We need Loot Boxes!

[Aeidis]

This would work if it were a reward for doing roulettes or something, like to EARN it, not a microtransaction. It worked pretty well in Eureka, getting people farming them to get the minions mounts and glamour. It'd be nice if they added an incentive like this to roulettes, even if it added additional loot for levelling jobs, crafting items, materia. I think this could work if done correctly, just definitely not a transaction.

[KisaiTenshi]

This would work if it were a reward for doing roulettes or something, like to EARN it, not a microtransaction. It worked pretty well in Eureka, getting people farming them to get the minions mounts and glamour. It'd be nice if they added an incentive like this to roulettes, even if it added additional loot for levelling jobs, crafting items, materia. I think this could work if done correctly, just definitely not a transaction.

No it didn't. PotD and Eureka are a mockery of the reward system. Who wants to do 10 floors of PotD for no experience and one iron sack that gets you ... fireworks. The initial complaint with Eureka is that the reward ratio was a complete joke. I don't want more of these. Just give us a token for completing the duty/NM and let us pick what to buy as a reward. No more RNG Gachapon mechanics. Even when something had a low drop rate in a dungeon, at least you knew it would drop eventually and everyone else (eg with the minions) couldn't need on it multiple times.

[hydralus]

Who wants to do 10 floors of PotD for no experience and one iron sack that gets you ... fireworks.

It also gives you tomestones at max level.

[Aeidis]

No it didn't. PotD and Eureka are a mockery of the reward system. Who wants to do 10 floors of PotD for no experience and one iron sack that gets you ... fireworks. ...

Tokens work well with gear upgrades, important stuff. RNG works well with flavoursome items like mounts and minions, it's not arbitrary. If these lootboxes were added to roulettes then it wouldn't work adding fireworks, since you would only get 10 a day, the worst item you can get should be a silver coin to vendor. Whereas with Eureka and POTD you can farm those indefinitely if you choose to, so it makes sense the RNG reward pool is more diluted - assuming you choose to grind for the item you're going for. It's all optional

[KisaiTenshi]

Tokens work well with gear upgrades, important stuff. RNG works well with flavoursome items like mounts and minions, it's not arbitrary. If these lootboxes were added to roulettes then it wouldn't work adding fireworks, since you would only get 10 a day, the worst item you can get should be a silver coin to vendor. Whereas with Eureka and POTD you can farm those indefinitely if you choose to, so it makes sense the RNG reward pool is more diluted - assuming you choose to grind for the item you're going for. It's all optional

"It's Optional" is a weasel argument. Playing the game is optional too. Gachapon things are only fair when the rewards are things that are not market eligible, and limited in scope so you're not opening 1000 boxes of fireworks. Like I'd be less concerned if all it gave players was items the player didn't have so the loot table shrinks over time and once you've had everything you can reset the loot table.