The difficulty curve in the game has... problems...

[Rolder50]

The thing is that they intended EX fights to be the bridge between normal and savage, but as I stated before they raised the skill floor and now EX is just sort of it's own thing floating out there with unreal. Also the way they handle end game as a whole with the savage tier is done poorly as it has no tiers or scaling to accommodate the breadth of different play schedules and times people have who engage in it. The content shouldn't take someone more than two months to clear but unfortunately it ends up doing just that since many people can't dedicate a four to five night a week raid schedule with the same folks, and bless those that do because without them the vast majority of people doing savage likely couldn't even complete the content.

One thing I find crazy in this game is the sheer amount of time people will dedicate to EX or Savage on a per week basis. This tier, the static I was in did 3-4 hours a night x two nights a week, and that was plenty. Four or five nights a week makes some sense for Ultimate, but for anything less it just sounds ridiculous, barring world first people of course.

Edit: And that's just for savage. EX usually just takes a single evening.