Quote Originally Posted by Masekase_Hurricane View Post
This is what it should be it is stupid that Shire and Alex are the same ilvl. The only lockout that should exist in the game is savage gear as it should be the best gear. Nothing should equal it. Same goes for Anima and relic weapon they both should not be the same as shire weapon. Only Alex gear and Alex/Anima weapon should be BIS.
I personally don't care if raid gear is by far the best gear, since I don't raid and thus don't need it. But I think the reason it's not strictly the best is because that would be counterproductive. Figuring out BiS is fun for some people, and having raid gear be automatic BiS would remove that aspect of the game. Plus, if tome gear is (eventually) worthless to raiders, you're going to get less of them doing dungeons, and pretty much the entire game design is based on getting people doing dungeons as much as possible.