Quote Originally Posted by Cordovan View Post
We fundamentally disagree with the philosophy that only T2 raiders should be allowed to get access to the best loot. It will often be the case that this is so, but to make some kind of permanent rule on it is something we simply will never do. We like motivating raiders to get gear, and our current offerings do so, even if in one or two very specific cases the numbers are slightly better in a non-raid-acquired item than a raid item as post-raid updates are released. Ultimately, if we were seeing a drop in the number of people running Throne of the Dread Terror, that might be a data point we'd take into consideration, but since the actual numbers are showing that more individual people are completing the raid on T2 difficulty more frequently since we released the flora system, the numbers don't support some of the arguments in this thread.
Well said, there is plenty of ways to get gear in game as there should be, the majority of raid gear will stay Best in Slot for a good while anyway.