Quote Originally Posted by Ilax View Post
I can't disagree with that Cemiie, but what i wonder is how DEV could make it better, i have a real doubt about allowing people to distribute they treasure.

I can just imagine you get 2 Body of something then give it to a friend, and then that friend get something 2x and instead giving to you, he give to another guy that you don't really like. I think changing it can just lead to more drama.

Also have to think how people in port jeuno will start shouting: Toci's Harness do you need it? 16 million /tell. Then all you know, is not anymore about "How lucky you are" or "how many time you did it", but also "How much gil you paid for it". You just open a new wave of RMT / Gil buyer.

My compromise would be leaving the randomness in place to appease the devs, but adding a point/token system similar to Einherjar's on the side to throw a bone to the playerbase. Anything obtained from the points system would be R/EX so as to avoid creating a market as you've described. I guess someone could still make money from it somehow, but I think it'd be a bit harder. The points items would be good enough to be desirable, but not the absolute top of the line stuff.

Also, make the boxes work like NMs do. If a player already has a Rare item, then that item doesn't appear in the pool. That spot in the pool could be filled in with anything else. Maybe it would increase the chance of them getting some weapon or armor they don't already have. Maybe they would just get another log... or perhaps they could add more desirable drops? Whatever the case, the box definitely needs to be smarter in what it's giving out. I guess you could say SE needs to start thinking outside the box!

Anyway, it may not even take wholesale changes to make this event work for more people. A few tweaks to box contents shouldn't be that difficult. That would certainly help. Now adding in a points system, which would more than likely include new/unique gear would take a lot more work, but that work would go a very long way in smoothing things over with the players and luring more people into the VW grind.