Originally Posted by Shalas
The problem is, this isn't how Blizzard thinks. They've never really been concerned with balancing at more than one gear level
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QFT, just look at warriors. Warriors scale better than any other class due to the rage mechanic. Damage increases hit them twice, once in damage and once in rage generation. Blizzard has never really corrected this basic feature, prefering to nerf them every patch as gear improves.
As for the upgrades question, remember that druids wear almost pure tier gear plus random drops present every other raid instance. There is no raiding bracer known that isn't in heroics. The belt and boots are in karazhan. It's not, "Hey, feral gear dropped. Guess you rogues are out of luck as the feral loots 2-3 items while you all save for a weapon bidding war." It's, " Hmm, can we really afford to give that tier token to a feral instead of a warrior or priest? Oh, and all the rogues bid on that other token. And the non-set drops. And the weapons."