Are you happy with the current raiding structure in this game?

[Colt47]

I'm starting to think the problem with the raiding is due to a demographic difference. We got people here who are in statics and are having trouble with the lockout system, and then there are people that are having trouble even starting up coil Turn 6-9 because of the fact they are joining in late or are having to deal with mercenary like behavior in the party finder. No matter what SE does, there's only so many people in the game interested in doing this content and without facilitating some way to get people at different points in the learning to work together this is going to just keep getting worse.

[GalkaBikini]

Can't fix what ain't broken.

[raelgun]

Just remove the RNG loot drops BS and exchange it with WoW's past tokens/emblems or current points

This doesnt make much sense, Ive raided in wow for a while, and wows loot is still subjected to RNG, and still has a lockout, also, the tokens are tier gear, and though they are the best items, those items actually had more competition between players, I dont have issues with that, but this playerbase is the worst at it.

[Reokudo]

Just make it so everyone gets their own drops upon boss kills. That way everyone gets something per lockout even if it's something they don't want. Everyone wins! *Cough*

[skaterger]

This doesnt make much sense, Ive raided in wow for a while, and wows loot is still subjected to RNG, and still has a lockout, also, the tokens are tier gear, and though they are the best items, those items actually had more competition between players, I dont have issues with that, but this playerbase is the worst at it.

Yeah hoping for your token to drop with 24 other people and rolling with 3 other classes to get it was a nightmare.

[dannycookies]

Rolling against 7 other people > gear dropping week after week that no one can even use.

[Jasiwel]

They should have just made it like Syrcus Tower, where you only get one piece of Loot a week and you can run it endlessly. That means you could help people who actually need the help. Furthermore, it's not as drastic as the HM craze was a year ago where people were selling runs. Mechanics in SCoB are so important that one person screwing them up equates to losing, not to mention most players haven't beaten T5. And you RARELY see T5 sells (or at least I haven't).

In any case, I haven't reached SCoB, so I'll reserve judgement for when I hit it. The problem I see is that Raids are simply few and one of them is 100% pointless now (poor Labyrinth) because gear is becoming more and more obsolete every patch. If you do your dailies and participate in hunts, you can gear out whatever Job you want at i90 before even hitting 50 with myth/ASeals. They missed a huge opportunity with Labyrinth and they should have made the armor pieces i95 so that there's a remote reason to keep playing it aside from just fun. I know this view is based off of hindsight, but it makes me wonder how much foresight SE is putting into their Gear leveling philosophies. They knew Myth was going to become abundant, so why did they think making i80 gear would be a good thing in the long run? Glamour? It doesn't even look that interesting compared to other stuff (I know it's an opinion, but I know a lot that share it) and the gears' obsoleting sucks some of the thrill out of Labyrinth.

This issues stretches into Ramuh Ex (and to a lesser extent, LeviEx) as well because there is simply no reason to play it when better gear is far more accessible and easier to obtain. Weathered gear makes Ramuh gear obsolete, plain and simple. I think Ramuh weapons are totally awesome for Glamouring, but you have a stupid percentage of actually having one show up. That also implies you can beat Ramuh Ex multiple times, which can be far more difficult without a Static. The rings aren't even that great compared to Weathered rings, not even mentioning how pointless they are when you upgrade the Weathered rings with now more accessible Oils. If SE would have made the decision to make Ramuh gear i105 to bridge the gap between Weathered and Unweathered, then maybe more people would attempt Ramuh Ex because you need something to do while farming Bloody Marks Logs, right?

Square Enix needs to fix their gear progression. It's not looking too bad now because i90 gear is so available and decent, ST gear is good and everything else can be filled with Allagan/Weathered gear at least. However, they need to make sure the new Raids do not lose purpose/practicality because the gear is crud or even too good to the point where old Raid gear is obsolete. All that's required to prevent that is to up the iLvl requirement for the new Raids to the point where the players already have BiS/near-BiS gear. Also, imposing the same restrictions/liberties that ST enjoys is also a GOOD THING.

[ispano]

I think our loot order was PLD, SMN, SMN, WHM, SMN, SMN, SMN. Being a scholar without my book, my heart breaks every time.

We've started to resort to superstition by dancing around the arena and shooting off fireworks before we open the chest. STILL SMN BOOKS.

Crook #6 keke. Going to have to tell our monk to make his own Bags out of all the Crooks.

[mero-ix]

Crook #6 keke. Going to have to tell our monk to make his own Bags out of all the Crooks.

The WHM Crooks. :l We've had 5 so far and only 2/8 of our static has a weapon for their main job. Why clear content if you can't even get your gear after months of clearing it? /qq

[Morningstar1337]

SE need to put BIS gear coming from GUILD BASED CONTENT.

I have a few ideas for Guild based content:

• 8 and 32-man Coil-like raids split into multiple stages that can only be formed by members of the same FC
• a Roulette that includes raids but disallows premade parties (like the early game roulette) with 175-200 myth and 50 sol (give or take)? (it'll at least solve the PUG problem, but It is counterproductive to the FC problem and may require a weekly cap to prevent abuse)
• An FC version of Frontlines, team tournaments with crafting mats as prizes (the mats would range new exclusive items, to Coil stuff to new exclusive items for high-end gear based on how many tournaments you won and other factors such as your [Grand and Free] companies' reputation, win streak and the average iLevel difference between your FC and your opponents)
• An option for an alliance between FCs (8-man groups must be filled by the same FC but up to two other FCs can join in the aforementioned content to aid smaller FCs, this adds to the community aspect, sort of)