Crystal Tower Loot System - What needs to be done

[Lyrro]

To be fair to the idea, you have to compete against the RNG for loot as it is now anyway. You could do a dozen runs from start-to-finish and not see the item you want. The end result of this, I suppose, is just to give you some consolation prize of something that MIGHT be useful to you at the end of a run.

After running CT a little over two dozen times this week looking for a drop from Behemoth and having him drop Ballad Corselet more than 50% of the time, I reported it as a possible bug. Out of those runs, the Corselet dropped thirteen times, the second highest drop from Behemoth was the monk legs which dropped five times, the Armor of Light dropped three times, and the Crimson Circlet and Royal Robes dropped twice each. The item I was looking for, the Crimson Legs, never dropped and at the end of the day I ended up settling with the Crimson Circlet since I knew I'd have to farm it from Behemoth as well anyways. Literally, the only thing I got out of all those extra runs after the Myth cap was a repair bill for each trip and needless to say, if you're going to make me run a dungeon that many times and then never actually give me the item I want, the least you can do is not make me pay to do it. I don't want to get my full set in my first run, but at the same time, I'd at least like to get something out of it to keep me from going bankrupt while trying to get the gear I need.

[MrSmiley]

I have never seen someone leave after loot in CT and I have run it 8 or 9 times >_>

[Zedine]

I disagree, 7 items is way too many, what I think should be done though is after 1 party passes the loot goes to parties B and C.

For example last night I did CT. I have almost full i90 and just want tank armor for looks. Tank belt dropped, I could get but I want body so I passed then Darkness got it. (Fell to the floor) Then BLM/SMN Pants dropped, they too went to Darkness, and BLM Body went to Darkness and BLM hat. I know its RNG but we had no BLM in our group, no one wanted or needed anything so 4 items just fell to the floor, not counting items from the other parties. My suggestion is for it to stay the same 1 loot lockout per week. just have when a full party passes, it becomes open for the other 2 parties. It bothers me more to see loot drop on the floor than anything else knowing there is a BLM in alliance B with ilvl 45 gear. I think more loot drops to no one on each run than people getting loot. And this gets worse as the week goes on due to people already having loot.

So pretty much.

If All of alliance A passes on the loot, then alliance B and C can lot it. Same rules apply, 1 item per week. Same for other alliances if B passes then A and C may lot.

[ispano]

After running CT a little over two dozen times this week looking for a drop from Behemoth and having him drop Ballad Corselet more than 50% of the time, I reported it as a possible bug. Out of those runs, the Corselet dropped thirteen times, the second highest drop from Behemoth was the monk legs which dropped five times, the Armor of Light dropped three times, and the Crimson Circlet and Royal Robes dropped twice each. The item I was looking for, the Crimson Legs, never dropped and at the end of the day I ended up settling with the Crimson Circlet since I knew I'd have to farm it from Behemoth as well anyways. Literally, the only thing I got out of all those extra runs after the Myth cap was a repair bill for each trip and needless to say, if you're going to make me run a dungeon that many times and then never actually give me the item I want, the least you can do is not make me pay to do it. I don't want to get my full set in my first run, but at the same time, I'd at least like to get something out of it to keep me from going bankrupt while trying to get the gear I need.

I've actually seen the Crimson legs around, uh 3 times? In 27 runs I did this week to finally see Royal Vest Drop.

[AzumaKun]

Relying on rng for loot? No thanks.

Isn't this how it... works anyway?

[neoreturn]

I don't see any problem with current loot system. Even one whole group left, filled up in one min from my experience. Don't change any thing, it works as designed.

[Despite]

Crystal Tower Loot System - What needs to be done..

How bout players can stop trying to order up their MMO rules the way THEY want it like they're at burger king ordering a whopper with no onion.

This game is a loot pinata already and people still whine.

The current loot system in Crystal Tower doesn't work, simply because there's no reason to continue the raid if your item drops.

Whoever does that is a shitty player.

[Marxam]

I like the idea but the 10k gil and random armor (assuming its on top of the drop you get) seems a little op. Personally I would dumb the gil down to 5k and have bonus gil rewards to specific roles per day. As for the random armor if rng is on your side you could literally gear 1 class in 3 days which is rather ridiculous imo.

or...

Just put all treasure chests from all the previous bosses and place them at the end after you defeat the final boss. You could even have confetti fall from the sky and moogles dancing around. Seeing 12 chests all at once (of course you can only loot 4), really gives you that "we've hit the jackpot" feeling and avoids any accidental passing since all loot appears at once.

[FMElan]

No. You're giving out way too much and it's waaaay too repeatable. 100 Myth per day beats out even Binding Coil of Bahamut, the dungeon where you're SUPPOSED to be collecting i90 gear. And one piece of random loot a day? That's hoooorrible. It'll result in either you gearing up completely in 5 days with i80, or getting the same gear for seven days in a row. Either way, it encourages you to only go through Crystal Tower once per day, as compared to now, where you can spam it as much as you want to get the piece you're looking for.

If what you're saying is really a problem, and I'm not convinced that it is, the easiest way to "fix" the problem would be to have each boss drop a chest, let the members of the party roll on it...and then give them the prize only AFTER the dungeon has been completed.

[Rekujen]

Crystal Tower Loot System - What needs to be done..

How bout players can stop trying to order up their MMO rules the way THEY want it like they're at burger king ordering a whopper with no onion.

This game is a loot pinata already and people still whine.



Whoever does that is a shitty player.

Exactly... but people do it because of the reasons above. I personally stick to the end because I enjoy the raid and 50 myth makes me happy, but heaps of people leave the second they win their loot roll... this suggestion is to remedy that problem.

Could always change it to

5000 gil
125 philosophy
75 mythology
random i80 armor

or use my suggestion in the opening post but make it weekly.