Quote Originally Posted by FlorineC View Post
Nobody's forced to do anything. You can do all content in the game just fine with pre-Chaotic bis and it'll be outdated next content drop, but I think having more gearing options for the now is good actually. If you don't wanna do Chaotic to get slightly better, don't do it, but there's no reason to deprive other players of options just because you don't wanna run the content.
If you want the actual BiS, yes, you are forced to do it on most jobs, if not all. High-end raiding in this game was always about 8 players. Why change the formula when you built a raiding community around 8-man content for 10 years?

Also what you've said in the beggining is completely wrong. There's a chance some pieces from Chaotic will be Ultimate BiS(they are now), so stating that they'll become outdated is completely wrong.