Quote Originally Posted by Lambdafish View Post
Normal mode shouldn't really give gear at all, the problem right now is that NM has more incentive than savage and people become burned out on NM before they get into savage. Sure, put the story in NM so everyone can experience it, but don't make it part of the gear progression because this will make splitting them redundant by putting it on the gear ladder before savage. NM primals don't give anything, and that system seems to have worked, plus there are ways to keep people running content without putting it on the gear progression ladder (such as relic grind)
I think it's fine that they give gear for glamour and item level, but I think Normal mode should give gear equal to tome gear, that way it's a choice and not you have to. That way people have options, they then don't feel forced to burn out on normal mode, they can get gear another way. Though another solution would be my idea I posted above to allow Savage raiders to go in with an edge for the next raid which would also give them less intensive to burn out on Normal mode without taking away glamour or a different means of gearing from others.