For the next set of things we recieve, it should be done as such:

Esoterics uncapped means your cap is set to i210 for gear you can get upgraded.
Alexander Story Round 2 should be set to 210, matched to the unlimtied gear, and not have a cap - let us farm it for sidegrades! don't make it 220 because then it feels -requires- for raiders to do it.

Next tomestone at i220, with upgrades to i230 via upgrades.

What I hate at the moment is that I am required to farm Alexander Story to gear my jobs for Savage. Right now i've almost got 3 seperate class-types to 60 - Mage, Melee, and Tank. I've geared Tank so far in full Story, Melee in full Story, but my Mage is gonna take another 4 weeks to get ready to be raid-ready because of all these lockouts.

I really don't think there was any reason - other than artifically making the turns take longer - that they gated us behind Alexander Story.