Originally Posted by
Dalinos
Oh sure, catchup gear was there. Find me catchup gear that's better than stuff like Choker of the Fire Lord, Perdition's Blade, Onslaught Girdle, Bone Reaver's Edge, Aged Core Leather Gloves, Core Hound Tooth, Cauterizing Band and a MYRIAD of other epics from MC, the very 1st raid tier of Vanilla. Where's the catchup caster staff that's better than Staff of Dominance, or Azuresong Mageblade?
Realistically, the only catchup gear I can think of that's any good is the Cenarion Circle caster bracers that are 1 step below Bracers of Arcane Accuracy from BWL. There's also some more semi-decent pieces from the Naxxramas launch event and...that's pretty much it.
I recently bought BFA, after quitting at the end of Legion, to do M+ with some mates. Apparently the 1st raid tier dropped ilvl 340 gear? 360? somewhere there. I log in, day 1 I'm showered with 410 and 420 gear. Which is shit gear, don't get me wrong, but it's MILES better than the 1st raid tier. And the 2nd raid tier. And Benthic gear from Nazjatar. And Mechagon gear.
There's nothing wrong with catchup gear, per se. The "wrongness" occurs when that catchup gear invalidates 80% of available, expansion-relevant content.