But you don't get it. "Epic" is just a colour and term to make you feel good. The true Epic gear are heroic gear and legendaries, everyone knows this already, so why do you really need a colour to indicate it? It already has the tag, it's not like I can't tell the difference between a ferarri and a honda, they are both cars and could both have a special edition but clearly one is better than the other.
It's not hand out gear, as people have to do something to get it. The higher the difficulty the higher the gear but why do people care about the colour and term that's used for other peoples gear? Why does it even effect you that there is an easier way to get gear that is a level or 2 lower than heroic raiding gear? Unless of course you can barely out dps people in LFR gear and therefore have to cry before someone realizes your not that good.