All Greed on Alliance loot

[Pidgeon]

Glad to see our feedback was received so quickly Yoshi. I don't think players would have minded if it was just in previous expansion raids, but for the current expansion's 24 man it was somewhere between annoying to a downright frustration for lower iLevel players wanting to catch up. That said the need system is a very much "if it ain't broke don't fix it" sort of thing in my opinion. Perhaps allowing players to choose between a loot drop or a loot token every week may be the way to go. Using a turn in system similar to the 8-mans, but with lower turn in requirements. Such as 2 for a body piece etc. That way players can grind the raid if they really want a gear piece as soon as possible (during that week), but can also have the option of gearing at their own pace or getting glamour pieces they want.

[Remedi]

Hello, Producer and Director Yoshi-P here. Patch 4.3 brought major changes to the Need/Greed system in alliance raids, and we received a lot of feedback from players around the world. After careful consideration, we have decided to revert those changes and bring back the Need option. This will take effect from the next hotfix and includes all alliance raids.

We hope you continue to give us your feedback on your experiences in the world of FINAL FANTASY XIV!

This is excellent especially for it beign pushed in an hotfix instead of the next patch cycle

[chocopoko]

Hello, Producer and Director Yoshi-P here. Patch 4.3 brought major changes to the Need/Greed system in alliance raids, and we received a lot of feedback from players around the world. After careful consideration, we have decided to revert those changes and bring back the Need option. This will take effect from the next hotfix and includes all alliance raids.

We hope you continue to give us your feedback on your experiences in the world of FINAL FANTASY XIV!

Thank youuuuuuu

[Riardon]

Glad you saw what a horrible mistake that decision was and you fixed it relatively fast.
If you wanna make players run the content for longer add token system and extra rewards obtainable with tokens (like housing items, minions, extra glamours).
The gear must stay just like it is with 1 item per week obtainable via Need/Greed system.

[KokonoeAiyoko]

Thank Hydaelyn.

[Enla]

Thank you Yoshi P!

[Korlitek]

Blessed be the Yoshi P.

[Cidel]

Hello, Producer and Director Yoshi-P here. Patch 4.3 brought major changes to the Need/Greed system in alliance raids, and we received a lot of feedback from players around the world. After careful consideration, we have decided to revert those changes and bring back the Need option. This will take effect from the next hotfix and includes all alliance raids.

We hope you continue to give us your feedback on your experiences in the world of FINAL FANTASY XIV!

I think its great that you folks are reverting the loot rules somewhat on the quicker side, but honestly, this whole thing could have been avoided if feedback was asked for before deciding to make the change, because the outcry began as early as when we learned of it from the Live Letter- but the change happened anyway. Ever since 4.3 went live, there predictably has been overwhelming negative feedback.


I hope this gets asked in the upcoming E3 Letter, but I still want to know the exact reason(s) why a decision was made to suddenly change the loot rules amongst the dev team with seemingly no chance to prevent it in the first place based on player feedback.

[Beckett]

I still want to know the exact reason(s) why a decision was made to suddenly change the loot rules

They made their reasoning clear a while back. They saw that some players were trying to gear up their alts, but could not get into Alliance Raids on those alts, due to ilevel restrictions. Since they created Alliance Raids with the primary purpose of allowing players to gear up their alts, they saw this as a problem. They made the Alliance Raid loot Greed only so that those players could enter Alliance Raids on their main class and roll for gear for their alt classes.

[Sylvain]

I can't wait to tank the lighthouse with my minimum ilv DRK ^^