Primal Loot Suggestion, oh my Twelve it BURNSSS!!!

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

Primals sometimes drop an untradeable key item, such as Ifrit Horns, Moogle Voodoo Doll, etc.

This Key item can be exchanged at an NPC for weapon of choice.

Requires that you be in the party to complete the encounter.
Removes the crafter, HQ, materia possibility out of the equation.
Removes the current loot system fury that some people experience out of the equation.
Carries Yoshi-P's desire that you could get a weapon from a class you weren't playing with and with the drop rate, still encourages the encounter multiple times over.

Separate post will be made below to justify the madness.

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

Reason? SE has something in place for rune stones. Would provide a short-term solution while other loot systems are being implemented. Cut back on the multiplicate drops. Adventurers that aren't crafters still don't have to go through crafters on these drops.

Did a search for this topic. Found AmyRae's post mostly overlooked. Am sure there's others that have mentioned similar.

Gets hot in here: Other topics get heated in some type of debate. And it really feels like the essence of the topic is lost amongst making points, the personal attacks and potshots, and the condescension.

Not first page material: Some things I've noticed on the board, if it's not on the first page (set my view for 40 posts a page instead of 10), it usually gets skipped over until a Dev jumps in. So, you may see a topic inspired by a post you've already ready before.

Read, but no post: There are more people reading than there are posting.

Controversial/emotional topic titles rock: Topic titles that sound more controversial or emotional in General Discussion seem to get more attention overall than a succinct topic title in the appropriate forum.
"Donkey Knights are teh awesome and so can you"
"Scarface here, let's talk other game beta before this topic gets banned"
"Stop beating the dead horse... signed, my 8th account"
"Square, I am disappoint and I'm not Simon Cowell"

And thus, the attention-hog* journalism title.

a possible discussion point for this thread: Should the key item be a unique drop? And what would that entail to you?

[RemVye]

"Donkey Knights are teh awesome and so can you"

I approve of this post.

[AngryNixon]

Seems reasonable and solves the issue of weapons you don't need by dropping a "voucher" basically to go claim the appropriate prize yourself from an NPC after the fact.

[Aistaraina]

inb4 "Some dude giving me Ifrit weapons in exchange for a horn ruins my immersion. He cant kill Ifrit, he shouldn't be in possession of them."

[Viperdance]

inb4 "Some dude giving me Ifrit weapons in exchange for a horn ruins my immersion. He cant kill Ifrit, he shouldn't be in possession of them."

He could be a Grand Master Craftsman and you give him the horn, next game day he gives you the weapon you requested, which he made with the horn you gave him.

[Aistaraina]

He could be a Grand Master Craftsman and you give him the horn, next game day he gives you the weapon you requested, which he made with the horn you gave him.

/em mutters something about logic not belonging on these forums.

[Anonymoose]

This suggestion has been made multiple times in the past, but that doesn't make me agree with it any less, so wth. +1. The current primal loot system has "INTENTIONAL TIME SINK" written allllll over it. I thought we were done playing those games, SE.

[Raikki]

The current primal loot system has "INTENTIONAL TIME SINK" written allllll over it. I thought we were done playing those games, SE.

Spot on. Stronghold loot is so dull that all there is to do is farm kill Ifrit 300 times. We'd have been done weeks ago if the loot system was reasonable.