How SE is alienating talented players

[Smiling_Jack]

Well back to the topic the thread started on. I agree, content is too easy and the drop rates do suck. In one of my Linkshells, me and one other member are known for having super bad luck. After Countless Ifrit and Moogle kills we have gotten 3 weapons between the both of us. Then we have members of the LS who show up once a month to events get 3-4 weapons in one night. Or the two (I'll leave them Nameless) people who went 5 runs 5 weapons back to back to back.
Its depressing being forced to do content over and over when the rest of your linkshell has got their loot and moved on to new content forcing you to look to PUGs to try to play catch up.
Enough of my rant. All we can do is hope that Square Enix hears us and makes the game fair to everyone and get rid of this element of luck stuff.

Funny how some people who log in a few times a month get loot faster then someone who has 100% attendance for several months.

Btw I've only gotten 4 Nut Charms and 6 Totems.

*Again not a QQ post just kinda posting it hoping that SE will fix it.

[Lux_Rayna]

Funny how some people who log in a few times a month get loot faster then someone who has 100% attendance for several months.

*Again not a QQ post just kinda posting it hoping that SE will fix it.

Not to be a cynic but luck is luck, SE can't do a thing about it. Either they make it easy to get for everyone, or make it a low drop and give it to the luckiest. Luck is the ultimate equalizer in an mmo. Its the only thing that prevents an MMO from becoming a competition where the guy with the most free time wins. Its a very healthy thing for any game, because quite frankly no one should feel like they have to devote every waking hour to a game in order to stay on top. Luck is a system that promotes balance, that doesn't distinguish between pro/rookie, hardcore/casual, Veteran/newcomer.

In turn, this promotes skilled play. A Vet without a lucky drop will try that much harder to make up for it, either buy trying his luck elsewhere or amping up his playing ability to trump any average guy with an ifrit weapon. As an example I was doing ifrit with a single melded lance. The LNC next to me had Ifrits harpoon. Auto-loss on parser? Nope. I worked that much harder to outdo him on parser, or at least equal. Beat him 2/3 times...came really close to his numbers the only time i didnt beat him. Course now I have the harpoon, but my point is that "luck" is very healthy in an MMO.

[Asiaine]

Its depressing being forced to do content over and over when the rest of your linkshell has got their loot and moved on to new content forcing you to look to PUGs to try to play catch up.

This is where you find out who your friends are and who aren't.

Your friends will come with you and help you fill up your party with people you can trust/know (so increase chance of faster win).
Your friends will give you encouragement to keep going.
Your friends will pass over totems to you to help keep you sane.

Eorzea is a world that rewards those with good friends. Those who know how to co-operate and work well together. It will crush or leave behind in dust those who try to do things alone.

It is the theme in everything in Eorzea... many of the adventures you will have with Grand Companies, the Beastmen, the oncomming storm, the fight against the menacing armies that lay across the sea... they all talk about how everyone must work together.

That applies to everyone, including those in Linkshells..

[darkstarpoet1]

This is where you find out who your friends are and who aren't.

this is so true. this is where you find out who is willing to help you when you need help and who is only willing to help when it's beneficial to them.