Quote Originally Posted by Dzian View Post
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Yep.

People can argue til their teeth fall out that raiding is for the challenge, but as long as gear is attached to it it should at least be gear that allows you to access more content, whether now or in the future. A good example (that's often brought up a lot) is SCoB -> Savage SCoB. You used all the gear you got in SCoB to beat Savage and you were rewarded with titles to show off your epeen. This system wasn't without it's flaws, but ones that could easily be ironed out.

Honestly, I kinda agree with OP - if we removed raiding and got content with varying difficulty that split the gear I'd significantly prefer that to the current system. But if we must keep raiding in the game then it'd be nice if it were actually worthwhile.