0.01 drop rates need to die in a fire

[Lux_Rayna]

Yes indeed it does to a certain extent, however the normal MMO endgame has a linear progression from easier to harder content and a horizontal progression based on scenarios of differing dynamics or to put it more simply a much greater number of endgame scenarios in which to while away your time.
However you can't just dismiss what I stated just purely because most people in most mmo choose to occupy their time soley in the pursuit of their own epeen.
This game has less to do than it should and when it does have more to do then lowering drop rates will become a good idea, until then its not a solution for anything except delusory self aggrandisement. Lowering drop rates is meaningless unless there is a tangible reason to lower them for and sating the egos of a handful of people with nothing better to do than complain is not that reason.

This was pretty awesome. Jus sayin.

In any case I'd have to agree. Drop rates are fine for now. The only reason ppl want SE to change is so they can get all the gear and bitch about having nothing to do. Btw, that is exactly what will happen. "SE yu no give content, i got full darklight and nothing to use it on!11!1 Content plox!1!" For this reason, sometimes it is wiser for SE to ignore its players' desires. Players are horrifically short-sighted, and cannot see the long-term consequences of their requests. Players make requests based on instant-gratification, a fulfillment of some immediate need. They can't comprehend what will happen a few months from now based on their proposed changes, nor will they bother to really try. For players, its always about what they want "now". Don't believe me? Let's look at...Garuda!

Players got what they wanted, 100% drop rates. Guess what happened. A fat chunk of players got 7/7 in the span of a week or two, and now no one wants to do it. Why? Cuz they have 7/7..nor reason to do it anymore. What about the players who didnt no-life Garuda for a week+? They are S.O.L. Garuda has been out only a couple weeks and its already old content. No one wants to do it. These are the long-term consequences of the bitching and whining. All the changes did was satisfy epeens, and did nothing to enhance the game at all. If anything it hurt the game..cuz now content becomes old news a week after patch. Awesome. Way to go playerbase. If SE was smart they wouldnt listen to you.

Now we want to change drop rates of AV/CC. Why? To satisfy epeens, nothing more. Everyone wants to have the best gear possible. Thats really it. Will it enhance the game at all? Nope. You'll no-life the dungeons to collect all the tokens or whatever so you can purchase all the gear. Then what will happen? You can take pride in having the best gear evar while whining on the forums about how there's no content. Bad idea is bad. At least right now its bad. There will be a time to change things but as of now we need this sort of thing. The only reason anyone plays anymore is because of those low drop rates of AV/CC. Gives you something to work towards. When XIV gets a lot more endgame content, then we can talk about changing things around. For now, its just a shortsighted and self-serving suggestion. No one is forcing anyone to spam AV/CC non-stop. No one is forcing anyone to burn themselves out. So really, its just not a problem right now.

And quite frankly, im of the opinion that some gear should not be obtained by everyone that tries hard enough. There needs to be "dat gear" that is truly rare, truly a trophy, and only ends up in the hands of the few. It should be the source of envy and "i wish i had dat". *Some* gear should be like that. Since Darklight is basically the best thing around, it should stay that way until 2.0 is completed and we have a complete game with a complete endgame.

[Jokerz]

Stuff

You know what? Everyone who goes to college should roll a million sided die to see if their degree counts! God I sure hope I win the roll...

That's essentially the issue>.>

[Lux_Rayna]

You know what? Everyone who goes to college should roll a million sided die to see if their degree counts! God I sure hope I win the roll...

That's essentially the issue>.>

Lol....are you seriously comparing the two?

You know what, everyone should become a millionaire if they apply themselves. You know what else? Everyone should be able to become a successful professional athlete, singer, dancer, actor just because they put out equal effort. The lucky few shouldn't become millionaires, or nba stars, or whatever! Preposterous! Seriously man, you cannot compare getting a degree (which you pay and work for) to getting (insert random item here). There are some things in life, like everything i just mentioned, that you won't get no matter how hard you try. The next guy will get it cuz he happened to be at the right place at the right time. That's just life. The best of everything isn't owed to you just because you try hard.

You are owed a degree because you met the requirements and paid your dues. Its as simple as that...like a contract. You are not owed darklight because it was never guaranteed to you. Nor does it need to be guaranteed to you. SE never said "if you buy this game you will get every item available if you work hard enough". That wasn't the deal. The deal was "if you buy this game you will have the right to play its content, and get the *opportunity* to obtain every item available if you work at it." Now if you play *solely* to obtain items, obviously you'd be miserable. But thats what we'd call a personal problem. If you play the game to play and enjoy the content, well that is what SE guaranteed you. Now if you had to roll a million-sided die just to log into the game or enter the dungeon...well then *that* is something you'd have a right to complain about.