Ifirit, how it could have been done better.

[DoctorMog]

You mistake your idea of sarcastic wit (singular), for free reign to condescendingly jeer at others in the endgame community who are making valid points about the shortcomings of the current loot system and its harmful effects on the community's ability to reasonably distribute rewards from content.

No, I was actually only pointing out how bad of an idea making Ifrit drop horns that could be crafted into Ifrits weapons was.

This current system harms endgame communities, and helps only those who equate luck and farming with elitism. Now I have played MMO endgames for years and I can handle the work, and I would gladly gear a hundred of my members before getting the item I want if it meant I could improve my linkshell. I don't care about the work, I don't care about rarity.

Seems my linkshell and our "endgame community" is doing just fine.

I care about Square Enix telling us "you can't have an endgame linkshell currently, we are taking that out of your hands. You are there to facilitate the formation of groups, and ultimately we are restricting you on this content so that you are no different from any chat channel including Ul'dah's /shout channel."

I dont recall where SE said that, please provide a link and quote.
If by that quote you mean its implied, I would disagree on grounds that I have created my linkshell to be exclusive to all other "endgame" linkshells, thus creating exactly what you said is not possible.

What of the people who have been in my LS for a solid year doing whatever qualified as endgame as a team? Showing up when we need them? There are many in my LS who are just that, and they despite their efforts have no luck at Ifrit. I can do nothing to help them get the rewards they want while I get those rewards for the 5th or 6th time and they drop into oblivion as I got them already in the first week.

And its just that:

Luck.


Any system they come up with will be just a matter of % chance. Yes in your example you can "hand" someone something, but:

Currently the droprate on Ifrit weapons is about 5%.

They could implement the system the EXACT way you describe and you could still get nothing for "all those people in your endgame shell" for 100+ runs.

And you would be here complaining even THAT system was unfair.

There is no pleasing some people.

Yes it needs improvements,
NO allowing horns to be crafted into Ifrit weapons is not a good solution.

Need/Greed with master loot is the best choice imo.
That way you have to "do" the content, but nothing is "dropped into oblivion"