Void Ark to drop Esoteric parts for upgrade why?

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Did they say anything about these tokens being rolled for, or like Bismarck and Ravana? I'm hoping it's for the latter, I really don't want to have to grind for not only the weekly Void Ark piece, but the token too.

I'm pretty sure they learned from ST. I'm thinking these tokens they are mentioning are auto-drops for gear (kind of like Alexander Savage pages), as grinding for gear in 24-man raids can require a lot of work if you're trying to get a specific item. I'm hoping these tokens, however, are not for i200->i210 upgrades and they stick with the weekly quest reward like they did with the i120->i130 upgrades.

I'd very much like to see the return of the weekly quest reward, however I think asking players to run 4 24-man raids a week is troublesome. I think the smartest idea would be to have the quest be Void Ark + one of the level 50 24-man raids. This will keep the quest from being too grindy as we get more Void Arks (I assume it'll be a little series similar to the CT series) and also bring back some life into the current 24-mans... which are incredibly dead.