Quote Originally Posted by Tint View Post
Exactly.

That's what I pay my sub for, to run the never ending treadmill of increasing the numbers.

On a sidenote I think it's funny how people say "you don't need higher item level" but on the other hand "you need to improve" to deal more dps so a expert run doesn't take 30 mins. So I should improve to deal more dps but run around in the minimum item level I need to enter?

Increasing the numbers helps in every content, not only in raids. And stopping to increase the numbers means also to stop to improve your character and this leads to stop playing the game.
When I can queue into Ridorana as a tank and be top five in DPS, gear is not the issue.