of course end-game gear becomes less worth-while after accumulating enough, but its also another chance at getting them. tell me, did you think the skolas rewards absolute garbage week 1 or 2? its also a huge bundle. yes, there are other alternatives that are easyer to get, like NFs having E. light, but does any other event offer so much stuff guaranteed in one? Skolas is not that hard, only slightly more time consuming. but hes doable in an hour and change, easy. I ran through with some friends that never beat Skolas, and we did it in 2 hours 15-ish minutes. (third guy swapped out cuz life, w/e). its really a value bundle of reliable AND unreliable rewards. yes, other raid primaries are better, but they drop unreliably, just like Skolas'. dont get me wrong, id like some reward tweakage for Skolas too, but as he is, he provides a huge value, compared to other rewards. yes, they are not worth doing repeatedly (ive only done him a handful of times for the reasons you've stated), but he is definitely worth doing once.