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    Yup same here, been farming vault non stop. Still haven't gotten the card. Also, out of the people I know doing daily ex roulettes and arks and stuff, no one has gotten those dungeon cards either.

    The RNG is really discouraging. And it doesn't even make getting the card any sweeter, when it does drop it would be less a "I worked hard for this" and more of a "finally it's over, what a waste of time" feeling.

    I don't know why SE has such a love for RNG. Well, other than to extend content time I guess. I feel like RNG should be used more as a reward for players, than as a punishment locking content. For example, the token system for the current trial is pretty good. You might get good RNG and get your weapon early, but you won't feel dicked if it doesn't drop because you still have your tokens. The tokens gives an anchor so any RNG that causes it to drop before you get it with tokens feels like a discount, and therefore a win. RNG for these cards is just punishment, as no matter how soon you get it, any run where it doesn't drop feels like a complete waste of time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PotatoTree View Post
    Yup same here, been farming vault non stop. Still haven't gotten the card. Also, out of the people I know doing daily ex roulettes and arks and stuff, no one has gotten those dungeon cards either.
    you have to do the dungeons about 100 times anyway until the next patch hits, I cant see the problem with a low droprate

    I'm happier when I know the card is rare and I finally get it instead of getting the card every 3rd run and thinking: "oh this card again, discard it because the mgp arent worth the time to move to the npc"
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    Quote Originally Posted by ServerCollaps View Post
    you have to do the dungeons about 100 times anyway until the next patch hits, I cant see the problem with a low droprate

    I'm happier when I know the card is rare and I finally get it instead of getting the card every 3rd run and thinking: "oh this card again, discard it because the mgp arent worth the time to move to the npc"
    I can certainly see the problem after being forced to heal Vault 50bajillion times due to faster queue times and never getting in-progress to ease my suffering of dealing with horrible parties time and time again for... a card.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SleepyBee View Post
    I can certainly see the problem after being forced to heal Vault 50bajillion times due to faster queue times and never getting in-progress to ease my suffering of dealing with horrible parties time and time again for... a card.
    make a pf group for faster progression, you are probably not the only one in need for that card
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    Quote Originally Posted by ServerCollaps View Post
    you have to do the dungeons about 100 times anyway until the next patch hits, I cant see the problem with a low droprate

    I'm happier when I know the card is rare and I finally get it instead of getting the card every 3rd run and thinking: "oh this card again, discard it because the mgp arent worth the time to move to the npc"
    after wasting my time hundrets of runs in verious dungeions/trials to get the cards and still not having them i can tell you that a card beeing rare does not make farming the same stuff for it again and again any more fun... -.-

    PotatoTree said it all
    Quote Originally Posted by PotatoTree View Post
    The RNG is really discouraging. And it doesn't even make getting the card any sweeter, when it does drop it would be less a "I worked hard for this" and more of a "finally it's over, what a waste of time" feeling.
    could not agree more!
    IF it ever drops -.-
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    I got the Ramuh card on my first run for MSQ but after that I haven't seen any drops at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PotatoTree View Post
    Yup same here, been farming vault non stop.
    What card does the Vault drop? The Lodestone website doesn't mention any card dropping from that dungeon, like it does for the other pre-60 dungeons. Perhaps there is an error?
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    Quote Originally Posted by DarkDedede View Post
    What card does the Vault drop? The Lodestone website doesn't mention any card dropping from that dungeon, like it does for the other pre-60 dungeons. Perhaps there is an error?
    http://ffxivtriad.com/card/116
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