Quote Originally Posted by NocturniaUzuki View Post
This is false.

While I'm sure players do it partially for the challenge, they only do so in the context of gaining prestige within the playerbase, rather than actually caring about challenging themselves. Meanwhile, the true motivator behind doing Savage content is completion-ism and material reward. Most players, regrettably, do no do things "just for the heck of it" as someone posted above this. If they did, then old content would be alive and thriving, and my Eccentricity guild Discord for finding parties for unconventional challenges and fun would never have been made, because it would be the norm in-game.
What a blanket statement this is. I know plenty of people who do savage for the challenge and mostly view gear as a means to an end rather than to pose in something prestigious.

The reason why old content isn't as alive is because it's old. People have done it before, class balance has since changed so it's not like how it was at launch and the introduction of new classes changes it even more. Old content is out of date so it is prone to being badly balanced. Current content is designed for the current state of the game, this is one of the reasons why it is more desirable.

Yes the players that you speak of definitely exist but I think you greatly overestimate how many raiders are like that.