47 runs and counting....

[Thriar]

Am I the only person that just needs/greeds items I can use until I get something? Done with CT on reset day after like 1-2 runs.

Well I want gear for a specific role and of that role a specific job. My sch is full i90 but I need legs and body for my whm to "finish" it up. I have never seen the legs or body drop in any run I've gone on since CT was released.

I'm too much of a completionist to just get gear here and there and never complete a job when it comes to gearing.

[Claire_Pendragon]

Random number generator is (due to computer limitations)pseudo-random.
I swear if I have to link this strip one more time i'm going to stab myself.

Considering there is no such thing as random, I'd imagine it's not just a computer limitation/problem as well :P

[Lemuria]

Honestly, I don't really see what all the fuss is about with CT gear. I mean, we're talking about level 80 gear here, and you can only obtain one piece per week. Assuming you're unlucky two weeks in a row you could've just earned a much better piece of gear just by running dungeons. That's before I even mention doing coil runs for allagan gear, which is also level 90.

The one-per-week restriction combined with the low level gear and party requirements just don't make Crystal Tower gear a very attractive offering. Am I just missing the point?

[EdwinLi]

well so far I have seen all gear drop at least once.

Only issue i had was to win the roll to get the gear but since I'm down to getting the Bard pants it will be a pain since bard pants drop in the last boss of Labyrinth but success rate of dropping is much lower than the other chests due to the last chest containing 2 pieces of gear per class role (Tank, Light Melee( MNK), Medium Melee (DRG), Range, Healer, DPS caster gear) which means there is 1 out of 10 chance it will drop while other chests only have a 1 out of 5 chance to drop.

not to mention the drop rate mose likely will decrease with introduction of new Jobs and class if those new Jobs and class introduce new gameplay style like a DPS that use Tank like armor defense but have DPS gear like stats. However, by then the item limit should likely be lightened or removed.

[diulalasing]

How CT works

Needs a particular piece?

1. Does not drop on your first 20 runs
2. Drops on a Saturday and you loose the roll to another person in your group
3. Drops again on Sunday, after you've looted because you've given up
4. After 100 runs, you get said piece
5. The next 10 runs, the said piece will drop repeatedly

[EdwinLi]

How CT works

Needs a particular piece?

1. Does not drop on your first 20 runs
2. Drops on a Saturday and you loose the roll to another person in your group
3. Drops again on Sunday, after you've looted because you've given up
4. After 100 runs, you get said piece
5. The next 10 runs, the said piece will drop repeatedly

Translation: "The loot sense your NEED for it so it keeps trolling you until you no longer need it"

So remember if you enter CT needing a piece of gear don't let those loots sense your NEED for them.

[Kewitt]

9 runs to cap points,
If after 6 runs I don't have the items I'm after for the week. I take any item I can use in the last 3 runs.

I would never run past capped myth points.

[Dyssyd]

I got the BLM chest in one run as a WAR. It was a reward for waiting in queue for 95 minutes as a BLM before giving up and going in as a tank instead.

[Squa]

I got the BLM chest in one run as a WAR. It was a reward for waiting in queue for 95 minutes as a BLM before giving up and going in as a tank instead.

the one good thing about CT is getting cross class loot is usually really easy.

[Zumi]

Since I all the jobs leveled this is what I do. Just need/greed anything that is an upgrade for any job you have. If you are replacing a darklight piece its an upgrade. Use myth to get even better gear later on. This minimizes the amount of runs you have to do. Doing so many runs for an 80 piece which is at best 3rd BiS isn't worth it when there are 2 other pieces of gear that are better then it, mythology and allagan.