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

[Granyala]

I have cleared every raid tier in this game 10 times before any nerf (aside from the initial nerf to twin). Please go on how I am not savage material. I might not be a server/world first raider, but I can get content down before nerfs or out gearing, so please save your asinine assumptions for someone that they will actually provoke.

There are 3 ways to nerf an encounter:
-direct nerfst to abilities and mob stats
-indirect nerfs through buffs (echo)
-increasing the raids item level past the item level that was initially available.

If you clear an encounter while wearing the item level it drops because the 3 months period where said item level was exclusive to said encounter, you down the encounter in a nerfed state.
EG: clearing A8S while wearing 240s in slots you would otherwise not have had access to 240 items (chest me thinks).
OR: clearing A7S while wearing 240 relic weapons.

You can rage against that fact as much as you want, it will still be the truth.

Yeah, show me which mythic raid tier had LFR giving out Mythic gear. That's what we are talking about, not weather you or I are "mythic" or "savage" material. Check you red herring detractors at the door plz.

Blackrock Foundry Mythic item level: 695
Hellfire Citadel Normal item level (difficulty is about the same as Mhach, a little easier even): 690-705

Yes, the next normal in WoW (which is facerolld in one sitting by mythic raiders) drops BETTER loot as soon as it hits.
The (to mythic raiders) much more relevant heroic drops 705 to 720 wich is quite the difference, esp when you factor in new set bonuses.
Now you see why guilds immediately abandon previous tiers mythic and redirect all available time into gearing up in the next tiers Heroic to get ready for next tiers mythic ASAP.