iLv Sync all Alliance Raids to their Max iLv for the patch they were introduced in

[HyperiusUltima]

Do this. It will make Alliance Raids feel better in general because the first one always gets shafted once we reach the end of expansion cycle.

ARR is the WORST offender because every boss MELTS. Yes, people hate doing Adds. It's ARR. While it's required, people get the wrong conception of Alliance Raids. "Hey, this is easy! I should be able to do this content very easily!" They're technically supposed to be the Mid-core content for their time. While Evergreening is nice, I can count more times on my hand that there are multiple mechanics that are skipped, and one of the more egregious ones is current - Aglaia. The fact that you can skip Balance from Nald'thal shows how problematic things are at the moment.

It's almost the same problem you run into in Trials: They become a joke because you're already at the max iLv for the Expansion with your gear for that content. The only time I've ever seen an experience preserved is Nier and Ivalice Raids, aside from every third Alliance Raid. Everything else gets melted in a matter of minutes if people are really good at their rotation.

So please, fix Alliance Raids.

[Moqi]

Every instance should be capped a the ilvl of the gear they drop but alliance is the worst offender.

[Asari5]

i agree, pls fix it.

[Tint]

I understand the problem but I also don't like all the item level synching we already have.

What's the point of getting better gear when everytime you enter any non savage content you get synched down anyway?

This is an RPG, not an action adventure.

[AmiableApkallu]

This is an RPG, not an action adventure.

This is also an MMO. You're running content with other players. When the power differential between players becomes too great, it's not fun being one of the less powerful players watching everyone else just steamroll over everything.

[Jojoya]

I understand the problem but I also don't like all the item level synching we already have.

What's the point of getting better gear when everytime you enter any non savage content you get synched down anyway?

This is an RPG, not an action adventure.

Gear improvements are part of RPGs. I have to go back to the days of 8-bit and 16-games before I can remember playing one where only character levels mattered and not gear. After that, there was always some need to get better gear (at least in the RPGs I was playing).

Why would SE skip including one of the few things that MMORPGs have used to sustain player interest during patch lulls?

You don't have to do content synced. You can do it unsynced if you want. You still get any chest loot and the standard tomestone for boss kills. What you don't get are XP, roulette bonuses, and mob drops.

If you want to do the content synced but want to feel like you're getting the most potential from your gear, hold onto your old gear sets and don't be in a rush to get the new gear. If you walk into a dungeon/raid wearing gear that's the minimum ilvl, you also gain the advantage of any materia on the gear.

[Neru21]

This will not happen.
The reason is simple: SE made The ARR raids mandatory to complete. Blame them for including the Raid's plot important to Shadowbringers or something, but because of that, it will not happen.

I'm all with you for midcore content being more valuable, but this will never be it since SE wants ARR raids as easy as possible so people can finish their MSQ easily.

[Supersnow845]

This will not happen.
The reason is simple: SE made The ARR raids mandatory to complete. Blame them for including the Raid's plot important to Shadowbringers or something, but because of that, it will not happen.

I'm all with you for midcore content being more valuable, but this will never be it since SE wants ARR raids as easy as possible so people can finish their MSQ easily.

They put zodiark and haedalyn in the MSQ, if you can do them you can do properly synced CT

[anteateradvance]

Big agree. This is working quite well for The Final Day and it should be unilaterally implemented. Whatever was cap for the raid tier is what the item level sync cap should be for the instance.

[ThorneDynasty]

Hell, add a very easy mode to instances and fill from mentor roulette if you actually believe the game is so hard that even at minimum ilvl there are people can't beat it.

I've no idea why you'd think that's necessary though, you can already carry basically AFK players easily without being insanely overgeared. It just takes longer.