Variance in player skill is hurting FFXIV's itemization design.

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I think they view Mhach gear as a catch-up measure to speed people along until they get either lore 230s which they can upgrade or until they get savage raid loot.
Same is probably true with the Nidhogg weapons, though these are in a bit of an awkward position, considering you have to clear extreme mode to get them.

But that is not a problem with the rewards themselves.
It's a problem with horrible raid loot RNG and lockouts.

This can easily be fixed by increasing the speed at which raiders gain loot, so they they are 240 by the time "welfare city" hits the streets.
BTW, at one piece of gear a week it takes 3 months to upgrade to 240.

You do know hunts are still a thing right? It does not take long to accumulate a bunch of seals, esp if hunts are unpopular on your server. It's quite common for A's just to be roaming around on my sever.