So I got back into savage raiding this tier since last time I did it it was around the Sigmascape/2nd tier cycle during the Stormblood expansion and ever since clearing P8S at long last since early December mainly through PF groups, I'm being reminded of why I personally stopped raiding in the first place, that being that besides having an job with infrequent workshift hours plus home commitments that I can't really look for a static that suits me and spend 3 hours in 3 days or something among those lines, I'm also wondering if there's any real 'step ahead' benefit to this that I'd like to ask and if someone could answer for me:
Eventually savage raids become outdated and the weekly chest drop limit removed that the only real reward purpose people go for is for glam gear or the mount drops usually, and I want to ask if getting BiS gear when the savage raid is relevant helps you for the next tier in that you can start raiding in the next tier comfortably without having to sink money into crafted/pentamelded catch up gear, or will the crafted gear be just as good? I guess if it's the latter it's just bragging rights to be BiS-geared for the current patch?
I did actually enjoy getting the P8S clear and I like the weekly challenge of trying to reclear these fights so far for good gear for other jobs/the eventual mount drop, but I'm not sure if I want to actually keep this up because high-end savage raiding still comes with a lot of salt and timewasting whenever you restart due to a likely fuckup causing the whole party to wipe and people blaming each other/ragequitting that I can't help but wonder if there's any real benefit to committing to this long-term as opposed to just spending my time doing other more casual content in this game and only bothering to do these savage fights when they're no longer relevant for the mount farm purposes.
And I've had thoughts about maybe giving an Ultimate raid progging a shot but don't feel exactly motivated if from what I gather the only reward you get from these fights is a fancy title/a currency totem to buy the weapon of choice from a vendor.
TL;DR: Casual guy with not a lot of free time to dedicate to a static wonders if there's a reward-point to savage/ultimates besides challenge.