Suggestion: 99 totems = 1 lanner whistle

[Dorander]

^ Damn that sux. RNGesus really made his point clear with you after seeing that awesome roll he gave you.

On my end, i finally got my second bird thursday.
-Got Bismarck at the 209th run.
-Got Ravana at the 88th run.
-Thordan ( i have yet to clear it lel )
-Sephirot, 23 runs so far and seen it once.

Yep, RNGsus must really hate me for some reason. XD

[Dorander]

Amazingly, at run 302 I saw another one. Rolled a 77. Lost again.

[Nessera]

50 runs of Ravana and haven't even seen a whistle drop. T_T

[Morningstar1337]

50 runs of Ravana and haven't even seen a whistle drop. T_T

Not surprising, most players have to o triple digit runs before even seeing the whistle

[Luxea]

Best solution at the moment is just make a static for bird farm under the agreement that no one stops going bird farm sessions til everyone gets their desired mount. this way, you should need on average 160 runs per primal assuming everyone wants the mount in that particular place.

The drops arent guaranteed tho; instead of being depressed after every run that it didnt drop or that someone else won, i advise people to just count their tokens, smile, and think to yourself, "I did not earn nothing! At least I got a token"

For your statistically calculated bird-obtainment chance per quantity of runs for getting a bird based on the current estimate of 5% drop chance, see this link: eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/character/11322361/blog/2818576

[MagiusNecros]

Better solution. Redeem the tokens you get to trade for your weapon for the mount itself. Let the devs decide the number you need. This isn't hard.

[Dorander]

Better solution. Redeem the tokens you get to trade for your weapon for the mount itself. Let the devs decide the number you need. This isn't hard.

That's the entire point of the thread. The 99 totems was just an initial suggestion. You get 1 token per successful run of the EX primal. Running it 99, 300, 1000 times isn't the issue. The issue is doing it that many times and RNG screwing someone over (like myself) and not having a fail safe. The totems/tokens were put in to fix RNG failures with the weapons. It's only logical that they be used for the mount as well.

[MagiusNecros]

Honestly this system should be put in place but they won't so people will keep replaying content. That's their strategy and they prove it works.

[NessaWyvern]

:| I have killed bismarck 88 times, and seen the whistle drop 5-6 times, with two of them going to first timers who were dead most of the time... T^T I would love to have the 99 totems= 1 lanner whistle thing... To at least preserve my sanity...
Squeenix make this a thing!

[Luxea]

Honestly this system should be put in place but they won't so people will keep replaying content. That's their strategy and they prove it works.

Honestly, unless someone's CRAZY for a specific bird, its more likely the current system will drive people from wasting time on bird farm. I know plenty of people who've already given up. I'm only still going at it 'cus one of the mounts coincidentally works for mine and my twin's RP theme. But even that's conditional - cus at some point, when I'm tired enough of eternally seeing other people besides myself win the roll, I'll stop too - and only go back when droprate's tripled. Help the newbies clear the primals? Screw that. Most western players remotely serious about farming the mount will go PF groups that say "NO NEW" or "BONUS=KICK" to make the farm as efficient, and consistent as they can. If SE really wants to keep this stuff replayed, they should put the mount in the shop for X tokens, such that X is a finite number and not infinity as it currently, mathematically is. People just want a light at the end of the tunnel - its motivation to replay this stuff more.