Why are elite hunts so valuable? What are the devs thoughts?

[Roris]

Why do CT when hunts gives soldiery to buy iLvl 100, then directly upgrade it to iLvl 110. Plus there is a weekly lock out 1 piece of iLvl 100 from CT which by comparison doesn't make sense with the free for all that is Hunts

Welcome to the CT conundrum that has existed since the very first CT, mostly due to the fact that it was promised to be at launch then got delayed 4 months. By the time it was finally implemented a lot of people already had mostly full i90 on their main and even secondaries thus no real reason to get its inferior i80 gear, that's why it was advertised as "vanity" or a way to gear up other classes. The same exact thing applies to ST and doesn't really have anything to do with Hunts themselves, it's an issue with the entire game's itemization and design really.

[Giantbane]

Welcome to the CT conundrum that has existed since the very first CT, mostly due to the fact that it was promised to be at launch then got delayed 4 months. By the time it was finally implemented a lot of people already had mostly full i90 on their main and even secondaries thus no real reason to get its inferior i80 gear, that's why it was advertised as "vanity" or a way to gear up other classes. The same exact thing applies to ST and doesn't really have anything to do with Hunts themselves, it's an issue with the entire game's itemization and design really.

It would be awesome if there was another path to i110 for ST & Primal gear. Doesn't have to be sands, and it doesn't even have to be right now. But *something* before 2.4 hits so that getting the ST & primal gear didn't feel so "useless" because you'd be able to upgrade it later, same as the weathered gear.