I'll state that whether it is for Savage or Criterion Normal, I still think this is a step in a good direction. These rewards are for increasing item level, something I and a lot of others have requested.

However, while I can't speak for everyone, I do believe I can speak for many where we expected it to be from Criterion normal, not Savage.

Something I've seen commonly said is that Criterion Normal seems to be about Savage and then Criterion Savage takes it further. With this in mind..

If this is the way moving forward, I can't complain too much, gear rewards from Criterion even I asked for. If this were to be the way moving forward, my suggestion is thus:

Let the gear drop from Criterion Normal at a lower item level, and let us augment it from drops that augment the gear from Criterion Savage. I believe this would make Criterion succeed in making it an alternative method of gearing outside of Savage 8-man raids.