increase the baby opo-opo drop rate!

[HumsterMKX]

As much as I wanted a baby Opo-opo, but please do understand this. For every 1 baby Opo-opo, the RNG gods need to take one off the hands of a dead mummy Opo-opo.

So pls spare a thought for the babies. Imagine 1 moment you are in your mummy's arms, the next you got taken away and place in a chest. The next thing you know some random strange took you out of the chest and place you upfor sale. Only to be sold to another stranger, whom will care for you for a while before forgetting about you. Or worse, you and another forgotten baby are made into a pair ofslippers for a lalafell.

[NintenPyjak64]

So pls spare a thought for the babies. Imagine 1 moment you are in your mummy's arms, the next you got taken away and place in a chest. The next thing you know some random strange took you out of the chest and place you upfor sale. Only to be sold to another stranger, whom will care for you for a while before forgetting about you. Or worse, you and another forgotten baby are made into a pair ofslippers for a lalafell.

I'd more imagine it that the baby Opo opo saw it's mother getting killed somewhere and wandered around eventually finding you after you finished Brayflox where you picked it up and it let you be it's mother..... Or somebody else depending on if it was sold or not. In the end doesn't it get a nice loving owner anyways? (I'm always using my Baby Opo-opo. It's so far my favorite minion)

[Velo_Vandore]

Actually, I disagree on this one. I'd like the minion myself but it's not important in any way to have, which makes it perfect as a super rare item. Having items that are super rare makes them all the more exciting to see, and if you're doing repeat dungeons it's good to have that little feeling of "just maybe".

Having the item tradable is also good, because it allows people who are desperate to just obtain it through gil if they want (also some people don't enjoy dungeons much but may like to craft and make a lot of gil). If you already have the oppo, you would not be saying I wish it wasn't tradable when a second drops ;P There's no harm in this in my view. I'm always short on gil and I like that there's a chance I'll possibly grab a super expensive item sometime and make a fortune on the market. More rare minions please.

[SeleneVenizelos]

Having items that are super rare makes them all the more exciting to see

I'd agree, but let me share my experience with the Bluebird.

Let's skip over the part where you feel angry at SE for adding such a rare vanity item and spend a lot of your time trying to get it. When it drops, first you think "Wow! Yes!". Then you get an adrenaline rush of whether you're going to win it or not. If you don't win it, you feel empty and gutted. If you do win, excited! That feeling lasts for about ten minutes. Then, as time goes by, you begin to wonder why you ever gave a damn about it in the first place.

Then you look back and realise that it's so dumb for a vanity item to have such an appalling drop rate and that the thrill of acquisition doesn't make up for it in the slightest. Sure, you have your minion but it's not like you get giddy with excitement every time you summon him...

Bottom line? Save rare drop rates for end game gear please. We have RNG screwing us over enough in this game.

[Moqi]

TIL anything can be used to measure your e-peen.

[Hiruke]

i've seen it only once and it was few days ago, of course i lost the roll
lost count of the number of times i've cleared brayflox HM


this is stupid

No way. 1% drop rates ARE THE FUTURE. Didn't you know? This is Pachinko Fantasy XIV, the best in RNG action. Much better than playing slots. SE has learned that challenging content is not fun. What's fun is RANDOM CHANCE. Just keep grinding easy content until you get your drop. Ladies and gentlemen, ARE YOU READY TO GAMBLE!?

[Velo_Vandore]

If you do win, excited! That feeling lasts for about ten minutes. Then, as time goes by, you begin to wonder why you ever gave a damn about it in the first place.

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Bottom line? Save rare drop rates for end game gear please. We have RNG screwing us over enough in this game.

But by having a minion as a super rare drop, players have the choice to opt out. After your own experience you might next time choose not to worry about another rare minion drop, but for some (like collectors / completionists) it's still worthwhile.

For end game items I think rare drops can be ok as long as there are alternatives. Let's look at the Atma weapon for example. This can take a long grind to obtain all 12 Atma, but it's entirely optional. There are alternative weapons like the Weathered Yagrush and then Yagrush - these normally require less grinding, but you'll need to participate in more difficult end game content to obtain them (firstly Syrcus tower, then Second Coil of Bahamut). The relic weapon upgrades (Atma, Animus, Novus) are very grindy to obtain, but involve much less challenging content (or at least less group dependent). I think this actually works quite well, giving different options for different players, based on their available play time, whether they are solo / group, and whether they prefer long but easy grinds, or difficult gameplay.

[Urielparadox]

the baby opo-opo crawls onto your shoulder when beckoned, sits there while I fish/craft, hes by far the most alive/interactive and best minion in the entire game right now. it's way worth the rarity.

[SeleneVenizelos]

the baby opo-opo crawls onto your shoulder when beckoned, sits there while I fish/craft, hes by far the most alive/interactive and best minion in the entire game right now. it's way worth the rarity.

I must admit, my whole argument about it being a waste of time falls to pieces when he does this:

[BobbinT]

Don't you have to kill the opo opo in the dungeon in order for it to drop? If that's true of course it will be rare since everyone locks that mob out

is this even true?