How SE is alienating talented players

[Jynx]

I agree with Madruk gives us better drop rates and longer lock outs.

I remember when mentioning something like long lockouts was asking to be flamed to death here. People screamed for the near instant re-entry and they got it.

[Mychael]

I remember when mentioning something like long lockouts was asking to be flamed to death here. People screamed for the near instant re-entry and they got it.

Yeah... I'm on the fence with that issue since my playtimes are all over the clock, but just to be the devil's advocate... the problem with longer lockouts is peoples' schedules. Player A can play for 10 hours on Monday, Player B can play for 2 hours a day Monday through Friday. Player B can probably run the dungeon 5 times a week, while Player A only gets one chance weekly, even though they'd both be willing to dedicate the same amount of time. :/ Besides, if someone really wants to run it back-to-back, let them.

Also, it would be different if there were 5-15 different endgame events you could choose from on separate timers, rather than the ~5 we have now (At best, DH, CC, TAV, Ifrit, Moogle and maybe coffers/stronghold NMs, if you count them.) If we were locked out for a substantial amount of time, we would literally run out of things to do after 5 hours (after all 50s). Some of these events become worthless to individuals over time as they get 7/7 primal weapons, the valuable loot from chests, leaving even less to do. So at least until we get more options, leave lockouts low. Please. Spamming 1-2 dungeons is boring, sure; but it's less boring than doing 1-2 dungeons and then sitting in Ul'dah for several hours or a day, or whatever.

Kinda off-topic, sorry >.>: just responding to the sudden burst of "LONGER LOCKOUT!" requests.

I do agree that there's an issue, but I haven't played enough of the new dungeons to be able to comment.