You just spent 2 hours trying to get a key to drop.

You obtain 8 cobalt arrows.

.....Really SE? I could understand if it was something significant like 200-300 cobalt arrows, but 8? What the hell were you thinking when you put arrows inside of the stronghold chests?

haha, i remember the first time i saw that . one member in our LS kept getting arrow drops.

This is for those hardcore players. Deal with it.

It has nothing to do with being hardcore vs casual, its just a ridiculously stupid drop to have inside a chest. As an archer I have never been sitting there thinking "If only I had 8 more arrows." Atleast all of the other drops are materiable, even if they are terrible pieces of gear.

Yah SE, you could have at least made the arrows +1, sheesh!!

dont worry in another 249 hours you'll have a full stack =)

That's what happens when a chest pulls from a pool rather than have set contents like back in the day.

It could be worse. It could be Dark Matter.




....damn you, Ifrit and Moogle.

Yeah I really hate the coffer system.

You have a percentage drop for getting the coffer key, and sometimes it just sucks. And when you finally get that key, there's another crappy drop rate for the item lol.

I was in a group and I opened the chest 10 times (not including the other times I went) and I finally got my mask. The next two people that were up for the key opened up the chest and got the mask on their first try. Boy SE, sometimes this game really makes me hate you >.>

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Yeah I really hate the coffer system.

You have a percentage drop for getting the coffer key, and sometimes it just sucks. And when you finally get that key, there's another crappy drop rate for the item lol.

I was in a group and I opened the chest 10 times (not including the other times I went) and I finally got my mask. The next two people that were up for the key opened up the chest and got the mask on their first try. Boy SE, sometimes this game really makes me hate you >.>

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I just went 1/54 on warlocks satchel belt over the course of 2 days. No room to complain, and I am not complaining about the drop rates on the items either. Yeah the drop rates suck and the key drop rates suck but atleast with crappy items you have a chance to get something decent out of them with the materia. With cobalt arrows its just a slap in the face though.

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Yah SE, you could have at least made the arrows +1, sheesh!!

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Also this.

I went 1/1 on Sentinel's Gauntlets... DAMN YOU SQUARE!!!

Seriously though, having that small amount of cobalt arrows drop is pretty dumb. At least make it something like 100~300, like stated above.

OMG 2 WHOLE HOURS!?!!?!?!?!!11!?1!1!1??

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OMG 2 WHOLE HOURS!?!!?!?!?!!11!?1!1!1??

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the think the OP's point is that they put 8 arrows in a chest and not something equal to the other gear drops like a cobalt celata or something. the time is irrelevant.

Shut up Tango

You guys wanted XI level RNG, and you got it. Don't complain.

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I just went 1/54 on warlocks satchel belt over the course of 2 days. No room to complain, and I am not complaining about the drop rates on the items either. Yeah the drop rates suck and the key drop rates suck but atleast with crappy items you have a chance to get something decent out of them with the materia. With cobalt arrows its just a slap in the face though.




Also this.

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I know exactly what your saying... as a mage, getting the cobalt arrows was a slap in the face. Yes, I got them too lol. I got 7 though xD.

But yeah it was nice to get other items like the circlets and stuff so I could SB them while waiting. But when you have the drop rate for the key AND the chest, there should be little room for items that don't belong.

This seems like a funny thing Square likes to do.

I remember getting really good arrows for Rosa in FFIV in a chest, but was only 15 of them. Always say to myself "Why not 99?".

I do agree that they should add more arrows as a reward in the chest.

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the think the OP's point is that they put 8 arrows in a chest and not something equal to the other gear drops like a cobalt celata or something. the time is irrelevant.

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If it wasn't important than it wouldn't be in the thread title. That said, it doesn't matter what trash drops come out of the chest because that's not why you're there. Your obv farming the rare drop in the chest so SE can put a price of marmot meat in there and you really have reason to complain since it too has no beari on your original goal

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If it wasn't important than it wouldn't be in the thread title. That said, it doesn't matter what trash drops come out of the chest because that's not why you're there. Your obv farming the rare drop in the chest so SE can put a price of marmot meat in there and you really have reason to complain since it too has no beari on your original goal

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actually some people go there just to fam gear to SB or sell so its not that obvious. and the op said that it was not about the time, it was about getting such a small useless amount of arrows, not the time spent acquiring them.

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I just went 1/54 on warlocks satchel belt over the course of 2 days. No room to complain, and I am not complaining about the drop rates on the items either. Yeah the drop rates suck and the key drop rates suck but atleast with crappy items you have a chance to get something decent out of them with the materia. With cobalt arrows its just a slap in the face though.

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so yea, you were saying....

pssh spent 10 hours farming that thing, don't even complain

people need to read the op and not comment on the title. he is saying 8 arrows is a crappy chest drop, which it is.

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people need to read the op and not comment on the title. he is saying 8 arrows is a crappy chest drop, which it is.

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What is this nonsense you speak of? That isn't how the ffxiv forums work.

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people need to read the op and not comment on the title. he is saying 8 arrows is a crappy chest drop, which it is.

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I'm sorry but the title of the thread is part of the thread so it should be taken into account when replying. Also, to your other post, if you go to the chest to farm gear to SB or for gear to sell, you wouldn't be smart enough to figure out how sign up and pay for this game let alone how to post here

Shut up Tango

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Shut up Tango

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Why do you do this to me?

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I'm sorry but the title of the thread is part of the thread so it should be taken into account when replying. Also, to your other post, if you go to the chest to farm gear to SB or for gear to sell, you wouldn't be smart enough to figure out how sign up and pay for this game let alone how to post here

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Also, shut up Tango

Yeah I never got that arrows thing either. I got 5 arrows out of a chest after farming Sipahi Turbans with my LS for 6 straight hours. Yeah, that totally replaces the several stacks I went through to get my key /eyeroll.

Edit: Shut up Tango.

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Cool story bro.

IMO there's no point complaining about trash items on a coffer chest. Whether trash to you is 8 cobalt arrows, or mage arms, or cobalt belts, or <insert junk item here>. The coffers are there specifically for the rare items in them, and the trash drops (much like DM for Primals) is just unimportant filler and should be viewed as that.

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IMO there's no point complaining about trash items on a coffer chest. Whether trash to you is 8 cobalt arrows, or mage arms, or cobalt belts, or <insert junk item here>. The coffers are there specifically for the rare items in them, and the trash drops (much like DM for Primals) is just unimportant filler and should be viewed as that.

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some of the crafted gear in the chest is better then the U/U gear so i wouldnt call it trash. Some of those gears go one to make 1mil value materias.

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IMO there's no point complaining about trash items on a coffer chest. Whether trash to you is 8 cobalt arrows, or mage arms, or cobalt belts, or <insert junk item here>. The coffers are there specifically for the rare items in them, and the trash drops (much like DM for Primals) is just unimportant filler and should be viewed as that.

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I am personally happy with my 10 fingerless raptorskin gloves that I got while trying to farm my warlock satchel belt. They can be used on any class and turn into materia rather quickly. Chances are I will get atleast a few good materia from them. With the cobalt arrows on the other hand, they will not serve any purpose other than for me to attack 8 times when i switch to archer. When a normal battle takes anywhere from 300-500 arrows 8 of them isn't going to go very far. That is really the point I am trying to make, when you open the chest and it gives you arrows it is pretty much like not getting anything at all, atleast with the other items you can make a bit of use out of them.

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some of the crafted gear in the chest is better then the U/U gear so i wouldnt call it trash. Some of those gears go one to make 1mil value materias.

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It may have been a poor choice of wording on my part, but the underlying point is that you don't go to coffers to farm Raptorskin Satchel Belts or Wand of Tides. The other drops are filler, regardless of their potential to create valuable materia.

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I am personally happy with my 10 fingerless raptorskin gloves that I got while trying to farm my warlock satchel belt. They can be used on any class and turn into materia rather quickly. Chances are I will get atleast a few good materia from them. With the cobalt arrows on the other hand, they will not serve any purpose other than for me to attack 8 times when i switch to archer. When a normal battle takes anywhere from 300-500 arrows 8 of them isn't going to go very far. That is really the point I am trying to make, when you open the chest and it gives you arrows it is pretty much like not getting anything at all, atleast with the other items you can make a bit of use out of them.

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I understand your point, but I don't see it the same as you do. Thus the "IMO" which started my post. I don't believe there's any point in worrying about what else drops from the coffers apart from their intended gear drop. Everything else is "filler" whether it's good, or bad filler.

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I understand your point, but I don't see it the same as you do. Thus the "IMO" which started my post. I don't believe there's any point in worrying about what else drops from the coffers apart from their intended gear drop. Everything else is "filler" whether it's good, or bad filler.

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well IMO, i dont think its such a big deal for people to want the arrow drop to be on par with the value of the other gear drops. If it was 99 arrows it wouldn't hurt anyone so i say raise the arrow drops to make the non u/u gear drops be more equal in value. some people, obsly not you, are very grateful for the drops they get even if they are not U/U so a usable amount of arrow will help them out.

Even 99 arrows might be useless, the point is, its a slap in the face. Its like "here is rubbish for all your hard work".

Lets not get name calling here, the OP and probably many more hate it when they go through 2hrs of work only to get squat. If it was 200-300 you could at least make good use of them the next 2hrs if your archer or maybe even sell them n make a lil bit of gil.

Need to chillax a bit!

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Even 99 arrows might be useless, the point is, its a slap in the face. Its like "here is rubbish for all your hard work".

Lets not get name calling here, the OP and probably many more hate it when they go through 2hrs of work only to get squat. If it was 200-300 you could at least make good use of them the next 2hrs if your archer or maybe even sell them n make a lil bit of gil.

Need to chillax a bit!

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People need to realize they are not entitled to items just because they put in minimal effort to get an item.

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When a normal battle takes anywhere from 300-500 arrows 8 of them isn't going to go very far.

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A normal battle?

Moogle takes 250-275 arrows (15 things to kill... 15-19 minute non-stop attacking).
Not that 8 cobalt arrows is an excellent prize, just pointing out the over exaggeration!

I think I'd rather get a few thousand gil over 8 of anything usable lol :D

As stated above, this is freakin' unbalanced taking into account the fact that you have to farm the key aswell...

I don't know imo I assume that's worth it. You are after all fighting an NM not some primal.

Kirin is waving to you from FFXI, he has 2 wind crystals for you lol

i guess having the "bad luck" contents in a chest once i a while isn't too bad, but 8 arrows is kinda sad, could be at least some medicine in the future that helps you a little