Let us enter the Diadem solo. Add Crystals & Clusters to its rewards.

[Rufalus]

Sounds good, two-fold increase participation in Diadem while also hurting RMT.

Let us enter the Matron mission solo from both Ishgard and FC workshop (even workshop needs minimum 2 ppl atm).

If they could also update the pool of items we can get from Diadem lockboxes to include some new stuff that would be nice too.

[CNJ]

... If they could also update the pool of items we can get from Diadem lockboxes to include some new stuff that would be nice too.

Yeah!

This game has several systems that were well-designed in 2.0 and 3.0 and it's a shame to see time lay them by the wayside when we just need them to be relevant for 4.0 content! Although good gear has very little relevance after its time, adding new items (gear/mats/VI materia) to lockboxes would completely remedy this.

The crafters I know are so wealthy that they just buy their shards. If the Diadem started rewarding crystals and clusters, it would be booming with life with crafters/gatherers of all levels. Then we wouldn't need to try so hard wasting resources on game-play bandages just to keep players happy and RMT fools at bay. Better rewards would encourage players to get involved (instead of buying "bot fodder") and those RMT fools would be the ones at the wayside.