Please Change Raid Loot system

The current loot/drop system in the raids isn't fun or rewarding. Once a week you get 2 chances on a piece that you can use but because a) there are 7 sets (Fending, Striking, Scouting, Aiming, Maiming, Casting, and Healing) b) you can get gear for classes not present, and c) you can get double gear on a single run, you can get wildly divergent results for different groups or members in a group.

My static is in Sigma and has opened 42 chests of those 42 chances for loot I have gotten 0 pieces (and yes, I'm salty about it). The only DRG pieces that have dropped came after I had bought the same pieces with my pages.

With the likely expansion of classes in coming expansions the problem will only get worse.

Luckily there is a solution, one already implemented in the game. In Coil special tomes drop that can be traded for a specific slot's gear. I think its a much better system that ensures more equitable rewards for time spent and reduces the chance of getting 'useless' drops.

The solution you suggest already exists and is in place. Use the books you get each week for gear you're unlucky enough to miss out on.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

The solution you suggest already exists and is in place. Use the books you get each week for gear you're unlucky enough to miss out on.

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I think he wants a 1:1 trade. And in all honesty, that would be fairer to the players- if you put in the effort and manage to clear, you should be able to get something you'll use right away. The weekly lockout of only getting one piece a week can stay if they're worried about people bum-rushing the first week and unsubbing after that. But don't make me wait four flipping weeks to get a pair of boots, okay? That just pisses me off, and is a big reason why I don't raid any more.

You're right Hestzhyen. As I pointed out in my post I did spend pages on BiS gear and it bit me in the butt yesterday. In the last tier I didn't see a drop from Catastrophe for a long time but decided to "play it safe" and not spend pages until I got a piece or two, in order to only spend pages that I needed to spend. I ended up waiting 12 weeks for a drop and by that time i had enough pages to buy all the pieces I needed. After that experience I thought "why wait" for this tier and I now I've "wasted" a bunch of pages. All I'd like is to take 1 RNG element out of the equation (i.e. everything that drops is usable by everyone to exchange for a piece for a particular slot)

And ultimately while loot isn't the only reason I raid its a big one and 9 weeks of disappointment sucks.

also with my static only about 10% of all drops are for dps and all the rest is tank/healer gear, and i've been very lucky with drops and managed to get ilvl 360 while others are about 5 ilvl behind me and mt is almost 370

our group after 8 weeks has barely seen any DPS drops and it's been every week fending and healing drops. Our tanks can't use the accs because they're using crafted/pentamelded. BUT you also have 6 months for Sigma. its just a matter of waiting. something i know a lot of people don't want to hear. :(