Oil of Time in Syrcus Tower?

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07-11-2014, 12:56 PM
Purrfectstorm

Oil of Time in Syrcus Tower?

Hi everyone, I didn't think it was possible to get Oil of Time in Syrcus Tower yet but my partner and I both got one from there. I got mine on the last chest on my 1st run, she got hers on the last chest of her 2nd run. It counted as the weekly item so it wasn't in the 4th chest that only sometimes appears.

Does anyone know anything else about this? I'm totally cool with it, just wondered :)
07-11-2014, 01:03 PM
Kuwagami

Oil and UAT are part of the weekly lockout loot ^^ you can check it in the Lodestone database
07-11-2014, 01:09 PM
Ulathskullsplitter

Ya having oils in there now has me debating on whether I should use ST to gear an alt job or get oils every week to upgrade my mains jewelry. I haven't grabbed my loot yet this week. The small stat upgrade from oil just doesn't feel worth it to me over a brand new shiny piece of gear. Now if it was sands dropping the decision would be easy.
07-11-2014, 01:23 PM
Brine_Gildchaff

Going by previous live letters they may add sands at a later date, but at present it is only oil and UAT. Also just to note, it is possible for both to drop for just one party; just had it happen to me (but I'd already grabbed Phlegethon's gauntlets...)
07-11-2014, 02:39 PM
Nekodar

Some people are claiming that sands also drop... And in interview with Yoshi, it appears as if oil is not supposed to drop yet.
Confusion...
07-11-2014, 02:56 PM
Elven

Yes I got oil but would rather have the sand drop instead.
07-11-2014, 03:40 PM
Ginga_K

Either OIL or UAT drops@ final boss.
It appear randomly like 2/6 runs.

Didn't get to see sand yet.

Its part of e weekly lockout loot.
07-11-2014, 03:54 PM
Seif

This is AWESOME news!

Can somebody remind me what's the reason to do first part of the CT again?
I kinda love that we have these 2 raids in the game but every time I go into the labyrinth I'm kinda like "why am I here again?" I wish the tomes were a bit more plentiful given the massive time investment from somebody who already has all the CT gear.
07-11-2014, 04:02 PM
ServerCollaps

200 or 250 tomes arent enough for you? desynth your ct gear and you have a reason to run it again
07-11-2014, 04:04 PM
Donjo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nekodar

Some people are claiming that sands also drop... And in interview with Yoshi, it appears as if oil is not supposed to drop yet.
Confusion...

Yeah... I've got this odd feeling that one of the update notes after tonight's maintenance may be "fixed issue wherein Oil of Time and Sands of Time were dropping in Syrcus Tower."
07-11-2014, 04:06 PM
Kuwagami

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donjo

Yeah... I've got this odd feeling that one of the update notes after tonight's maintenance may be "fixed issue wherein Oil of Time and Sands of Time were dropping in Syrcus Tower."

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...y/d40bb16ab56/

The oil are already officially a loot of the CT2...

Quote:

Originally Posted by marewa

Confused.

――In the previous Producer Letter Live, it was mentioned that the Sand and Oil of Time would be made obtainable as well. When will those be introduced?

We plan to introduce them within the 2.3x series of patches. The exact timing will depend on everyone's average item level as well as progression. But we don't intend to hold them out until 2.4 or anything.

For the last boss, there's also an additional chance of a 4th treasure chest appearing that you can roll on with no lockouts. In exchange you will need to roll against all 23 other players.

Yet i got locked out when i won the oil.

the oil is a roll vs your team (8 people in total) and isn't in the 4th chest. So you're locked
07-11-2014, 04:10 PM
marewa

Confused.

――In the previous Producer Letter Live, it was mentioned that the Sand and Oil of Time would be made obtainable as well. When will those be introduced?

We plan to introduce them within the 2.3x series of patches. The exact timing will depend on everyone's average item level as well as progression. But we don't intend to hold them out until 2.4 or anything.

For the last boss, there's also an additional chance of a 4th treasure chest appearing that you can roll on with no lockouts. In exchange you will need to roll against all 23 other players.

Yet i got locked out when i won the oil.
07-11-2014, 04:16 PM
Alukah

They planned to leave oil for later, but plans change, they added them now instead.

Oil and UAT come from your team chest, not 4th chest, the 4th chest contains the minion and/or Xande's gem (used to craft Xande's Throne) and has no weekly lockout.
07-11-2014, 04:17 PM
ShinryuReishiki

Quote:

Originally Posted by marewa

Confused.

――In the previous Producer Letter Live, it was mentioned that the Sand and Oil of Time would be made obtainable as well. When will those be introduced?

We plan to introduce them within the 2.3x series of patches. The exact timing will depend on everyone's average item level as well as progression. But we don't intend to hold them out until 2.4 or anything.

For the last boss, there's also an additional chance of a 4th treasure chest appearing that you can roll on with no lockouts. In exchange you will need to roll against all 23 other players.

Yet i got locked out when i won the oil.

Oil comes from the same chest as the gear drop, and the notice above the loot pop-up even says only one piece of gear or enhancing item per week. The 4th chest, if it appears, only has a material or minion; those have no lock-out.
07-11-2014, 04:19 PM
marewa

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alukah

They planned to leave oil for later, but plans change, they added them now instead.

Even though the interview was published on the 10th? I'm not bothered either way.
07-11-2014, 04:28 PM
Nekodar

Quote:

Originally Posted by marewa

Confused.

――In the previous Producer Letter Live, it was mentioned that the Sand and Oil of Time would be made obtainable as well. When will those be introduced?

We plan to introduce them within the 2.3x series of patches. The exact timing will depend on everyone's average item level as well as progression. But we don't intend to hold them out until 2.4 or anything.

For the last boss, there's also an additional chance of a 4th treasure chest appearing that you can roll on with no lockouts. In exchange you will need to roll against all 23 other players.

Yet i got locked out when i won the oil.

Except the oil isn't in the extra chest. Minion and crafting item is.
07-11-2014, 04:30 PM
Elven

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donjo

Yeah... I've got this odd feeling that one of the update notes after tonight's maintenance may be "fixed issue wherein Oil of Time and Sands of Time were dropping in Syrcus Tower."

Considering a few of us have already had the oil drop it wouldn't be fair to remove it.
07-11-2014, 04:33 PM
Alukah

Quote:

Originally Posted by marewa

Even though the interview was published on the 10th? I'm not bothered either way.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...806-23-2014%29

The live Q&A was on June 10, then the digest was posted on June 23, then sometime between that date and before patch came out they decided to add oil.