Loot lockouts in CT

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Originally Posted by nostrade

i dont have problem with "free" 1 ilvl 80 loot a week, its just another way to make people subscribe
deal with it

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More like unsub, it's too obvious that it's being used to extend content that's already outdated. Also, CT is a really annoying to do over and over again for 1 item specifically while enduring the same old DF crap where people make really dumb mistakes in one group of the alliance. A lockout for 1 loot per boss would have made sense.

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Originally Posted by GilbertLapine

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Lmao ...

I was going to post more about this subject, but now I figure why bother. It's a dumb system and I've said all I can on it.

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Originally Posted by KamikazeMan

Loot lockout should be weekly per job. It would force people to play with other jobs. I feel that SE really discourages multi job play in this game.

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So much this, one of the game selling points is now its worst point, my whole FC is making second/third characters because of how crap the loot system is.

Should I be playing this content with low-expectations? Why[play] at all?

No idea what the point of loot lockout for CT is. Discourage people from playing the game I guess. If there were no loot lockout, I'd have a reason to run it to gear out alt classes but as it stands its still better to level a new character to run coil twice. I agree with lockouts for Coil, as those are the highest level gears, but a lockout for Crystal Tower makes no sense to me whatsoever.

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Originally Posted by zdub303

It would make darklight and crafted gear worthless if i80 was unlocked. It would also make i80 a minimum requirement for all content. I'm not sure I'm ready to run CT until I hate it and the game just so my alts can run in pug groups.

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It would introduce a natural progression to the game, which was intended since launch. Darklight and crafted gear will still have a use, for fresh 50s who need gear to enter these dungeons, not to mention the crafted jewelry remaining competitive throughout Coil. They even made it far cheaper to craft the ilvl70 gear now.

As far as making ilvl80 a new minimum, that may happen over time, and there is nothing wrong with that. You get loot to help facilitate getting better loot. Welcome to MMOs.

I'm not a fan of the loot lockout.

With that said, if they made it weekly per job OR made it to where pieces dont fall to the ground
when not lotted on, either of those would be a better option. Seeing gear just disappear is not
a good thingl

The fact that ilvl80 gear is dropping, yet people are leaving it on the figurative floor because they don't immediately need it shows that the loot lockout is a flawed system. Let people roll for three different jobs a week or lower the lockout to 2-3 days. Otherwise, the armory system remains nearly useless for endgame, which was the highlight of the game, at least for me.

PLAY OUR GAME, just don't play it too much.

Mixed feelings.

It's much easier to get gear you want for alternative jobs when people can only get 1 per week and will pass on anything that's they don't absolutely want. CT is a great way to gear up other jobs you're using that are not your primary.

Any system that allows loot to rot consistently (Saw 3 DRG drops out of 4 possible) is incomprehensible. Also, DPS queues are insane at the end of the week. Once you get your one piece, there's no incentive to run it again aside from Tomes.

I recall loot being constantly being disenchanted to sell for scraps of gold on other games as nobody wanted it. Hell, even with DKP systems loot rotted as people didnt want to spend their points unless it was BiS even though it could've been an upgrade. Loot rotting isnt really new.

I really dont think its fair the floor gets so many drops, why isn't it limited to 1 per week as well?

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Originally Posted by LordSaviour

Idk, i think its a better system, especially since you can run this dungeon until your fingers bleed and your eyeballs fallout. It would give people a better reason to re run the dungeon.

I am hearing about people getting their item and then bailing the run. Or asking to be kicked so they don't get 30min cool down.

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I actually wish the system existed in all 8 man content too. People with no self control will play the crap out of a game, more power to you, but they are also the first to complain there's "nothing to do" after they maxed out their character in 2 weeks to a month. Those people I can do without.

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Originally Posted by Karnyboy

I actually wish the system existed in all 8 man content too. People with no self control will play the crap out of a game, more power to you, but they are also the first to complain there's "nothing to do" after they maxed out their character in 2 weeks to a month. Those people I can do without.

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Tbh, I play the crap out of the game and have next to no self control, and I never complain about 'nothing to do'. I can't wait to get off the gear tredmill for a while and have time to just kick back and enjoy content because its fun, not because I need a given loot.