New savage raid gear has weapon and armour effects. Thoughts?

[Packetdancer]

I also can't help but feel they're playing on players' addiction to glowing weapons to draw more people into savage, which isn't exactly wrong, but it feels a bit underhand...

To be fair, it's always felt weird to me that the savage weapons were frequently underwhelming (though when they were good, they were generally very good) compared to like... crafted weapons from extreme trial materials. Whether or not you like these specific glowy weapons -- and I will say, I don't like these ones half so well as the Asphodelos ones -- I do kind of like the idea of savage weapons which have a chance that you do not immediately glam straight over them.

[Dreamsoap]

To be fair, it's always felt weird to me that the savage weapons were frequently underwhelming (though when they were good, they were generally very good) compared to like... crafted weapons from extreme trial materials. Whether or not you like these specific glowy weapons -- and I will say, I don't like these ones half so well as the Asphodelos ones -- I do kind of like the idea of savage weapons which have a chance that you do not immediately glam straight over them.

I agree - I always wished the rewards could be bumped up a bit in prestige from the amount of effort you go to to get them. I was even wishing the other day that they'd include VFX on gear for a more WoW like direction and here we are, couldn't be happier. I hope they continue to go down this route because as an avid relic weapon collector, the last two sets were not that great.