I don't get why people are complaining about this now. Has everyone forgotten when ST gave the upgrade items for tomestone gear months after the second coil had it? And then there was the weekly CT quest to get similar items as well. Coil/Alex raids have the incentive of you get a headstart by several months and are likely doing it with people who you are friends with. The catch up version means you won't see it for months until it goes live and you'll have to deal with 23 other people that may or may not be trolling you.

People also complained about their "hard work going to waste" when relics started to be equal to raid weapons. Frankly, I think the whole entire thing sounds like "no one should ever have this unless they suffered like I have", which is also doubly funny cause original relic owners said the same thing when the steps were made easier.

Then again, we are just going to go in circles like we did in 2.0