Why obtaining weekly raid gear feels bad, and a possible fix.

[Voryn]

Normal raid gear serves a purpose other than glam: it’s an alternative to crafted gear for those who want to do the current Extreme or Savage raids but don’t intend to start on week 1, and/or don’t want to spend as much gil or materials. I use it for playing alt jobs in Savage PF without having to spend as much gil.

Functionally it works exactly the same, but without the tedium of having to repeat content in the same week that you don't want to repeat.

I like your idea a lot more than what we currently have, but a “problem” with the idea is that it’s better for queues if we do the normal raids multiple times per week, and that’s probably why the loot system potentially makes us need to redo them after losing the rolls for the totems if we want the gear. It might be nice to have your idea plus some other reason to redo the weekly raids, like maybe having them give bonus weekly tomes or some novaclusters or prismaclusters for the first two times per week we do them.

[Bibine_Bine]

I like your idea a lot more than what we currently have, but a “problem” with the idea is that it’s better for queues if we do the normal raids multiple times per week, and that’s probably why the loot system potentially makes us need to redo them after losing the rolls for the totems if we want the gear. It might be nice to have your idea plus some other reason to redo the weekly raids, like maybe having them give bonus weekly tomes or some novaclusters or prismaclusters for the first two times per week we do them.

Except that's totally luck-based. I can and have had weeks where I just get every piece I want first try on each raid. If queues are an issue then it shouldn't rely on people getting bad RNG to bring down queue times. I agree that incentivizing reclears beyond just enjoying the fights would be a good idea though.