Seriously, VW loot system..come on.

[hideka]

Thanks so much for all the feedback regarding Voidwatch.
I have a couple responses to some of the suggestions and opinions that have been stated. (Sorry it’s a bit long)


Drop rates of equipment for each chapter
There are no drop rate differences for equipment in chapter 1, 2, or 3. Each has the same amount of rarity and there are no differences between chapters.

1) we dont care that the droprates are static, we care that the drop rates are horrid.
2) implement a method that increases your chance to obtain an item during your following runs if you destroy your rewards VS obtaining them. make it so the effect stacks, and is erased when you obtain a High quality item (armor weapon or pouch).

Bonuses for players who spawn the monster
It would be possible to look into this if other players who pay the costs received the same effects, for example, receiving the same benefits when using the maximum amount of cells. On the other hand, we are not thinking about offering special benefits just for spawning the monster. In extreme cases, only the player spawning the monster would consume Voidstones and continuous battles could take place which would eliminate the good point of Voidwatch where each member receives their own reward and would also develop long claim times.

i think providing a bonus to everyone who has their VW quests done up to that point (having the ability to pop that NM) should just recieve a flat out bonus to exp and cuor (like +20%) this would be more agreeable imo

Cruor needed for atmacite upgrades
For the amount of cruor needed to upgrade atmacites, the idea was not to acquire these beforehand in Abyssea, but to upgrade atmacites while receiving cruor as rewards for Voidwatch. In order to save cruor, it’s possible to increase the amount gained by using cells or participate in battles without spending Voidstones just for cruor rewards.[/list]

yea, getting what, 7000 cruor for not using a voidstone? yea that makes a whole lot of sense. thats totaly a fast way to build cuor. the curor costs on Atmacites is retarded. please lower them now that people have burned off their massive curor banks from abyssea spam. kthxbi.

Weaknesses and rewards
Since exploiting a monsters weakness is directly linked to the rewards, it seems like players are focusing on creating parties that can quickly defeat monsters whose weaknesses can be exploited easily. As we would like players to utilize weaknesses as an element of strategy, we would also like players to have fun on a larger scale, so we will be looking into making it so that the connection between exploiting weaknesses and the rewards received are not too strong.

no, people dont build partys like this, they build parties in which having an emperyan or a relic is a requirement, as anyone who does not have time invested into one of these weapons is likely to be a massive detriment to the party, and incapable of participating effectively. instead of worrying about this bullcrap, how bout revamping the BLU procs like you said you were almost two updates ago. having to set 50-60 points of proc spells makes blu almost worthless, so were forced to only set 1-2 sets of proc spells so we can atleast retain some utility. reduce it to 1-2 proc spells per element.

Weakness revamps
In order to create battles that can be completed without relying on temporary items, we are planning to revamp weaknesses as well as adjust the distribution of temporary items.

Also, in regards to cases where the weakness is difficult or due to your setup you cannot exploit it even though you determined what it is, we are planning to perform appropriate adjustments. Though we have already received quite a bit of feedback on weakness, if there are any others you would like us to look into please submit your feedback.

yes, no more white procs on jobs that arent in your party, i think a retarded rock would have had the foresight to implement this from day one.

Addition of option to destroy rewards
Currently, players need to receive all the rewards at once; however, since it is inconvenient when there is a rare item that you already possess and you are unable to receive the rewards, we will be making it possible to get rid of the item without obtaining it. We are planning to implement this during this week’s test server update.

give the alliance leader the option to destroy the chest after 120 seconds and/or everyone has viewed their rewards.

Subsequent follow-ups
Depending on the route/monster (also depending on players), they are becoming split into popular/unpopular, so we will be continuing to find ways to make it so it will be easy for players that take on these routes later to gather party members.

Also for players that have already cleared these routes, there are already benefits for them to re-do them, such as being able to participate without spending Voidstones and receiving cruor/XP rewards; however, since we feel this isn’t enough, we will be looking into other benefits to participate in fights that have already been completed.[/list]Finally, we plan on discussing topics in regards the loot system in the future, so please continue submitting your feedback.

in regards to loot: Please put in the option to transfer your chest to party spoils, this way we can stop having people get 2-3 tocis harnesses(just an example) while others go without for 50+ runs.

[Phafi]

i think providing a bonus to everyone who has their VW quests done up to that point (having the ability to pop that NM) should just recieve a flat out bonus to exp and cruor (like +20%) this would be more agreeable imo

maybe even a 20% bonus to ALL lights. Why should people that didn't put the progression work in have the same chance at drops? (excluding the bonus gained from periapts of glory and concentration)

[Raksha]

maybe even a 20% bonus to ALL lights. Why should people that didn't put the progression work in have the same chance at drops? (excluding the bonus gained from periapts of glory and concentration)

1) ppl would be less likely to join your shout run if they got nerfed drops
2) 20% bonus to lights lololololololol