Hamlet defense feedback from a top 20 provisioner: Critical problems and solutions

Once I get my Grade 5 Thanlan achievement for mining I'm done with this. Will be back for anima tho.

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Originally Posted by HiirNoivl

Once I get my Grade 5 Thanlan achievement for mining I'm done with this. Will be back for anima tho.

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you and me both

then again i wont lie...ill be doing grade 5 nine ivesevery morning for spruce instead after alol

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Originally Posted by Duuude007

If it were purely meant for top 20 then they are encouraging the top 20 strangers to team up with each other? Because if linkshell members know the chest will not yield a reward, they will not be sticking around for long, no matter how popular the "provisioner" may be.

Your assessment seems to treat hamlet defense like it would be a huge waste of content, for the time they took to implement it.

Ask yourself:

If top 20 averages 1 drop every 3-4 wins...

If everyone else averages zero drops after 40-50 wins...

and you are part of the latter group...

...How likely are you to spend a full day of playing, running hamlets?

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Hi Duuude,

Well said.

I love gathering (Botanist was one of my favorite early classes when XIV first launched), but if the drops are *realistically* only limited to the Top 20 Contributors on the list, then you'll have... 20 players on the *entire server* who have any hope of getting a drop, and basically no one else on the server has a chance.

That's not really balanced, nor fair.

The other part is, even if one wants to argue that it's a rare reward just for the Top 20 only... the actual Militia Defense is for Full Parties of 8. So even if you bust your butt to get to the Top 20, if pretty much everyone else has given up hope and never want to participate in Hamlet Defense again, what does that gain you?

Nothing. You can't even cash in on the result of your effort (unless you had a dedicated LS willing to help you out).

Even for Primals or Dungeons, ALL players can participate, and they don't have to be the "Top 20 Fastest Clear Times of the Week" to get a chance at Darklight Gear or Primal Weapon Drops.

Word of the bad drop rate has already gotten out and many people no longer want to go to Hamlet Defense even after just the 1st weekend.

Yoshida-san and SE need to improve on this system.

Side note: The actual Hamlet Defense is quite fun! :) Interesting, and they get Crafters, Gatherers and Disciples of War & Magic to participate together in some way (very nice idea).

But after trying it a few times, the only reason to go back right now is for Anima replenishment for many people.

That's a problem that should be addressed soon.

I agree with many posts, the battles with every disciplines participating is a good concept, but everything else could be improved.

Are you guys still seeing drops from the captain even when the hamlet is at a level 1 attack?

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Originally Posted by Jamison

Are you guys still seeing drops from the captain even when the hamlet is at a level 1 attack?

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yes we are

Anyone seen the BTN headpiece yet?

Been seeing people wondering if you have to be in the Top 20 to even get gear. From what I've heard, you don't. Being in the top 20 just gives you an additional chance at getting a piece of gear separate from the party. I'm under the impression that the normal chest available to everyone can drop gear, it's just rare.

I kind of hope the amount needed to drive the supply rating higher will be lowered when the other Hamlets are put in. I mean on Balmung we're not even getting close to Supply Rating 2 and that's with just one. If they're going to go all the way up to level 5, they definitely need to lower those costs.

Currently for sale on Sargatanas:

Militia Mortar:
2mil
2.5mil

Militia Culinary Knife:
2.5mil
5mil

Militia Sledgehammer:
20mil

Is there any correlation between the drop rate and the point totals?