Availability of HMPs, Riftcinders, Riftdross

[Jile]

Voidwatch drops are placed into individual loot pools, and drops increase greatly with more participants.

The days of dozens of shouts and large groups constantly popping voidwatch are over. Like prehistoric over. Leaving the antiquated logic that requires large groups to get decent drops on this content is cruel and unnecessary to xi's dwindling loyal remaining playerbase that is hoping to get the last of their game goals completed.

Clearly, the majority of your playerbase feel this needs revisited. Additionally, these should be available for sale from npc's for cruor/accolades/sparks/allied notes/conquest points/imperial standing, etc.

[Zeargi]

What KI affects VW drops?

The Rhapsody in Mauve...

It allows for rapid use of /fume, but even that sucks, because if you aren't on a job that can pull hate, then the KI is useless.

[Mithlas]

The Rhapsody in Mauve...

It allows for rapid use of /fume, but even that sucks, because if you aren't on a job that can pull hate, then the KI is useless.

Ah, I thought he was referring to a KI that had a direct effect on drop rate of the items.
Even with that and the campaigns that max lights, the drop rate for the mentioned items are horrendous.

[dasva]

The Rhapsody in Mauve...

It allows for rapid use of /fume, but even that sucks, because if you aren't on a job that can pull hate, then the KI is useless.

Yeah basically useless for any job that uses pets or wants to let trusts tank

[Alhanelem]

The Rhapsody in Mauve...

It allows for rapid use of /fume, but even that sucks, because if you aren't on a job that can pull hate, then the KI is useless.

None of the NMs that drop HMPs can be soloed at i119?

[Zeargi]

None of the NMs that drop HMPs can be soloed at i119?

Depends, If you're at a spot like I am and can't purchase the Doom or Death Screens, then lots of the ones that do can out right kill you if you're alone, Pil comes to mind. Or if your ilvl job is SMN, then no... You're not going to 'solo' them and get anything worthwhile. My statement still stands correct, The KI is useless. BLMs can Manawall or Enmity Douse, and have the most procs for it, so they're free to pull hate after figuring out which procs they've already done and switch them, letting a trust take back over tanking. That's not the case for every job. I could most likely Clear the fight in a few minutes give or take. I'm not going to raise the lights unless I'm lucky enough to have the staff, or Avatar Procs show up. And if my pet has hate, I can't /fume. I could dismiss, /fume, and resummon, but with things that have have AoE Silence, Stun, Break, etc... It's not the best setup. But then that also going into things like BST, where 'leaving' a pet isn't cost effective and with the long timers for Call Beast and Bestial Loyalty, not a good call.

[Alhanelem]

I was under the impression that the lights only impacted the drop slots for gear and the HMPs were seperate from that. But then again, I haven't even beaten every NM yet, so I really have no idea. -.-

[dasva]

Oh no lights effect everything. It was very noticeable when I forgot the campaign had ended and went from getting 4 drops every time to 1

[BurnNotice]

Even with campaign active, there is still a problem. The campaign is for a limited time.

[Vae]

Square doesn't understand simple math.

If one voidstone (1player) equals 1 heavy metal. Then 18 players (18 voidstones) equal 18 heavy metals. It doesn't improve anything. You can't suddenly get 2 heavy metals by using 18 people. YOUR drop rate is always constant.