What's the point of coil raids?

[Mercutial]

I'm going with....

Because it's a video game and some people enjoying (ahem) gaming. You know that simple pleasure response one gets from hitting a button and seeing a green light. Of course, Final Coil is a much more elaborate form of this system but it still holds true.

It amazes me that people think the only reason people raid is for gear.

[Risvertasashi]

It amazes me that people think the only reason people raid is for gear.

Not sure where your little rant is coming from... Both of us that replied to the OP noted that the accomplishment/challenge is a big part of it. Or if you're directing this at the OP... best to assume he's simply curious. Text doesn't convey tone so well.

[GenJoe]

Because it's a video game and some people enjoying (ahem) gaming.

As FF14 is indeed a game as you've stated. Playing games for the sake of gaming is redundant, no?

No matter what you do in FF14, it constitutes as gaming, crafting, gathering, dungeons, sitting in Limsa and chatting, stripping butt naked in Ul'dah and dancing for tips, etc.
So, specifically about coils, what motivation other than gear do you have for pursuing it?

Last question is rhetorical by the way

[Mercutial]

As FF14 is indeed a game as you've stated. Playing games for the sake of gaming is redundant, no?

The redundancy was intended to illustrate my point. Sometimes it seems like the concept of fighting a boss fight (yay! redundancy!) for the funs of it is completely alien to people. I meet far more people interested in loot than I do that simply want to pew, pew for 10 minutes.

And of course, my post was directed at the OP and not subsequent posts. Sorry for the confusion.

I've said it before on this Forum and I'll say it again. SE does not get nearly enough credit for designing fights that can actually be a blast to play.