An idea I had for CT3 to keep CT1 and 2 relevant.

[Amelia_Pond_Behemoth]

CT3 wouldn't drop unique gear. Instead, it would drop something similar to what we have right now in the 2.4 dungeons. Ancient helm, body, etc that you exchange along with gear from CT1/2 with of the same slot. For example, you win the body token. You can then use this to upgrade any of the CT1/2 body pieces for an augmented version of it that's i120.

Alternatively, you must exchange body pieces of the same role (caster, tank healer, etc.) from BOTH CT1/2 and get a unique looking i120 gear. The special token would have a weekly lockout. Gear from CT1/2 would not.

[Misery1337]

Doubt that's gonna happen but I really like this idea!

[MrCookTM]

I don't know about the idea to exchange the token together with a piece from CT/ST you already own, but I really like the idea of a token System for the CT raids in general, at least after the lockout is removed. By this you could achieve a couple of things:


- Smoother ST runs like pre 2.4.

In the late 2.3x patch cycle I had quite a lot of ST runs where people went in on their main jobs, because all they wanted was oil (2.35) or sand (2.38) and they couldn't loot more than one item anyway, so no reason to go in on anything else but the well geared main. The result were 20 minute runs with lots of phase pushes especially for the Scylla and Glasya fights.
Now (2.4) that everyone and their mom can loot on whatever they want, people go in on subjobs to loot on filler gear pieces, often times they are also pretty bad at the job. Not that I have a problem with practicing different jobs, I actually really like playing different jobs in SCoB I want for loot for and to test my skills in a real raid environment. ST on the other hand is faceroll content anyway, so it just makes the run take longer.
An implementation of a token system would make the runs smoother again since people would once again run it on their main jobs more often, also it would balance the loot chances on gear between tanks (guaranteed lot on every drop, no roll rng at all, just hit need) and dps (worst case you have 3 nins and 2 monks, all looting on the same gear) better.


- People would maybe run original CT more often again.

The incentive to run CT is mostly nonexistent at the moment. The ilvl80 gear is way too outdated to act as filler gear now that i100+ is lying on the streets and to run it for glamour purposes the drop chances are just way too low and the quetimes way too long. I for myself would love to get the full fuma set though aswell as grabbing the 100 soldiery per run from time to time, and with a token system implemented chances for people actually running it would be significantly higher imo. Not to mention the fact that any player that hit 50 recently and now tries to unlock ST literally has to take a day off and just never lose his screen out of sight because of several hours of queue times for CT.

[Deelo]

This is a great idea.+1

[CYoung187]

I'd rather them have a new gear set. Even useful pieces won't stay useful for very long as by then everyone will be upgrading current Ironworks gear to i130. It won't take long for the next CT to be vanity only. It would be nice if they could find a way to get players back into the old CTs though. Increase in tomes, maybe?

[SorriorDragneel]

Hmmm a slight ,odification maybe make a guaranteed drop of tokens like you describe but more tomestone like(so say something like "Void relics" since we will likely be in the void. And drops from the last few bosses. Used to exchange as you describe. I also wish CT was more relevant i want that fuma armor LOL.

[Kaiser-Ace]

I'd like to see weapons drop in the Final Crystal Tower but that's unlikly to happen.

[Garlyle]

I'd like to see weapons drop in the Final Crystal Tower but that's unlikly to happen.

If they're going to happen anywhere in the Crystal Tower raid series, it'll be in the upcoming one. And I'd like to see it happen too.

[Nicobo]

An idea I had for CT3 to keep CT1 and 2 relevant...

Same idea could be applied to coil123 as well... ^^;

[ruskie]

I'd like to see weapons drop in the Final Crystal Tower but that's unlikly to happen.

Tidbit from the art of Eorzea artbook... the current primal weapons(the EX stuff you get in exchange for a token) were meant to drop from CT.