Raid loot is ridiculous

I like the token system (apart from the whole bloating the inventory thing) because it means loot is eventually guaranteed. WoW did away with badges in lieu of personal loot and personal loot is never guaranteed... so you could go indefinitely without an upgrade. So I much prefer this.

On the other hand, it does suck to lose the rolls over and over again while just pugging.

The happy medium might be an RNG-softener where you can designate a token you really want for the week, and if that's the only thing you roll on instance after instance and keep losing, you'll get a growing bonus to your lots so eventually RNG is overwhelmingly in your favor.

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Originally Posted by Jeykama

The happy medium might be an RNG-softener where you can designate a token you really want for the week, and if that's the only thing you roll on instance after instance and keep losing, you'll get a growing bonus to your lots so eventually RNG is overwhelmingly in your favor.

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That's actually, a very good idea. Though eventually it would need to reach a point where you're guaranteed the loot. I mean if something like that were to happen, I would probably be OK with running Omega over and over to get the gear. Right now I only do O4 once a week for the Crystalloid because it's inflexible RNG for the other drops, and then cap tomestones. I could end up with extreme bad luck and run the same duty a thousand times and still not get my drop. All because RNG decides it wants to be vindictive to me. An RNG-softener which would shift the odds more in my favour the more I do it, would encourage me to face it (unless it was something ridiculous like 1 million runs for the RNG to be overwhelmingly in your favour). I don't mind someone getting lucky RNG speeding up the process, but I want a way that I can at least progress without having to bash my head again and again at something that bad RNG could mean I don't progress.

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Originally Posted by Tristann

You're just being punished for being lazy to socialize and RNGesus doesn't like lazy people. That is all. We never had to run any Omega Normal more than 8 times.

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This is one thing that drives me nuts. I do try to make friends, but because I have social and communication difficulties due to disability, I find it extremely hard (and I'm constantly getting into problems because of the difficulties with communication). And that's only with a MILD disability. People who have it more severely than I do, will have even more trouble. So we should be screwed over for finding it very hard to make connections?

the system was created like this for a reason , to keep ppl running the content , like the OP , as healer if u got what u want on 1 run , u wont running a 2nd time outside helping a friend. but now u kill the boss a 2nd or 3rd ...giving others a chance of getting the item too.

You're just being punished for being lazy to socialize and RNGesus doesn't like lazy people. That is all. We never had to run any Omega Normal more than 8 times.

I like EQ's system. Random drops plus currency everyone gets to buy pieces if RNG hates you.

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Originally Posted by Rasylia

I don't understand how people have the nerve to complain about the current system, which is allready a huge step into "easy peasy" from the original way raid loot worked.

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She wasn't around for the dark days of crystal tower, hoping your item would drop from that one boss, and when it didn't having to redo the whole thing again q_q

dont worry everyone has been there with lucky moments of RNG that screw your day :)

I 100% agree with this. It's really annoying and a simple solution is to turn it into a weekly quest and let us select the item we need. Rather than leaving it in the hands of RNG and having us so angry we resent this game.

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Originally Posted by Conna

She wasn't around for the dark days of crystal tower, hoping your item would drop from that one boss, and when it didn't having to redo the whole thing again q_q

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How about even darker times. When Turn 1 dropped nothing but Goon pieces for weeks on end XD.

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Originally Posted by Rasylia

I don't understand how people have the nerve to complain about the current system, which is allready a huge step into "easy peasy" from the original way raid loot worked.

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How is new system easy when run it multiple times just to never win a roll. How it is now 4 people don't get a thing for helping out. If they don't fix it I sure won't be running raids. Don't like running a dungeon or raid and feel like my time was wasted because you didn't get a thing out of it. Other mmo's played you get a item at end and keep saving them up each week to turn in for gear piece you want. then once tanks and healers get there items for week they stop then how is that going to help dps that didn't win a piece yet. Because there shortage on tanks.