Need an up-to-date explanation of savage content and why it is handled the way it is

[Colt47]

Its completely clearable in the base crafted gear and you should always be using tinctures on a clear run regardless of your gear. Extra dps is extra dps. The difficulty is mostly in the mechanics, and the dps check second.

Catchup mechanics early in the tier would completely negate the point of raiding. They unlock it a month before the next tier because the tier is over. I don't see the point in making savage easier only a few weeks after the tier comes out. Its savage, its supposed to be difficult. Its not the end of the world if it takes you longer to clear the tier.

Due to the changes in the patch cycle we do need the catchup mechanics earlier than the .x8 patches as we are getting an entire extra month at minimum between them.

Social problems notwithstanding from how the game makes it easy to make random individuals anonymous and have that anonymity work against each other. People don't even see each other as humans in PF and even many raid groups.