Only one dungeon in odd numbered patches

[Abriael]

In an interview Yoshi specifically mentioned adding in something akin to a difficulty harder than savage, but only for single encounters in these in-between patches. When you look at the clear rates for existing savage raid encounters, do you really think a large amount of the population will get relevant clears on a mode above that? I say relevant because maybe they could clear it in a later patch with higher ilvl, but that would be disappointing.

You're making a connection that is not there. There is absolutely no element indicating that they're doing less dungeons to dedicate resources to that.