WoEs

[Yinnyth]

1
Most people seem to claim to want 2, but really want a 3rd option that wasn't offered.

Even if it is once per RL day no matter what, I still pick 2. I picked 2 because I think 2 is the better choice. Afterwards I gave some additional suggestions, but even if I can't have my suggestions implemented, I still pick 2. Just because someone is not completely satisfied with choice 2 doesn't mean choice 1 is better for them. A vote is still a vote regardless of whether or not said voter is 100% satisfied with their choice for all time.

[Kogenta]

Please instance it like Nyzul Isle, Assault and Salvage, everyone has is own battlefield and can team up outside if they like. Everyone is happy.

[Yarly]

2, but not once per game day unless you can get ~24 runs worth of coins in one run.

[Kari]

@Camate, both systems suck.
I'd prefer #1 simply because it makes WoE a unique battlefield.
The other option turns it into, not only the SAME THING we have everywhere else in the game, but it also makes it extremely limited access so that people would do it even less than they do now.

So, yes, I'd prefer open-access. I'd love if you found an anti-leeching method, though. [Not that I have had this issue myself.]
Other than the extreme blandness of the second option, making it a whole real life day to re-enter makes it a terrible system.

[Cahlum]

2 but no one day limit

[Minsc]

Either option is fine, but the coin drop rate should be greatly increased or make a system (similar to Abyssea trophies) where you can exchange X item for specific coins. Also make it once a game day, not once a earth day. As others have said, it should not be harder to get a WoE weapon than to get a Emp weapon.

[Dragoy]

Though please do consider the rest of the post as well, as certain details would definitely change my mind towards (1).

Firstly, being able to enter solo is necessary.

Secondly, the 24 hour wait does not sound good, even if the drop-rates were tremendously increased. While I don't exactly like using lots of time into tedious things really, I did sort of like spending time at WoE, sometimes whole days even! So I really don't like a chance of doing a 30 minute run only once per 24 hours.
It's really not all about the drop-rates here too, I want to be able to spend my time with events like this, if I want to, instead of having to wait for such long times (Assault is a good example too).

Nevertheless, it would require the drop-rates to be quite massively increase indeed, which it already is crying for with the current system... It took so long for me and my friend to get a weapon done each, weeks I think?

While I understand that if it gets crowded, there could be massive congestion. But I'm quite sure it could be alleviated in a different way.

I would really like to get some more information before deciding on this.

While there are issues, I would miss some aspects of (1), if I will ever do it again. Number (2) is however quite clearly winning this as is now, so I'm just hoping it will be done right.

I would like to also thank you a lot for asking about the players' opinion about this directly. Need more this!

Big thumbs-up ! !! !



Now some personal experiences in general.

It's not really an easy choice, because I actually most of the time ended up teaming up with nice (Japanese) people while doing it duo/trio and sometimes would kill the bosses even with 5 or so characters only.

And if there already was a group in, no one seemingly had a problem with teaming up. No one was leeching really.

Sometimes I might find a player soloing, then if we'd attack the same monster, they'd start running around like a headless chicken... I don't understand that at all; killing stuff faster would have helped these players as well.

I'm not sure if it was due to the time we were doing it (mostly no one else there than us, or if there were, they were Japanese mostly).

Sometimes I'd get quite rude tells without saying or doing anything, just waiting outside, telling me I am not to follow them in. What the heck is that? I understand that they might have had bad experiences with leechers who really do naught but harm, but seriously, I was just staring at the screen, thinking if this person is serious. It felt so ridiculous, but oh well, that only happened once.

I'm not claiming the American are just worse, as I said, mostly there were no one else than the few of us, and if there were, it was mostly Japanese when they had the time to play. And we would just naturally team up, and I think this is how WoE was intended to be.

[Ladycandygem]

2 but ONLY if there are multiple instances on each zone, and if getting coins is much easier to compensate for the once a day entry and shorter time limit.

Would be horrible if the zone you wanted was always taken, as with things like Limbus and old Dynamis.

Would be nice too if it worked like Assault, in that if you didn't go for a few days you could do a few runs in a row.

I would definitely like it to be more lowman friendly. Currently it is pointless to go in without a full party, as you are unlikely to clear the zone, which means only getting 1 or 2 coins drop at best, and lotting against everyone else for them. Yet finding a full party of people that want to go with the jobs needed can be pretty tough.

As the WoE weapons are inferior to the Empy weapons, they should not be harder to obtain.

[Mighto]

2

Definitly 2.

[Xslayrx]

2, but more than 1 time per day.