Quote Originally Posted by ThaiChi View Post
Since the Devs have already shot down the idea of changing the loot system as stated in that previous thread, I'll address the idea of wanting VW to be more like assaults. Why in the world would I want to do more assaults? Not only has it been done, but the whole idea was to introduce NEW content, not rehashed content that would take you weeks of grinding points to do.



Last I checked Ghorn hasn't reached Kannagi status. There's a reason why a lot of the gear that is sellable on the AH is going for upwards of a mil. Pipilaka Belt, Rancor Collar, Accursed Belt (why?!) are all rare drops that people want. Before it was adjusted, the craft items for the non r/ex versions of the body and the helms sold for a lot. Now they're dirt cheap, but the bodies are still selling for a lot. That's all great for the people are rolling in gil and don't want to put in the work for a sparkly body, but for those of us who actually are doing the content SE wants us to do, its a pretty huge chicken obstruction not getting any rewards or getting any kind of control of the rewards.

Who cares if people think they're sidegrades, it was put in the game to be desired and worked towards, its introducing a new stat that is party friendly, and lets face it, they actually are great pieces of gear for the body.

aGil has lost so much value it sad. One mil is 2 decent exp parties on Dom ops you get notes to off set what you get from cruor. Then you can sell your brews people will pay and will pay over giving up the gear. The whole party friend is pure crap. Angon is the best e.x of this, while doing it at the start of the fight it help the whole xp party few did it and only did it to stroke their own epeen. Then there was DDs that bitch about dia getting reflected or mages that were just to lazy to cast it in the first place.

Ares was the best drg WS body yet you could get a adj off a mob that was kill so many times it was a trash drop and spend a 3rd of the gil to buy the -1 cursed item and it would be close. That is on top of not having to fight everyone in the group for it. Sidegrades are well and good if they are not harder then something else. If the item is truely better then what had came before then it being harder to get, then that is great thats the way it should be.

Really Accursed Belt going for a mil, lol were im at its down to 250k. Thats pretty good if your not the main focus of the mob you take a few points of damage you can hit a macro and get topped off. Rancor collar is only good once you build up enough hate for it plenty of time to work in a couple of abyssea parties sure you could fing a couple of people to cruor farm or join a dom op party.