@Lostac brings up a very good point.
There are -bots- in Sauce9 farming for primus drops.
@SoftYoumu Why are the players complaining about farming for silver to buy those primus drops, and not giving it a go at farming for them?
Masinos recipes drops are not limited to old players. Newer players can also get them.
You don’t need a +16 weapon to do the raid.
Heck, you can already catch up pretty damned quickly using the silver you get from levelling to 300.
Brand new character to level 300 gets you around 2-3m silver if you clear your daily dungeons.
Once you hit 300, you can easily farm for 270/315 gear and give em a go at hammering to +11. That is more than enough for all open-world (HG included) stuff.
Do that, then farm in Sauce9 for primus gear while levelling to 350. Then use 350 gear. Then do the raid yourself.
Is the above so damned hard? That was exactly what I did when I came back to ToS around a month and a half ago. The only advantage I had was the newbie/returnee package.