Even if you get in the raid there's no guarantee that you'll even see any gear. I've been in there for 3 weeks, and have exactly zero pieces ... apart from a cloak. Great. Others are sharding peices of raid gear now, it's such messed up loot allocation. So for people that don't want to raid or cant raid, have no hope of seeing 30, and even if you do get in there you're at the mercy of the RNG. At least give the PvPers (who want to PvE about as much i want to step in crucible) a path to 30 and the raiders and vendor that only unlocks gear if you've completed the corresponding bosses for a high cost. Even the train wreck that was WildStar had that mechanic.