Carbontwine/Carboncoat from WoD... Adopt the Shiva Ex dust drop method

[Nekodar]

Unless it's too late, please use the Shiva Extreme dust drop method for this...

So that you're guaranteed one twine or coat after a certain amount of runs.

Put a cap of the number of "dusts" per week you can get, and make that number enough to buy a Carboncoat... Set "price" of Carbontwine higher, so you have to save up to buy one.

Either use this method exclusively or mix it with an actual coat/twine drop that you can lot on...

Just don't have only low drop rate like sand/oil in ST was originally, where you could run it several times per week and be outlotted every time they actually did drop...

Edit: A more refined proposal below...

I think a hybrid system woyld be best.

Say, currency cap of ~25, item cost is also 25
Currency drops one at a time, but the item has a small chance of dropping. If it drops, however, still doing the dungeon or whatever content it is, drops no more currency.

This would allow you to get your item eventually, and also gurantee you want to do the content. Getting the drop? No more currency, but you got the item for this week, so you were done farming. Next week you didnt get it? okay, just do 10 more and you get the item, OR it drops, etc, but the # of item per week needs to be capped, or the problem of being done gearing occurs faster.

[Zumi]

Personally I like needing the items vs other people more.

[Odowla]

Unless it's too late, please use the Shiva Extreme dust drop method for this...

So that you're guaranteed one twine or coat after a certain amount of runs.

Put a cap of the number of "dusts" per week you can get, and make that number enough to buy a Carboncoat... Set "price" of Carbontwine higher, so you have to save up to buy one.

Either use this method exclusively or mix it with an actual coat/twine drop that you can lot on...

Just don't have only low drop rate like sand/oil in ST was originally, where you could run it several times per week and be outlotted every time they actually did drop...

Do Coil then.

/thread

[Nekodar]

Do Coil then.

/thread

And get a 1/8 chance of winning the lot... And have no further chance until the next week... Get real.
I don't see why you're against the idea of actually having guaranteed progress towards something.

[Craiger]

Do Coil then.

/thread

Yeah, cause doing coil is sooo much better... ST was annoying trying to get the weekly oils/sands/UAT, but at least you could try as many times as possible, unlike coil where you only have one go a week.

I also wish they make it somewhat different, cause it's not fair if you don't get it during a weekly lockout, even though you try many times every day of the week (have happened)... That's just stupid.

[Coatl]

People never be happy.

[Felis]

Just don't have only low drop rate like sand/oil in ST was originally, where you could run it several times per week and be outlotted every time they actually did drop...

The chance that sand/oil is in the last ST chest is by 100%. Was already this way since sand was put into ST.

[Nekodar]

The chance that sand/oil is in the last ST chest is by 100%. Was already this way since sand was put into ST.

It was not. There was a chance of sand or oil in last chest at 2.3 release, but it was not 100% until later.

[gamesmart]

It was not. There was a chance of sand or oil in last chest at 2.3 release, but it was not 100% until later.

Sands were not added until 2.38 - and it was in the same patch that they changed the drops to guarantee two oils, sands, and unidentified tomestones total from the instance. (Sauce: patch notes)

And if you're having that much trouble getting a drop, you could always get a pre-formed party together for it...

[Nekodar]

And if you're having that much trouble getting a drop, you could always get a pre-formed party together for it...

It's a QOL thing...
Example:
RNG option: Drop rate 1/3 (33.33...%)... 8 man party premade... Expected number of runs for everyone to each get the item: 24 (between 8 and infinity number of runs in reality)
vs
"dust" option: 24 "dust" drops needed for one item, 1 drop per run... Number of runs for everyone to each get the item: 24

This is just an example of how it could be done... But why is the first option better than the second in your opinion? Since you seem to be against the idea that someone can get the item after a set number of runs...