Quote Originally Posted by RiceisNice View Post
It's a time gate of 5 dungeon runs for a fresh 60 because of law bonuses, less so if they actually get dungeon drops. You're severely overestimating the amount of time commitment you need to get to i170.
indeed, when 3.0 first hit, i was full 179 in about 3 days after 60 - there was no time gate preventing this then and still isn't now.

Once you are 179 or near there, start doing alex NM for 190 gear - queue times should be quick with relic and a lot of people are not rolling on drops. After that you can get work towards moving to 210 with void ark, diadem, esoterics - but even at 190 you can start entering into the raiding scene. Void ark and Diadem were not even in game when savage was released (and not for many months).