Please Raise the Drop Rate of the Bluebird

[SeleneVenizelos]

My friends and I have exhausted our patience with this item.

This week, between the five of us, we have done 84 Peisteskin Treasure Hunts and seen zero Bluebirds. As you have no doubt established, we have spent a sizeable amount of gil on maps, as we ourselves can only gather one every 18 hours.

We have all gotten to the point where we are actually more upset at this than any other lack of drops in this game. Even the Coil's blatantly biased drop system doesn't bother us as much as this.

A vanity, novelty, cute item should not have this ridiculous low drop rate. On discussion with somebody else, they too are 0/50ish.

That's just too low! Please, adjust this so people can enjoy these minions.

[Thriar]

Welcome to SE where incredibly high prices and insane RNG is how they keep your sub, not quality long lasting content.

[SeleneVenizelos]

Welcome to SE where incredibly high prices and insane RNG is how they keep your sub, not quality long lasting content.

I am quite content with the content, bear in mind the lack of bears in Eorzea.

[SanjuroXI]

Don't do it!

[ruinedmirage]

Exclusivity is good in a game, in my opinion. What if you spent all that gil on maps, then they listened to you and raised the drop rate to 1 out of 3 Piesteskin Maps contain a minion? Not only would every person in the world have one, but they wouldn't sell for more than 5k-10k on the MB.

I understand some people are collectors, and also I'm overexaggerating what the outcome could be (or am I?), but when you're one of only a few in the world with a specific item, doesn't that mean something? If not, why not cherish your Mammet minion bought back in Gridania at level 1?

[SeleneVenizelos]

Exclusivity is good in a game, in my opinion. What if you spent all that gil on maps, then they listened to you and raised the drop rate to 1 out of 3 Piesteskin Maps contain a minion? Not only would every person in the world have one, but they wouldn't sell for more than 5k-10k on the MB.

I understand some people are collectors, and also I'm overexaggerating what the outcome could be (or am I?), but when you're one of only a few in the world with a specific item, doesn't that mean something? If not, why not cherish your Mammet minion bought back in Gridania at level 1?

I understand your point but the bottom line is Treasure Hunting is casual content. Let's assume somebody gathers a map a day; it could be months before they get a Bluebird. Even if you get your map every 18 hours you would have a higher chance of getting your items from the Coil than you would of getting a Bluebird.

That just seems wrong, in my opinion. I know I am biased from my personal attempts in getting one, but a novelty item from casual content being harder to get than the top end gear from the top end dungeons seems like poor design.

[Lyrinn]

I understand your point but the bottom line is Treasure Hunting is casual content. Let's assume somebody gathers a map a day; it could be months before they get a Bluebird. Even if you get your map every 18 hours you would have a higher chance of getting your items from the Coil than you would of getting a Bluebird.

That just seems wrong, in my opinion. I know I am biased from my personal attempts in getting one, but a novelty item from casual content being harder to get than the top end gear from the top end dungeons seems like poor design.

Treasure hunt is a casual activity. How exactly does having one or two rare minions not make it casual? Is it suddenly "hardcore" because you can't get something within one month of release? If anything, it's evidence that endgame equipment is poor design.

Having the rare minions in the hunts gives me something to look forward to when I do them. Without them, treasure hunts just become another meaningless gil/furniture-mat grind, just like almost everything else in the game.

The way I see it, you're only upset because Bluebird is actually a desirable pet. Imagine if it was something like Pudgy Puk (or something equally ... unimpressive, yet new) instead - no one would be crying over it.

[Nymina]

I understand your point but the bottom line is Treasure Hunting is casual content.

Casual does not imply easy. Please correct your misconception. I casually play the lottery every once in a while, but that doesn't mean that I expect to win the Mega Millions.

[Lyrinn]

Twelve forbid if something doesn't get handed over on a silver platter to everyone. This game has next to nothing that's exclusive and as soon as you add something that is, people cry and cry.

[Hysterior]

Rare items should not be rare indeed... oh wait...