Now that the door has been closed behind the few who were speed running their way to 400 for the World’s First, they’re going to get access to tier 4 and 5 gear before everyone else. It’ll take weeks for those who didn’t exploit Encore to catch up. Which means that in PvP, players with tier 2 and 3 gear will be competing against the few with tier 4 and 5 gear the very first week of Trials. They will have an advantage over everyone else for a very long time.