would be motivated to try alt classes in raids and stay subbed even longer having fun with all the different classes than the tiny handful who would unsub because they have BiS.

Getting BiS isn't really an end goal, because if your only use for BiS is to unsub as soon as you have it then why even bother? BiS is merely a small bonus for clearing the tier. What keeps players subbed is re-clearing for fun, trying to improve on their personal best, seeing if they can do better in a fight than they did the week before or just enjoying social team activities with friends and static.

The problem is you can get bored of just playing your main. But switching to a 580 alt for farm and reclears just isn't as appealing when you know it'll be worse than your 600 main and you'll be behind others. Nor is the prospect of 2 months timegate for that alt to be on par with others gear-wise. The tier will be over before you get more than a few characters done. That's what leads to players thinking "eh, this isn't worth it" and unsubbing.

There are also issues with gearing for healers. They're the lowest loot priority in many statics for good reason. Piety is also a thing and renders most of the tome set useless for a player who has cleared the fights and doesn't the extra mana, making it essentially a large chunk of 0 substat. Tanks have a similar issue with Tenacity which also needs looking at, but gearing as a healer is particularly unsatisfying.