This post was about trying to glean the goals behind the raid and the direction of the game.
Of course some have spent extra money to gear their STR teams, that probably satisfied a goal.
Secondly, as I alluded earlier in this thread, the player base has been separated so that the strongest players are mostly playing with AND against each other in the raids and events.
This leaves open lower "tiers" of players to compete against their own. I can't help but feel like this could also have been one of their goals as there was some frustration amongst new players and more casual players.