Do players in Japan enjoy the "random augments"?

[Hoshi]

I too enjoy the random augments. As people have said it's a great way to make money. I also feel like they've given us higher stats than we would have had access to if the piece were available with something already. Finally I really enjoy that you can mix and match the augments with the different types of stones. Having access to melee stat gear for my mage jobs is wonderful.

[Ramzi]

Where it's all about luck, there's not much the player can do. He can walk away from the Inventor's coalition smiling from ear to ear, or he may want to smash his PC to a million pieces. Anything that introduces and encourages an addictive gambling type behavior is not going to be positive. At least with the Airlixir system, you know where you stand with progress, and you know you will get there regardless of RNG.

[FrankReynolds]

Where it's all about luck, there's not much the player can do. He can walk away from the Inventor's coalition smiling from ear to ear, or he may want to smash his PC to a million pieces. Anything that introduces and encourages an addictive gambling type behavior is not going to be positive. At least with the Airlixir system, you know where you stand with progress, and you know you will get there regardless of RNG.

And let's not forget that just the augment items are already a random drop.