Primal Drop System, Totem/Nut Charm and Taper/Keystone: Infos about it?

[AshToreth]

I dont get why it just doesnt go to loot and can be dished out, so silly, boggles my mind.

Because when Ifrit battle was patched into the game, there was precious little to keep people busy. They have been successful in keeping a lot of people busy by making them spam ifrit, using the system they use now (albeit with the addition of totems, which also drop slower than a virgins underwear).
I'm an unbearable cynic lol.

[Niqote]

I made a suggestion a while back about the loot in my blog ^^-

-Introduce a feature where we can trade in unwanted Primal weapons to the designated NPC for totems/nuts or other needed items for future primals. The given amount of items will not equal to anymore then a third the cost to get a new weapon of the same type and higher costing weapons will never have a value more then the original.

Eg. Trade in Ifrit's Lance = 3 Inferno Totems OR 3 Kupo Nuts
Trade in Malignant Mogaxe = 3 Inferno Totems OR 6 Kupo Nuts

This way you can not hope to farm 'easier' primal weapons solely for trade in BUT it will keep the community interested in old primals (and helping those who want old primal items). The interest will remain because even if you do gain a Primal weapon you did not want, you can trade it in for a small amount of another primal's tokens.

[Jinko]

Also the drop system Yoshi was talking about doing was just as bad as the current one.

Which one the 100% drop rate on totems/nuts ?

That sounds pretty good to me.

I disapprove of making totems/nuts tradeable that is just asking for trouble both with RMT and greedy players in general. (In this case anyone could PL to 50 go buy some gil and then buy the Ifrit weapon without ever fighting Ifrit)

Personally I would remove all weapons/armor from Primals and Dungeons, incorporate a 100% drop rate on tokens and sell gear/weapons via an NPC. (both WoW and FFXI have this kind of system for some of its loot)

You could have the vendors upstairs in the grand company.

[Nakiamiie]

Hopefully we get the improved dropped rates with 1.21.
I somewhat lost hope for my Primal weapons after 35+ wins and only 4 totems...
One thing I always hated with passion from MMOs: stupidly terrible drop rates, Final Fantasy XIV is an elite at that (it's not a compliment by the way).

[Asiaine]

Hello,

Rumour has it that Grand Companies may want to start stockpiling rare weapons such as these. And they are willing to part with precious seals in exchange.

So there may yet be more need for these items!

[Molly_Millions]

How many times can one person get an Ifrit's Cane and no totems? I've got enough DM from this fight to choke a cavalry's worth of horses.

[Jinko]

Hello,

Rumour has it that Grand Companies may want to start stockpiling rare weapons such as these. And they are willing to part with precious seals in exchange.

So there may yet be more need for these items!

Sadly this doesn't solve the issue if you want a specific weapon.

The other suggestion I have is that if the system detects you already have the weapon in your inventory, it changes it to a token.

[Mihana]

I went into a party a few weeks ago, 1 guy in pty was new to Ifrit and this was his first fight, we fought Ifrit 6 times in a row, all wins, he got 3 weapons and 1 totem, I got about 40DM.... cmon SE, fix this!

First win I got a pair of Ifrit's Claws. Third win was an Ifrit's Cane. Since then I've gotten a few totems, but otherwise just dark matter. Tonight I went through at least 5-6 wins in a row (minus one failed run.) and got 1 totem, and a bunch of dark matter. I want my friggin bow already!

[Firon]

Which one the 100% drop rate on totems/nuts ?

That sounds pretty good to me.

I disapprove of making totems/nuts tradeable that is just asking for trouble both with RMT and greedy players in general. (In this case anyone could PL to 50 go buy some gil and then buy the Ifrit weapon without ever fighting Ifrit)

Personally I would remove all weapons/armor from Primals and Dungeons, incorporate a 100% drop rate on tokens and sell gear/weapons via an NPC. (both WoW and FFXI have this kind of system for some of its loot)

You could have the vendors upstairs in the grand company.

No the one about having only 1 totem per group is kinda dumb when you gotta use your tapers for entry to fight

Lol Edit just got a ifrits cane another item i don't want ;(

[TheFatHousecat]

How many times can one person get an Ifrit's Cane and no totems? I've got enough DM from this fight to choke a cavalry's worth of horses.

What are you doing to those poor horses? You're a terrible person.

This is why we can't have nice things