why the crystal tower raids are still part of the roulette?

[Avatre]

This is incorrect as of Endwalker. The Tataru sidequest series does. This is one avenue they can continue down. Make more sidequests do things like the Tataru side quests that go back and visit specific old content so they're required to unlock. There was a huge rush in Void Ark for me in AR right before that step of the series came out because people like Tataru and want to be able to do her sidequest series.

Pretty sure the Tataru quests will continue to add in the requirement for the alliance raids, which considering it in itself is side content, will probably limit the number of "why are these raids required" responses...but there will still be a lot who complain that the quest is locked behind raids.

[TaleraRistain]

Pretty sure the Tataru quests will continue to add in the requirement for the alliance raids, which considering it in itself is side content, will probably limit the number of "why are these raids required" responses...but there will still be a lot who complain that the quest is locked behind raids.

8 mans, too. I don't remember if the Live Letter specifically mentioned it would be required but given who they showed I wouldn't be surprised if that series was required to do first.

[Hurlstone]

I do not particularly mind them, though I do prefer when one of the other raids pop up (I seem to be one of the few who likes the Nier raids haha) and it would be nice if they could somehow make non-CT raids more likely, given how people will cheat to get quicker runs. Honestly, I think I would like them to rework CT into 4-man content with Duty support in the future, given how they are mandatory unlike all the other raids.

[TheMightyMollusk]

8 mans, too. I don't remember if the Live Letter specifically mentioned it would be required but given who they showed I wouldn't be surprised if that series was required to do first.

The 6.3 quest required the Four Lords trials to be completed.