Quote Originally Posted by Zarzak View Post
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There's definitely still progression in the model we have now, unless when you hit 50 you immediately think to yourself 'cool only 6 more weeks and I'll have good enough gear to que for t1-5. Sure you get the gear from tomes eventually but you're restricted to 1 piece per week max, and you do still have to beat the previous turns to even access future ones. The tome gear does supplement the raid gear but unless you want to wait a month or 2 before you even start raiding, it's not like the old gear is immediately obsolete.