@Yukiko.

No one was clearing A3S with the initial i190 gear we had wheb Alex Savage was released. The weekly gear was a necessity to even clear A4S for now... And that's only with the very best teams in the game. So yes, I would argue that you *need* a set amount of the best gear in the game to clear all the floors. Not the from the laat turn necessarily, but that's just semantics.

I don't disagree that we need more midcore content. Asking it the rewards to be on-par with the hardest content, however, is absurd. We'll be getting Void Ark next patch, with the drops probably being i200. They could also add a new extreme/trial at some point with i205 weps (much like Shiva Ex in 2,4) but I doubt it's going to happen. Would love a Singularity Reactor EX tho!