Wait with new content?

[Tamoa]

I find TotM to be out of hand since some of them like one I'm on I need to kill beetles but only problem is the places with those weather effects are Too Weak so I would have to level sync which honestly is not an easy task in this stage of the game. Another fact with it is unless you have a linkshell with people willing to help you can't further most of them. Really the only ones you can solo are the WS Trials and lets face it most people want ones with better stats/effects.

As for the rest of that stuff it's not needed... It would be nice to have but I wouldn't consider any of those "fixes". The devs could be using their time more efficiently not worrying about most of those again TotM I'm with you on but that is it.

I find the part I bolded really hard to believe. Somehow I don't think SE has made a trial where you HAVE to sync down for the target mobs to check as EP or higher in a zone with correct weather.

[Ravenmore]

You don't have to sync down. The ones in QSCs are mixed in with too weaks and can be converted to EPs by simply killing all the too weaks between weather pops. I have done that trial 3 times each time taking no more then 2 hours and one with a group of 3 which took only one weather cause we could open the doors getting to the other pops.

[Seriha]

I'd argue actual weather rarity to be the bigger issue with trials of that nature. It may very well be more common in another zone with the desired mobs, but the mobs themselves too weak at 75+. Otherwise convincing someone else to stand around and do nothing for hours with no guaranteed result isn't what I call exciting or even a reward for that person... which kinda brings me to the next issue on trials and how someone just helping doesn't really get much out of it while you can't really expect those seeking help to be able to shell out the often high amounts of gil wanted for merc work. I don't blame people for holding because there's no guarantee someone would return the favor in a prompt manner, if ever, either.

[Ravenmore]

Only weather that is rare is fire weather and no trials that need fire are only weather. I also think even though its been said so many times learn the seasons it makes a large differance. None of the trials are hard or take that long.

[Seriha]

Light, Fire, and Dark are rather under-represented as weather patterns, though the last isn't as rare as the first two. Demanding people learn the seasons is basically multiplying the "wait for the right day" aspect by weeks, maybe more. If you can't play then for whatever reason, basically telling someone, "Tough luck!" isn't a good way to retain interest or customers.

Then again, a lot of this could be avoided if Storm spells could access 1 point per kill or if players could buy/synth items to temporarily influence a zone's natural weather or at least trigger the needed stat like a sort of 'Aurora Beacon' where anything within X yalms would be affected by light weather.

[Ravenmore]

Its a MMO some time sinks are to be expected. Also it doesn't come from a mob that only pops every 24-72 hours isn't camp by hundreds of other players. Before fay weapons and trials the best Snm weapon came from a fight that you had to have finished CoP, ZM beat Bv1, Bv2 and hope you got the drop and won the lot/bid suck up to the leader eough to get it. I like this system more then any other in the game. It involes effort for a guarantee result.