Is SE planning to deal with ilvl cheese people?

[magitekLuna]

Ye this is total BS. No one ever join by pf as well. At this point just delete the old 24 man raids and add the gear it drops as glams in the GC.

[magitekLuna]

That picture proves nothing because I get the alliance raids from all expansions at equal frequency when I queue.

You are on Materia, right? The data center that everyone says is dead?

You get all raids at equal frequency? Don't BS people please. I run it each day or so and in all of 6.x I did not get any thing but the tower ones.

[Payadopa]

I would be more a fan of adjusting and restoring Crystal Tower content to actually represent the challenge level it was meant to be when it launched, so that mechanics aren't skipped and we can actually see what the bosses are meant to be like.

I agree. I don't understand why the cap is so ridiculously high. All it does is that it leads to boring, unengaging gameplay. I'd rather have a fun run than a fast one. I don't play to be bored.

[TheGrimace]

Ideally I just want Crystal Tower raids retuned so they can't be face rolled.

[magitekLuna]

I agree. I don't understand why the cap is so ridiculously high. All it does is that it leads to boring, unengaging gameplay. I'd rather have a fun run than a fast one. I don't play to be bored.

But you pay to be bored

[RitsukoSonoda]

Ideally I just want Crystal Tower raids retuned so they can't be face rolled.

Then you'll have another 500 threads from the same 20 or so ppl pretending to be the majority crying that they're being "gated out of content" because they need to learn mechanics... just like with steps of faith when HW launched and shinryu normal with stormblood launched. They even did it to solo MSQs like the Lakshmi solo msq...

[Jojoya]

10 to 1 the new manderville relic will require extra special super duper radioactive thingamobobs from the nier raids. Don't worry the queue will fill up real fast soon.

Then that's the player's choice to continue doing the grind instead of saying "this isn't fun to me, the reward isn't worth it in the end".

I've been playing this character for 6 years now. I've got 2 completed relics because I wanted to see what the stories were like. After both experiences were more annoying than entertaining, I stopped doing relics and started going to YouTube to see the story. There are plenty of shiny weapons in the game that aren't locked behind the relic grind that players can get if they don't enjoy the process.

[Voltyblast]

I mean, since the crystal tower raids are now mandatory, there are going to be people who will need to do it to continue their story, or else they can't go forward, so it's not a new thing that other raids tend to be less populated when there is one that is actually required for story progression.

If only there was a roulette specifically made for main story quest...a Main Scenario Roulette, if you will, maybe it might help out with the cheese.

Wait a second...

[CamuiKushi]

Even if they fixed ilevel cheese, there's not much that can be done about people who don't unlock further raids. As other have suggested, spinning the optional alliance raids out into another roulette with its own separate rewards might help.

Honestly I always find it a pleasant surprise when it's not something from the CT series. In fact, I even find it a pleasant surprise when there's someone new in the raid when it is CT.

[Kemiko]

They drop the ilv sync in CT and I bet you it'd show up a lot less in roulette.
LotA to i80.
ST to i100.
WoD to i120.

That'd force it to feel more like the later raids and assault people with mechanics not seen since 2.4.