Scaling the old raids

[Kydi]

Will there ever be a way of scaling old raid content (Crystal Tower, eventually Syrcus Tower etc) to be run with fewer players? I'm a new level 50 so had to run CT yesterday to unlock ST, and even as a tank had a 30 minute wait. I've decided that I'd like the pld armour set from CT, but the idea of half hour waits for a chance at the drop isn't great. It would be awesome if there could be an 8 and a 16 man version too or an alternate way of getting the gear for glamour.

[ruskie]

Wow 30 min wait time... the horror... Try 2h+ last year for DPS... Now enough me being snarky and to the topic.

I think they could scale it down or maybe allow for 1 party to be NPC controlled to reduce the requirement for more people.

Also you can now go in as a premade alliance so if you find 23 other people that want to farm for gear you can all go together and avoid that queue completely. Not to mention the possibilites of wipes...

[Kydi]

The wait time was just to illustrate that if it's half an hour for tanks, it's long.

I did try and get at least some people to come along, but at the mention of CT the response was "ummm, I'm going over here to do something that isn't CT". It just seems like unpopular content, I suspect because it is only for vanity - i90+ is easier to get and less chaotic (generally). Based on running it yesterday, most of the mechanics look like they could be relatively easily tuned for an 8 person party, with the possible exception of behemoth's towers.

[ruskie]

That's really the problem. People are tired of CT.

[Kydi]

Hmm, a pity. Having not running before yesterday I quite enjoyed myself. Given how difficult it has become to get a group for CT, it looks like the right time to reduce the size needed.

Alternatively they could always allow players to buy the gear for glamour for excessive amounts of myth.

[Itseotle]

Or make a raid raid roulette that includes CT, ST, and coil 1,2, and 4

[ruskie]

Hmmm I could live with a coil roulette and a crystal tower roulette... but not both in the same one...

Reason being that coil generally requires a diferent level of performance and cooridnation than either CT or ST.

[JonBigwood]

They increased the myth tome reward for CT but it seems it's not enough incentive, people get enough tomes elsewhere.

I think it is probable some roulette will be established in the future, since the roulette system has worked well to have people run content they probably wouldn't have played.

Maybe when the weekly loot limit of ST is retired they put a roulette for both ST and CT.

I don't think it's likely they would mix in a roulette Coil with CT, they are different type of content.

[erkhardt]

^ yes to make a Raid Roulette. That would be awesome!

[Kydi]

Coil/raid roulette would be awesome. The rewards would have to be fairly good to get people in I expect, but it would probably help to reduce queues a bit.