Quote Originally Posted by NolLacnala View Post
All raid gear becomes vanity gear a few months later, so this is a moot point
I feel you've missed the point - what I'm proposing in my post is a vanity only reward that signifies the mark of an exceptional raider as they cleared the highest tiers of content for the sake of challenge. This isn't items for progression through a raid tier to make things easier that will go obsolete after the raid tier is done. This also doesn't necessarily mean gear either - it could be a title or a minion unique to the raid tier.

In fact we don't even need a reward - if the dev team is willing to put up an insane challenge on the table for the sake of challenging the top end tier raiders, I'm sure some people would bite. However just providing some small incentive to partake in the content that is unique from the gear grind would at least make it more desirable too and lure a few more players into the mix for this style of content.