Crystal Tower Preview (lodestone post)

[Filthy]

So as a 50 BLM/SCH all i have to look forward to is 2 reskined battlemage armours?, Really SE?. It all makes sense now why you cant dye certain armour sets in the game because SE wants to pull stuff like this off and say "heres brand new armour guyz!".

I'm almost full i90 on my BLM so i wont be doing CT on BLM. My SCH is full i70 but do i really want to farm for reskined battlemage armour?.. no.

[Vydos]

Anyway, am I the only one that's disappointed with having to use 2 tanks, 2 healers and 4 dps even in premade groups? Where are all the "if you don't the like duty finder, you don't have to use it" people now? Not only do we have to use it, but we're forced into the lame-ass DF party composition now too?

I sometimes wish people would use their brains for a moment to actually ponder as to why S-E went for this approach for now. It's not hard to understand (agreeing is another thing) what the reason behind this is.

Answer
Preventing people from clearing the instance with a SR build. And to avoid conflict with other parties through duty finder

Case 1 - Full 24 made alliance

Something we were all expecting to be available. But obviously they postponed this.
Reason: We've seen from experience that people will look for the perfect ultimate party composition. Which certainly would have happened here. Creating some new forms of CT Speed runs. (Random example: 3 tanks, 3 healers, BLM/BRD only for AoE damage)

Case 2 - Current case of 1 premade party

Obviously because we aren't getting the above situation. This leads to us being forced to fill the standard party.
Reason: It would otherwise mean that everyone can create random parties.
Results into -> Random PT #1 + Random PT #2 + Random PT #3 = Holy mother of randomness!!!!
Basically, it will just make people queue up and leave the instance the moment that an alliance of "WTFRandom" enters.


All of this is simply to give everyone an equal chance of doing this content without getting things like WP SR.

[Ruethryl]

Some gear can be dyed btw from dungeons.. parts of the various AK sets for instance.

[Nuinn]

I'm sure many will be disappointed but, that's not a 1-to-1 Battlemage robe reskin. The hat, however, is, and so is most likely the MNK eyepatch, while the mage boots look like they might be mage Coil boots reskins.

It's funny.... A couple days ago people were QQing in another thread how the lower level unique armour isn't reused, dare I say, reskinned more often.

[Lithera]

Older gear won't work with the vanity system?

Probably not as they said in the last live letter that CT would be the 1st to go along with the vanity system. So as of right now older gear will not be but who knows if this changes down the road.

[Yamimarik]

Probably not as they said in the last live letter that CT would be the 1st to go along with the vanity system. So as of right now older gear will not be but who knows if this changes down the road.

Yoshi or the Dev team never said anything to that effect. They have yet to give us a "true" list of restriction to the Vanity System.

Q: Considering how common the relic weapons are lately, it seems like there's no point in trying to obtain the weapons that drop from Good King Moggle Mog XII.

A: While players who have relic weapons are free to use the weapons from Good King Moggle Mog XII with the vanity system, please keep in mind that there are still many people who are waiting for the relic path to be eased, and the gap to reach the next level is a bit too big right now. This is a way to fill in gaps on the path to obtaining relic weapons.

Q: What kind of benefits does the Crystal Tower have for players who are already doing the Binding Coil of Bahamut?

A: You'll be able to collect the equipment to use in conjunction with the upcoming vanity system and also gear up your secondary classes and jobs. There's also a lot of story to be enjoyed in the Crystal Tower.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...13#post1619213

That's all that was said in the live letter. Nothing about any kind of restrictions as of yet.

[Tupsi]

Most likely wont be able to Dye those, just like every dungeon gear it's unique and not customizable.

The red and white robes are for BLM/SMN and WHM/SCH.

Nope, Aetherial gear is dyeable, 'Green' gear is not which is fine since you're more than likely going to be getting a ton of Aetherial drops.

[Vydos]

Nope, Aetherial gear is dyeable, 'Green' gear is not which is fine since you're more than likely going to be getting a ton of Aetherial drops.

Like mentioned a few posts before. There are exceptions to that rule. Most green gear from AK and WP are dyeable. Although it's mostly gear that has the same model as other existing armors

[Wulfgang]

Players can access the Crystal Tower via the Duty Finder either solo or in a party of up to eight players. When forming a party, players must first meet the class requirements of the Duty Finder before registering (two tanks, four DPS, two healers). Once registered, players will be matched with a group of 24 players to enter the Crystal Tower.

Not really crazy about this; if you run with a solid group, there's a good chance the 2nd tank (and possibly 2nd healer) are unnecessary given what we've seen groups accomplish in other instances. Until they allow pre-made alliances, I don't really see a workaround.

[Tupsi]

Not really crazy about this; if you run with a solid group, there's a good chance the 2nd tank (and possibly 2nd healer) are unnecessary given what we've seen groups accomplish in other instances. Until they allow pre-made alliances, I don't really see a workaround.

That's the thing - you won't be running with a solid because you'll run with your 8 people then queue up with 16 people and Yoshi doesn't want you to do CT efficiently since it has to keep people busy until 2.2 when coil gets expanded since coil is on farm status for many FCs.