Why not unlock myth and BC now?

[Kiroh]

I understand why they didn't unlock myth/coil before 2.2, what I don't understand is why they left the loot lockout on CT and didn't remove that in 2.16. Once 2.2 is released, no one is going to touch Labyrinth anymore anyways. And it would have given people something to do before the update while keeping i90 gear locked until 2.2.

Oh well, another nonsensical decision by SE keeping i80 gear locked when i90 will be unlocked in less than a month.

[Deathscythe343]

what I don't understand is why they left the loot lockout on CT and didn't remove that in 2.16. Once 2.2 is released, no one is going to touch Labyrinth anymore anyways.

This is something that I think will have to happen with the release of patch 2.2. Why would anyone run an raid to get 1 piece of ilvl 80 gear per week when they can run an raid to get unlimited ilvl 90 gear per week? I mean, sure people will still need to gear up for coil, but really what percentage of the player base is that? Now, I am fine with waiting till the end of the month for the patch, however once that hits, SE basically makes CT worthless.

[Themis]

This is something that I think will have to happen with the release of patch 2.2. Why would anyone run an raid to get 1 piece of ilvl 80 gear per week when they can run an raid to get unlimited ilvl 90 gear per week? I mean, sure people will still need to gear up for coil, but really what percentage of the player base is that? Now, I am fine with waiting till the end of the month for the patch, however once that hits, SE basically makes CT worthless.

This is all well and fine to players who are more than willing to run content ad exhaustium for their myth gear. If you have only 1 class to gear up, it's a fair enough deal. But for those who may have 3+, farming the ~6k myth (which is a hell of a lot of runs of things) for each class is not something they want to do. CT will still offer the more casual players a means of obtaining gear for their alternative classes whilst they build up their myth gear for their main. Sure, they could also run Coil 1-5 for their Allagan i90 pieces, but the same idea applies: drops are random; it could take 1 run or it could take 10+ runs to get the 1-2 piece(s) of gear you want from any particular turn.

The fact is, there are still other options for getting gear and even more so for alternative classes. And they don't involve having to repeat the same thing until you're close to boredom. For players like myself, who enjoy playing and making slower progress (because I'm still having fun), it doesn't change anything.

What seems to be forgotten by a lot of players on these forums is that there are still new players coming into the game. There are also lots of players in the game, who have been playing since launch, who are still only just working on their first relics. Some players enjoy playing the game, and not simply burning to the top of the game. The HM primals will still be relevant next year, as will CT and Coil 1-5. It's relevant as long as their are players who take them time and work on things slower than the rest. And that's still a considerable percentage of the total playerbase.

[Ninix]

They generally cannot just "unlock" features from an upcoming patch early. Software development doesn't really work that way, not for a project as big as an MMO.

I mean, sure they could do it, but it would not be a quick snap-their-fingers kinda thing. It'd take some amount of time and effort, which would be much better spent working on actual content for the new patch.

[PlanckZero]

Why not just release 2.2 right now? Hell lets cut to the chase and just release 2.3 since people are going to rush through the 2.2 content a week after it's out anyway.

[Mikara]

Unlike the topic, which is actually a reasonable question.

Why not just release 2.2 right now? Hell lets cut to the chase and just release 2.3 since people are going to rush through the 2.2 content a week after it's out anyway.

Do you have any more terrible suggestions? If so I would like to hear them.

[ErnestoGiovanni]

I don't think coil will be unlimited drops i think you'll be able to get loot in each turn like CT, once a week. It sounds like they are allowing us to farm for that 1drop instead of fighting that RNG. Unless i am totes wrong, but I've not seen anything to state otherwise.

[Jaykos]

I don't think coil will be unlimited drops i think you'll be able to get loot in each turn like CT, once a week. It sounds like they are allowing us to farm for that 1drop instead of fighting that RNG. Unless i am totes wrong, but I've not seen anything to state otherwise.

Totes wrong.

[Mikedizzy]

I do not think it has been stated anywhere that coil 1-5 drops are going to be unlimited. I think they are going to be a 1 per week lock out just like CT for each turn. So you can farm each Turn for the piece of gear you need which in turn will help you gear faster if you can find competent parties.

[Ooshima]

I do not think it has been stated anywhere that coil 1-5 drops are going to be unlimited. I think they are going to be a 1 per week lock out just like CT for each turn. So you can farm each Turn for the piece of gear you need which in turn will help you gear faster if you can find competent parties.

No, read the Q&A again, it's full unlock:

Q: Will the difficulty of turns 1-5 be eased? And will the weekly lockout be removed?
A: Since we’ll be adding the second installment of the Binding Coil of Bahamut, which exceeds the difficulty of the first installment, we'll be removing all the limitations on the first five turns of the Binding Coil. The weekly limitation will also be removed, so you can take on the first five turns as often as you like

And in another separate Japanese interview, it is also confirmed that myth tomes weekly cap will also be unlocked. Basically all i90 related content will relegate to Darklight status because they will raise the new item level cap with new set of BC loots, Leviathan weapon and new tomestones.