Class based tier sets did go away. But there were absolutely tier sets created for that tier.
Every tier there has been an accompanying set right?
-Soulforged Dreadplate
-Grand Sentinel’s Greatplate
-Cosmic Aberration’s Plate
-Naga Lord’s Warplate
-Gravelord’s Direplate
-Eternal Curator’s Protectorate
All of those were gear sets created for a tier of raiding. Aka a tier set.
People here have been saying tier = set bonus. Thats why I brought up covenant gear because it has a set bonus. By their definition that would be tier since it has a set bonus.
Why I am so stuck on it is because people like you confuse people by not giving proper information to others so when Blizzard says something like
you confuse people. And then you get people expecting any piece of gear to contribute to the set bonus because its “tier”… yet thats not how any of it is being used if you went to school at all.