Quote Originally Posted by Gemina View Post
The devs gave it to them with Orbonne, and the playerbase failed miserably. Of course, someone will likely come around and try to make that seem like a figment of my imagination, and I will be happy to bring up the patch notes where Cid was nerfed to the ground. And the only reason why players survive Grand Cross now is due to ilv bloat. Players fail grid mechanics in alliance raids like crazy.
And I will point to the date of that nerf: well over a year after Orbonne was released. In other words, the raid was nerfed long after its relevancy. You're also confusing the actual reason why they nerfed it. People were leaving because it simply isn't worthwhile EXP wise to run Orbonne over spamming Crystal Tower. Unlike Rabanastre and Ridorana which were power crept due to ilvl syncing, Orbonne wasn't. At least not anywhere to the same extent. To further bolster this point, people have been asking for Echo for the Nier raids which were notoriously easy. They still take 30-40 minutes when LotA takes fifteen and offers the exact same rewards.

The primary issue with Alliance Roulette has always been the imbalanced rewards; something the devs refuse to address. It's why getting Nier raids to pop nowadays will set you back potentially hours. Nobody wants to do them.