Quote Originally Posted by Deveryn View Post
OP has a well written post, but I can't say that I agree with any points, moreso those following in some sort of agreement. SE has a clear formula for gearing up and despite what some might think, it actually works. Those that only do dungeon content can work on their BiS every week. Likewise for savage. There doesn't need to be an alternate route that takes people out of the pool of players pursuing that level of gear.

What is the actual rush? That's a rhetorical question btw, as I know there's no good answer.
What this argument is completely ignoring is PF which is where a lot of people are raiding. PF gradually raises the item level with each week, if you aren't clearing week 1 and keeping up with your tome gear, if you're having bad luck with gear rolls etc, it doesn't matter if you can technically clear the content at a lower item level, PF doesn't care. This late into the tier it is common for PFs to ask for 618+ item levels, I've even seen as high as 625. That is far, far beyond just one crafted set. This also completely ignores how unfriendly this system is for new players. A sprout getting done with MSQ and wanting to go into savage is not going to conveniently time their savage readiness in time with the patch cycles that SE schedules. If they want to keep up with future content and be BiS ready, they're SOL if they didn't clear early enough. Either lower the cost of raid and tome gear, raise the tome cap, or unlock the weekly restriction on loot after week 8. Or do all three of these things!