Just some concerns about roulettes (read, rant)

[kaynide]

It may be different by DC, but people leaving Castrum on Aether isn't really an issue. The party fills back up again in no time even if everyone but 1 or 2 people leave. There are enough who run with what they get that balance out those who leave so the roulette isn't affected that much.

Wrong. People DO leave on all DCs. i play in all 3 NA DCs and i've seen people leaving. Its a matter of who wants to take the bullet. If one person leaves, its very very likely others will follow suit.

I mean, sure, people probably do indeed leave on all DCs, but I've seen it maybe...twice? Three times in my 10ish years in this game on a Japanese DC. They're not wrong about it not being an issue on many DCs. I'd say it is a non issue in my experience.

I'm not saying it's an ideal situation, wonderfully balanced or whatever, just commenting on the fact that, imho, people don't really leave that often in my experience.

I'm kinda hoping that they move Crystal Tower raids to MSQ roulette if they remove Castrum and Praetorium. That way I can enjoy Alliance Raid roulette again. lol

I hope they make Cast/Prae trust instances, then rework MSQ to be any/all bottlenecks for MSQ progression. It should include particularly unpopular dungeons, trials and alliance raids that are required for progression. Stuff like Shinryu, stuff like Crystal Tower, stuff like the core expansion-final dungeons, like Amaurot (the level 60, 70, 80, 90 final dungeons).

There's no reason the roulettes can't overlap, even though that might mean getting the same exact thing twice in one day (eg. Shinryu for Trial, and again for MSQ).

Moreover, if they go this route, I think it should be a one time thing- if you abandon it, you just forfeit MSQ for the day entirely to prevent people from leaving longer things (like the Amaurot dungeon) in favor of fast-easy facerolls.

[Vahlnir]

I hope they make Cast/Prae trust instances, then rework MSQ to be any/all bottlenecks for MSQ progression. It should include particularly unpopular dungeons, trials and alliance raids that are required for progression. Stuff like Shinryu, stuff like Crystal Tower, stuff like the end-cap dungeons (the level 60, 70, 80, 90 final dungeons).

There's no reason the roulettes can't overlap, even though that might mean getting the same exact thing twice in one day (eg. Shinryu for Trial, and again for MSQ).

Moreover, if they go this route, I think it should be a one time thing- if you abandon it, you just forfeit MSQ for the day entirely.

I like where you are going with this, though I don't agree with the day long penalty for leaving. Sometimes things happen or the party is simply too far gone to help.

[kaynide]

I like where you are going with this, though I don't agree with the day long penalty for leaving. Sometimes things happen or the party is simply too far gone to help.

That's true- there should be some way to discourage leaving..but maybe it's 3 strikes in a week, or something.