Crystal Tower, weaker gear than Coil, whats the point?

[seekerofpower]

Prepare to be disappointed.

My bets are them being the Gianstgall weapons...

It has already been stated that CT will drop the FFXIV equivilents of the weapons and armor that the CT dropped in FFIII.

[Xatsh]

SE needs to have some horizontal progression at endgame.

If all crystal tower gear is weaker then baha Lab. Then honestly the content is negated already and not really worth doing. My guild has 4 groups getting to the final turn in Lab now, it is basically on farm status outside twintania which is more or less nearly unkillable.

Also I want to know why 24man content is considered casual endgame through finder. Guild are what alliance content should be for. BL should be the DF content not crystal towers.

[ReplicaX]

So Crystal Tower is coming out and from what I have read will have weaker gear than Coil, unless I am mistaken. So what is the point of this zone?

Stop being selfish OP. It gives more content options for players, period. It is by no means inferior to Coil as its a 24 man Raid and not an 8 man Dungeon and adds a ilvl fill in for gear.

[Alavastre]

SE needs to have some horizontal progression at endgame.

If all crystal tower gear is weaker then baha Lab. Then honestly the content is negated already and not really worth doing. My guild has 4 groups getting to the final turn in Lab now, it is basically on farm status outside twintania which is more or less nearly unkillable.

Also I want to know why 24man content is considered casual endgame through finder. Guild are what alliance content should be for. BL should be the DF content not crystal towers.

This information has already been released. Unless something has changed, Crystal Tower will be DF friendly.

They plan on alternating releases, CT then Coil then CT then Coil ect.

[TheRac25]

So Crystal Tower is coming out and from what I have read will have weaker gear than Coil, unless I am mistaken. So what is the point of this zone?
If you can go into coil in full DL with a relic and gear up there why bring out an inferior raid zone? Given that this game is devoid of proc items, there being a unique and useful item in there seems unlikely. Other than doing it to say you have done it why go there? Fun factor not withstanding. Even Allagan pieces seem lack luster compared to some pieces of af2. Most they seem to do is swap spell speed for crit or other bonus stats, acc, det etc.

its called upper management telling you to release NOW were losing too much money

[LoLo]

Ragnarok drops from the crystal tower in FFIII, I think that reason alone makes the CT worth it. BTW ninja weapons drop as well so when ninja gets released it will prolly be important for all ninjas to run CT.

[Kayo]

/smh

I really hope that one day they make a really fun, badass dungeon that has no gear upgrades at all. Just as a social experiment to see who plays these games for the actual entertainment value and not just as some stepping stool for better gear.

[Mythrella]

This information has already been released. Unless something has changed, Crystal Tower will be DF friendly.

They plan on alternating releases, CT then Coil then CT then Coil ect.

Those will still be 8M parties.

She's saying that there should be a 24M worth running if you're into progression or challenges. And so far, that is not on the horizon. It's a lot more work for a FC to organize a 24M raid than an 8M, and they should be rewarded for doing so.

Large raids tuned to be cleared via DF pugs from day 1 release are not normally worth repeating, if for no other reason they promote sleeping at the keyboard and leechers AFKing.

[Starfox71rt]

/smh

I really hope that one day they make a really fun, badass dungeon that has no gear upgrades at all. Just as a social experiment to see who plays these games for the actual entertainment value and not just as some stepping stool for better gear.

Hahaha I too want to see this dungeon. Heck, make it drop nothing at all, just be incredibly fun.

[Xatsh]

I disagree that is it more work to organize a 24man in a guild. It is a nightmare of ungodly proportions to manage 8man content currently in a guild setting.

If you do not have exactly 8 man intervals with people on the exact jobs that are needed that are geared you have people sitting out.

24man alliance is alot easier to get everyone involved without screwing people over.

For pugs/statics 8man is easier, for organized guilds 8man is alot harder to get together without screwing over some members. Issue is coil is designed for static groups not guilds, which are extremely detrimental to guilds due to the fact they fracture them into smaller sections.


My issue with Crystal Tower is I want a reason to take my guild there. The thrill of beating it or it is a cool dungeon is not really good enough to enter it more then once. Sorta like wanders palace, cool dungeon, but I will never go in there again until SE makes it worth doing. Coil + alittle bit of 5-6min garuda spaming gets you to myth cap. Pretorium still give the best philo/min rate.