Salvage wasn't speed run rewards, Idk what pieces you're talkin about. Salvage gear was better (in some cases only) but it was because salvage was more complicated. There was no prize for killin the boss with 25 minutes remaining vs. with 5 minutes remaining. You went into one of four zones and farmed whatever path you needed to farm. 80% of the time we didn't even bother with the boss boss of any zone cuz we were farming the smaller NMs for drops.