End Game and Raid Finder

[Blanchimont]

For you it may be a waste of time but there are many players out there who play FF14 only because of the raids because EX roulette and wiping city is no endgame for them. And again: If people don't have the time to go raiding in a static, they don't need that gear because this is gear for raids. And of course you have to farm a while to have your gear, because if you would get it so fast as most of the lazy people want, they have nothing else to do then complaining how boring the game is. Not to mention that you farm even for the lore gear quite a while.

But as i can see, you don't like to raid, you never raided and you will never raid. Otherwise you wouldn't write about a waste of time.

I just don't like raids in FFXIV because of arbitrary time limits and nearly every mistake leads to an unrecoverable one hit kill. I do raids in other games though. If their raids actually required skill instead of items, I would probably be more inclined to participate. The weekly drop limits are just a further discouragement and seeks to punish those that are actually willing to invest their time in a raid. If you actually want to get something out of raids, you have to succeed at it for a month or more straight before you even get anything out of it. On top of that, it's only available for end game gear and is pointless for everyone else. Games need to stop trying World of Warcraft's raid style and do something different instead of using lockouts to delay player progression.