[dev1019] Voidwatch Refinements

[Kuraudo]

So I figure this would be the best place to comment on the changes upcoming regarding Voidwatch given the devs want feedback on content.

While the idea itself of Voidwatch being "anti-Abyssea" in its requirement to hit a large number of triggers only possible through bringing a variety of jobs is ideal, there are problems with this that leave the event currently barely desirable.

1. The reward system punishes any attempt to split or share treasure.

While I understand the reason for making treasure personal stems from the old fashioned quarrels over loot which weren't limited to surprise ninja lots and broken alliances, the current treasure system can award one person a R/EX item they cannot use or won't use leaving that awkward feeling of wasting drops.

Could this not have been a point system instead? Or simply introducing an option to put treasure into the lootpool would have sufficed. Either way, the lack of a main lootpool is a huge drawback that leads to unfair loot distribution that favors giving it all to the CPU rather than the architects of the alliance.

From one extreme to the other as it were.

As I posted in my thread http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...taining-Spoils, I really think this should be fixed. It's ridiculous that we can't give the drops that we already obtained to someone else by putting it in the treasure pool.

Sweet guys! I got another Strendu Ring that I can't do anything with!

[Khiinroye]

As I posted in my thread http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...taining-Spoils, I really think this should be fixed. It's ridiculous that we can't give the drops that we already obtained to someone else by putting it in the treasure pool.

Sweet guys! I got another Strendu Ring that I can't do anything with!

My ls does voidwatch, and this is indeed a problem we've seen. We have 2-3 people who tend to get the majority of the drops from their chests (and are on their 3rd / 4th strendu ring) while other people still haven't gotten a single drop from anything.

• A new alignment bonus will be added that will grant players who inflict damage on a weakened enemy a full-spectrum alignment boost based upon the percentage of the monster’s HP depleted.
• A minor full-spectrum alignment bonus will be granted to players based upon their Treasure Hunter effect level.

Could we get a little clarification about this?

Is it a new category of bonus, such as striking weaknesses or ascent items? Or will it be grouped with striking weaknesses and treasure hunter into a sort of "alignment increases during combat" category?

Will the bonus affect all combatants, or only the players dealing damage? Whereas I am almost always playing a support job, this concerns me. Support jobs do not have much of an opportunity to deal damage during combat.

Since TH is a debuff, it seems likely to be applied to all combatants--is this correct?