The Lessons Not Learned.

[Midareyukki]

Short answer: yes

Criterion Dungeons are on the same level as Savage, if not harder. While a bit subjective, you won't find many amongst the raid community putting P6S ahead of any single fight of the three Criterion dungeons. Frankly, the last boss has more going on than P7S. So why are these Savage equivalent fights offering only dime a dozen materia as their rewards? It's like clearing P8S and getting a single Direct Hit X for your efforts. The devs keep putting Savage on this strange pedestal. It isn't anything special nowadays. At least not 8-9 weeks into the tier's lifespan. And this is coming from someone who clears week 2, logs extremely high and clears Ultimate. It's okay to have raid gear come from other sources. In fact, it'd be a welcomed addition.

Wait, really? o,o they're harder than current savage? Okay yeah I see why people want more out of this xD Ain't nobody gonna farm stuff this hard for the sake of Materia. People generally do Hunt Trains for those.

(edit: ok there's a mount and orchestrion roll, but that's so minimal... The portrait kits being locked behind savage just looks awkward)