"Stats and damage output for the raid and crucible gear should always be higher and better than the lower end gear too."
Which is fine until "gear matters" in Iron Banner. All the PvE raiders get a leg up.
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which is why they need a PvP specific stat like WoW has with Resiliency. That would make PvP gear much better than raid gear for IB and the Crucible, and raid gear would far out-class IB gear while raiding.