Quote Originally Posted by Zepherl View Post
What this argument is completely ignoring is PF which is where a lot of people are raiding. PF gradually raises the item level with each week, if you aren't clearing week 1 and keeping up with your tome gear, if you're having bad luck with gear rolls etc, it doesn't matter if you can technically clear the content at a lower item level, PF doesn't care. This late into the tier it is common for PFs to ask for 618+ item levels, I've even seen as high as 625. That is far, far beyond just one crafted set. This also completely ignores how unfriendly this system is for new players. A sprout getting done with MSQ and wanting to go into savage is not going to conveniently time their savage readiness in time with the patch cycles that SE schedules. If they want to keep up with future content and be BiS ready, they're SOL if they didn't clear early enough. Either lower the cost of raid and tome gear, raise the tome cap, or unlock the weekly restriction on loot after week 8. Or do all three of these things!
The argument also completely ignores that people do enjoy playing multiple jobs, and especially if you dont play jobs on the same job role, you are starting from square 1 obtaining BiS should you dare to play, for example, melee, ranged, healers. You have to start from scratch for all 3 and it really hampers what you want to play in savage.