Mini-Lottery: Maybe a BIT more fairness?

[Vidu]

In my opinion, you can't reduce RNG and grind. You can really only reduce RNG, but the grind will always be there. This is a pretty basic fact about MMOs and RPGs. You can't make a MMORPG or RPG without it relying heavily on a grind.

Infact you could reduce a grind ofc - by making stuff easier to obtain, in this case: raising the MGP-reward you're getting from anything else in the gold saucer by a bit - I dont believe it would harm anyone or would people make leave the game because of "nothing to do" if MGP-rewards would be raised by 50% or so - but I also kinda believe that SE calculated the rewards carefully, might get raised in the future, prices might drop, new stuff will be added etc. etc. I would rather give it a few month than ranting about it - specially about luck-based stuff - after 2 weeks because I dont have my shiny mount yet...

Saying "it has to be a grind because this is a MMO" is a bit... brief - not everything in a MMO has to be a grind and devs could&should think of other ways to keep players busy - but still in the end some sort of grind will be necassary since they cant add new stuff every week obviously. Grinding for vanity, like you do in the gold saucer, is one of the better things to implement (at least if you're asking me...)

[Mordermi]

Infact you could reduce a grind ofc- snipped

I agree. It can be reduced, and possibly with no harm. Not everything in a MMO has to be a grind, but there has to be a grind. If we're talking about the game in general, I could think of some things that RNG or grind could be eased up on. Talking about the Gold Saucer, I think it is just fine for now. I'm sure SE is taking future updates into consideration. There will be more ways to earn MGP. We just have to take easy, and realize that we're not going to have the new outfits, mounts, minions, and cards in the first two weeks (I know you realize this. This point isn't really aimed at you.)

Also, I guess I chose my wording poorly. There doesn't have to be a grind here because it's a MMO, but because it rewards things in the MMO. If there is no grind, then the might as well send the Gambler and bunny outfits out to everyone via Moogle Mail.