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[Alhanelem]

the earrings are way too hard to get for what they are
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[Zenion]

the earrings are way too hard to get for what they are
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Well, no, that's the problem, they're not hard to get. You can get one naked on a level 1 job if you really try. They'd feel a lot better if they were hard to get - you don't see people complaining (much) about Odyssey gear or Empyrean weapons, because those require raw effort (and for Odyssey, a reliable group, but it's an MMO so that's technically a reasonable ask.)

No, the earrings are awful because they're so bloody luck-based. A chance to get an Old Case, then a chance to get a relevant job, chance that it's a +1, chance that the augments are good, you have to roll the dice and get lucky four times in a row to get a single piece. It would be like doing Up In Arms knowing there's a slot that can contain the Kraken Club, but that drop slot is only added to the pool 25% of the time, and it's shared with a dagger, a sword, a staff, an axe, a great axe, and so on... and then if a club drops, it could be an Octave Club, or it could rarely be a Kraken Club, but the Kraken Club is just a normal club now except it has a random augment on it which can be from "occasionally attacks twice" to "occasionally attacks 2 - 8 times."

(To be fair, with that example, yes, that's kind of how it works I think? A bit like Pixie Hairpin and Defending Ring, you get either Walkure Mask or Kraken Club if that particular drop slot gets added to the pool, which is itself rare? But that's still only two rolls you have to beat.)

[Dihlyte]

I think he meant defeating a boss in Sortie is the hard part.

Which I would agree. As I said, 90% of the playerbase probably can’t even clear Aminon. I mentioned, I can only clear A boss and C boss.