I like a delay so that I can do the story without feeling rushed, but it means that we can see the mechanics and those of us who have played for a long time can use the normal mode mechanics to predict a lot of the savage mechanics and these predictions will improve with a week to think about it. It gives us time to gear up giving a greater advantage in savage.

One way to reduce the impact could be to delay the crafted gear, tomestone, extreme and normal raid drops so that there is not a gear advantage, but we'll still have time to predict a lot of the mechanics and practice the normal version.

For anyone that is confused how it can be used to predict the mechanics in savage, a lot normal mode mechanics make it into savage but without telegraphs. You might not notice that a lot of the mechanics in savage happen exactly the same in normal, but they do, they just feel very different without the telegraph or a reduced punishment. Most objects that appear automatically in normal get placed by players in savage.