Nier raid 2b outfit rant.

[Fhaerron]

I lost it last night on a roll of 95 to someone already wearing it. Not terribly upset (I'm not actively farming, just hit it up a second time because I was bored, and I'll be back weekly for the upgrade coin anyway), but still, feels like a dick move.

When farming trials with pugs, everybody will roll on all weapons even on jobs they haven't yet unlocked, this has been a thing since the beginning of time.



Stuff like this doesn't feel like a dick move to me, hek I'm actually surprised when I see people pass on stuff they already have. I always try to PM then and thank them for their kindness and thinking about others.

[Thamorian]

I'm going to have to agree with OP. The way the drops are done is horribly designed. I'm on my 20th run. Out of 57 coffers, I've only rolled above a 90 once and most of my rolls have been below 40. About 50 out of 57 have been rolls below 40. There is something seriously wrong with the RNG on this game.

[DevilsDontFly]

I'm going to have to agree with OP. The way the drops are done is horribly designed. I'm on my 20th run. Out of 57 coffers, I've only rolled above a 90 once and most of my rolls have been below 40. About 50 out of 57 have been rolls below 40. There is something seriously wrong with the RNG on this game.

... Just because the RNG doesn't favor you, it doesn't mean there's something wrong with it. Someone else got their coffer, so RNG is working as intended.

[SturmChurro]

I'm going to have to agree with OP. The way the drops are done is horribly designed. I'm on my 20th run. Out of 57 coffers, I've only rolled above a 90 once and most of my rolls have been below 40. About 50 out of 57 have been rolls below 40. There is something seriously wrong with the RNG on this game.

Don't worry! You would probably not have won it with 90+ rolls anyway. I was rolling in the mid 80's - 90's for the majority of my runs, even lost a 97 roll. I didn't win it until about 20 times running it.

[Rasikko]

Took me 10 runs on a roll of 95. That 95 I considered to be very lucky..

[Paladinleeds]

Don't worry! You would probably not have won it with 90+ rolls anyway. I was rolling in the mid 80's - 90's for the majority of my runs, even lost a 97 roll. I didn't win it until about 20 times running it.

The ironic thing is, I lost a 97 AND a 96 roll on the coffer. And then a few runs later managed to win the coffer on a 70(!) roll. RNG is working as intended, but dang does it not make sense sometimes.

[Iromi]

I won the pod on my first run with a 91, then the 2B costume with a 93 a bunch of runs after.

I really don't mind the way it's set up because I enjoy chasing after something. Much rather do this than swipe my credit card or just be handed it, but that's just me I guess.

My friends ran it with me over and over and we kept laughing and having fun.

The one thing I feel that needs to be fixed is once we win it..make it re-obtainable via a NPC like the calamity salvager. We don't need people lotting on it twice. I wouldnt be surprised if SE patches this eventually.

[StriderShinryu]

It's sort of funny to me that there seems to be a misconception about what people are willing to do for the item(s). The majority of the people who want the items clearly don't just expect them to drop into their inventory out of nowhere. They're perfectly okay with running the raid 10s or maybe even 100s of times to get the rewards, as evidenced by the fact that some claim to have run the raid upwards of 50 times even though the raid hasn't even been out for a week. It's not about not wanting to work for it or wanting it "for free." It's about the fact that the only way to get the items is completely based on RNG (and a little hope that people who already have the items don't roll again for more). With this system there is no light at the end of the tunnel so it's easy to see why people are getting so quickly dispondant.

Just make the items purchaseable with the tokens that already drop in the raid, even if they are broken out individually and not in a single coffer. That way at least you could still hope for good RNG while making progress towards getting the items anyway if the dice rolls continue to not go in your favour.

[DevilsDontFly]

I just think it's funny that this is only an issue now. Nobody made a fuss about all the previous raid's minions having an abysmal drop rate, or there only being one crafting material, or Balthier and Vaan's outfits being locked behind RNG drops that aren't guaranteed to appear on every single run while Fran's is there for Viera from the get go. But when it's a cute waifu dress that has a 100% drop rate three times at the end of the duty, God forbid having to grind for it, amirite?

[Hanayumi]

They could always make it so you can trade in the weekly coins for the glam chest later on, seems like something we can ask for and they can easily do.