Remove the 5 minute timer on the kindred seals drop

[wish12oz]

Unlike my usual response to hordecore, I'm alright with this.

He does get it right sometimes, but this would just end up as a bad fix to a terrible problem. It wouldn't actually fix the real problem (low drop rate for king pop items from their NQ version) but it would allow SE to think they fixed it if they implemented this. Unless the drop rate ends up being 1 per mob.

[MarkovChain]

1 emp weapon for every n00b plz~

Actually, imagine you in a party of 18 and only 1 would drop in 5 min that's by luck alone you will get one seal every 1.5 hour.

Welcome to FFXI~

That would dumb because you could just form 18 parties of 1 players all but one with invo full and get on average 18 seals (9 Kindred) per 5-10 minutes depending on your luck.

[Sama]

That would dumb because you could just form 18 parties of 1 players all but one with invo full and get on average 18 seals (9 Kindred) per 5-10 minutes depending on your luck.

That's call seal farming and... how often you do that? Just go out and solo EP for seal but nothing else, for real, would you do that???

It's possible and yes it's the best and fastest.

[MarkovChain]

you are the one metionning farming in an alliance of 18.

[ShadowHeart]

oooo better yet remove ksnms and make all pop nm's lottery spawn every 3 hours with 120% drop rate!! XD

[Camate]

Howdy!

From a balance perspective, making any adjustments to the amount of seals dropped or removing time limitations would have to be dealt with extremely delicately, mainly due to the fact that these seals are used in certain quests as well as other battlefields. Any change to the amount in circulation would ultimately result in a reduction in item value. To avoid this, we are thinking about making it possible to exchange seals and will be looking into specific exchange rates and rules. We’ll be sure to keep you posted on any developments.

[Aliekber]

we are thinking about making it possible to exchange seals

Yes, please! Where do I sign?

[Glamdring]

no, hell no, please no, God no, and in case you missed the 1st response... no.

seriously, tired of having game content spoon-fed to me and to other players. You didn't get my interest in a game for 9 years by making the total content soloable start to finish in 1 RL month. If BB is so important you should have to work for it, just like relic, mythic, those uber ZNM prizes, salvage gear and the like. dropping the rate to 1/60 seconds means that you'll get 2 cracks at it every 99 minutes, plus travel time. If you do a 1/minute rate, then drop the drop rate on items to something equivalent to Jaggedy-earred Jack and the rabbit charm, where I went 0/206 before I just gave up and bought one.

Honestly, BB was a reward for hard work when it was created. This game isn't a freaking welfare entitlement program!

[MarkovChain]

Any change to the amount in circulation would ultimately result in a reduction in item value.

The amount of seals in circulation already dropped since everyones does exp in abyssea now.

[Aliekber]

Stuff

Did you even read what Camate wrote? They're not going to decrease the drop times, but are considering letting you trade seals that you don't want for seals you do want. Considering it's much harder now than it used to be to get Kindred's Seals, this is a good thing. Hopefully it will mean the end of 600k Phalanx scrolls new RDM33 will have to buy.