Feedback for Devs: Raid loot lockout

Hey all,

I would love if you could change the loot system in raid so that if i go into OS11 im not locked out of loot for OS9.

So im in a very casual raid group. We have limited time but we still want to engage with the content and get through it as a team. Unforunately OS9, 10 11 take up a fair bit of that time meaning were getting such a short time on 12.

So for the next expac and raid tier could we please have it so that going into OS11 doesnt lock you out of the loot for the other floors.

The caveat to this, of course, being you have to have already unlocked the floor to do this. And to prevent putting someone in your party and getting them into 0S12 without having completing previous floors you tie the unlock system to the achievement for having completed said floor.

I think doing this you see much higher completion of the raid tier for groups, and at the same time more raid groups would form as its much more time friendly for people.

You could always PUG OS9 and 10 in your free time if the only day the group can get together is tuesday for 2 hours.

The developers have been unlocking Savage the last month of each tier this expansion, so there is that. Alphascape will also be unlocked for a much longer period of time, similar to how Creator was back at the end of Heavensward. Once unlocked, losing loot from lower floors is no longer an issue, and you still have until late June to clear this tier.

Alternatively, if you don't need anything from the first two floors, just skip them. You lose the books, but if it's more important to you to clear O12S faster and not have 9S ~ 11S take up so much time, you may just have to take the L.

You can also create/join learning groups for 12S in your free time. Prog doesn't have to be exclusive to your static if you don't want it to be. If your group only meets on Tuesday, if they're an evening static, PUG O9S and O10S before your scheduled raid time; that's also a solution to your problem.

I do feel like something needs to be done about the gearing system in general...

Being able to play as any job on one character is one of FFXIV's biggest selling points, and yet the way gearing up works more or less forces you to commit to one class because getting any good equipment is slow as all get out. Having to spend 7 weeks just to get a single raid weapon being one example.

So use an alternate method to gear your alts? Crafted gear and ex primal gear dont take 7 weeks.

But you end up usesing the best equipted job most the times sooo...