Thread: Encrypted Tomestones and 2.55 question

Originally Posted by ShaneDawn

Tbh they shouldn't drop tomes at all, not when the alternative is real raid content where it's supposed to belong anyways. They should've just added Demon weapons of ilvl 120 at 2,5, and upgrades to make them 130 now. It would've kept both the raiders and the casuals happy, plus it would've been more skins and stat variants. Now it just feels like they're giving out the stuff cheap.

Given that this is exactly how it's been since 2013 with almost every patch (where the means to obtain things became easier through nerfs, echos, tome changes, drop changes, etc), it really doesn't matter what they do on the loot ease. Let's also not forget that the expansion isn't very far off, meaning all that gear you'd obtain becomes obsolete and easy to get again anyway (as it always did with new Turn/raid/tier introductions). At this point, the feeling of eventual handouts is something you really should have already accepted with ARR as how the devs always intentionally and happily do things.

With Heavensward though, and the mention of horizontal progression (possibly a reference to how FFXI was handled for lv75 gear progression or WoWs normal/heroic/etc modes for varied loot?), it'll likely be something that hardcore raiders will enjoy... assuming their enjoyment involves visually standing out (along with better stats) and NOT to exclusively keep everyone else significantly weaker as a whole.