Savage does not need a back-log for clears. Savage is content that is designed for players who are willing to set aside the time each week to do the content—not for players who suddenly don’t feel like doing the content for a week, but want to be able to cash in on rewards the next. If you aren’t dedicated enough to do the content each week within the weekly time frame, then you don’t deserve the rewards. I’m being blunt, but I’m also speaking truth.

It’s not your fault if things happen that cause you to miss a week, that is true—but missing a week due to whatever circumstance doesn’t entitle you to the rewards you miss out on. If you make the conscious decision to skip E4S because you don’t want to “settle for 0 chests”, that’s entirely on you. That doesn’t mean that you deserve to get the rewards you actively decided not to pursue the next week when things are suddenly more convenient.

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I remember the ex trials were a better pf experience than savage pf. I think partly because the ex trials don’t have a lockout time limit.

People queued whenever they were at their best condition instead of having to make static schedules or rush earliest pf during the week. No salt on gear because you could just queue again right away, even with the same group, and everyone eventually gets something. Also perhaps they were more fun and easier too.
Savage and Extremes are two different beasts here: the former require more time and dedication as opposed to the latter. And while Savage itself continues to be watered down every expansion, it’s still content designed for those who put in the time to clear it—not those who think “I’m going to do E1S today” and just queue in repeatedly for gear at their convenience. Extremes have no loot lockout, yes—but they also offer lesser gear compared to the current Savage tier.

You are more than able to venture into Savage whenever you want during the week—on Aether, there are always PFs up for the floors. Sure, parties that are made outside of Primetime hours may fill at slower rates, but that’s the chance you take when you set up parties outside of the evening hours when the majority of players are online. If you wait until Monday to do your clears, there’s a chance you may not complete them all before the reset depending on when you start trying to get them cleared—but that’s ultimately on you because you consciously chose to wait that long.

Not everyone has the time to do Savage every week—and that’s okay. If you’re busy in real life and have to miss the week for X reason, you gotta do what you gotta do. But missing a week doesn’t mean that you deserve to get the rewards the next. Think of Savage like weekly raffles: if you don’t enter in one week, that doesn’t mean that you can still win the raffle prizes for that week the following week.

Tiers last for six months: that is plenty of time to get whatever gear you want (and, very likely, then some). They’ve even started removing loot lockouts in the last month that the tier is current to make farming them even easier. There’s no rush to getting this gear unless you’re planning on tackling the Ultimate that’s coming out soon, where it’s actually needed for survivability/damage requirements—otherwise, missing a week isn’t that detrimental. You’ll be behind, yes; but it is what it is.