Quote Originally Posted by linayar View Post
Better gear will always be useful for any and all max level duties that do not have item level sync.

That said, there is already augmented tomestone gear in FFXIV, so not having the actual savage raid gear is not really a big deal either way outside of wanting a dyeable version for glamour.
The best part of the "welfare gear" comment comes from the fact that the upgrades to said gear are in the raids LOL