MGP too much of a grind

[Kaiser-Ace]

My only gripe was that they put the new Aesthetician Hair Styles behind an 8000 MGP wall. Honestly wasn't there another way they could have done that? Why not a ridiculous amount of Guild Seals. Or Tomes. Or actually have made a quest that brought Jadaline back into the picture with him searching for "New inspiration". That 8000 MGP for the hair styles just makes me no longer give a crap about the GS's prizes. Heck even triple triad is so colossally rigged to make winning nieh impossible with out spending dozens if not hundreds of hours trying to break the 30 card threshold. And even then that just improves your chances on a lot of opponents to "Possible" vs "No way in hell". Like with Rowena, there is no way in hell to beat her with out having a hand full of two cards and preferably a 4 or 5 card to even the playing field.

[Leumas]

Main point is that they said more stuff might be added in the future, do you really want to grind for Fenrir mount for a week straight only for it be replaced by something new at a later date, and have everyone be like: "oh that person has Fenrir mount, that's cool.. but that new mount/item they released is way better" and i said things like: weekly/daily cap on buying MGP, challenge log (weekly quest), duty roulette (daily quest), trading in gear (you actually have to get gear to trade in 1st, and even then it can have a cap put on it too) they all have limits, it just makes obtaining the items feasible for those that don't want to farm it for a week straight (some will anyway, but we should not HAVE to).. i do not want anything to be "handed out on a silver plate", but having to win jumbo cactpot to get it anytime soon is also not a good way of designing it, and to the person who said: "been playing the lottery for 20 years" .. there is a huge difference between cactpot and real life

[Eye_Gore]

there is a huge difference between cactpot and real life

Huge? Other than the currency, its pretty much the same. Pick numbers and hope yours come in.

[Lemuria]

The mini cactpot is a good way to earn extra coins. Every card is a potential winner, and while you won't always win your money back, the odds for winning are very good.

What other 'lottery' has a degree of skill involved? Picking the right lines based on the numbers you scratch off can make the difference between 10,000 MGP or 80, just learn to play your cards right!

[Kharhaz]

My accumulated MGP in the achievement was around 100k by the end of the week. All I did was play TT, won 10k cactpot 3 times, a bit of chocobo racing. I won nothing from jumbo, No GATE farming, and I did plenty of other non gold saucer stuff as well. I don't really see a problem with MGP rates other than the fact that chocobo race rewards suck. I wasn't even playing with the intention of farming MGP.

I think the only problem here is that people are too impatient and want the best rewards in the game but are not willing to work for them or wait for them.

[Spawnie]

My accumulated MGP in the achievement was around 100k by the end of the week. All I did was play TT, won 10k cactpot 3 times, a bit of chocobo racing. I won nothing from jumbo, No GATE farming, and I did plenty of other non gold saucer stuff as well. I don't really see a problem with MGP rates other than the fact that chocobo race rewards suck. I wasn't even playing with the intention of farming MGP.

I think the only problem here is that people are too impatient and want the best rewards in the game but are not willing to work for them or wait for them.

this is 10000% accurate you hit the nail on the head

[Aeyis]

The mini cactpot is a good way to earn extra coins. Every card is a potential winner, and while you won't always win your money back, the odds for winning are very good.

What other 'lottery' has a degree of skill involved? Picking the right lines based on the numbers you scratch off can make the difference between 10,000 MGP or 80, just learn to play your cards right!

My cactpot for today had a highest possible payout of 360~. If 10k and 3kish arent even on the ticket then the payout suddenly becomes a lot less of a good way to earn coins.

My accumulated MGP in the achievement was around 100k by the end of the week. All I did was play TT, won 10k cactpot 3 times, a bit of chocobo racing. I won nothing from jumbo, No GATE farming, and I did plenty of other non gold saucer stuff as well. I don't really see a problem with MGP rates other than the fact that chocobo race rewards suck. I wasn't even playing with the intention of farming MGP.

I think the only problem here is that people are too impatient and want the best rewards in the game but are not willing to work for them or wait for them.

You seem to mention a lot of cases of luck. I've personally not won the 10k cactpot even once. I won 2.1k..once.
Interestingly, most of the time the 10k option wasnt even on my tickets.

The difference between your luck and mine: 30k-2k -> 28k. Your luck earned you + 50% MGP, which is quite a lot.
The cactpot is not a reliable source of MGP.

[Aeyis]

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If you only want the hairstyle; well that's actually one of the few reasonably attainable MGP items.