Please remove the weekly lock out of stuff

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As you pointed out, RNG does play a role in raid gear. So it baffles me when people suggest that tomestone gear needs to be significantly lower in ilvl in relation to raid gear, when raiders themselves can benefit from tomestone gear when the rng doesn't favor them. You also touch on a significant factor of raiding. Incentive. While raiders have a number of incentives to raid, ilvl seems to be the only one given much credence... and apparently a 5 ilvl advantage isn't enough for many raider's egos.

Well you get the tomestone in A10S, so the i260 is available without waiting what was it, seven weeks for one (just need the 2+ weeks of scripture to buy it). Then clearing A11S in the first month for the i270 gobdip upgrade, which is also once a week, and usually goes to the DPS first. Or spend 4-weeks of A11S pages to buy one for ourselves.

I didn't need it to clear A12S, my i260 anima was just fine at the time. ilvl incentive for raiders makes things easier to clear, and generally there is a sense of competitiveness with even midcore raiding. People like to speed things up and post better numbers weekly. Weekly Savage clears aren't always one-shot either, mistakes happen so more ilvl helps.

Some raiders threw a hissy fit over the anima being able to get to 275 if I recall.

Some. I don't mind because we had over 5+ months of i275 exclusivity with A12S until they added the anima step, and it's the end of the expansion. Second, many raiders desire the most optimal stats since not every Alex 275 was "perfect". Animas have allowed the fastest Alex Savage clears to-date, and kept the small speed running population going.