Why did we let SE get away with this... (Favor system)

[Millen1]

Favors system is still trash and will always be trash. I am far more in favor of the old system of running coil to get the mats when making the i110 gear. The beast tribe for the sealants was a decent idea also on the crafted set. Flying in circle for 5 minutes praying to rng was the dumbest possible idea they could have come up with. Though as you can see I am not a fan of it, it took my gf and self 10ish weeks from the first week of red scrips to grind out a full i170 crafting set for all 8 classes and several of her 8 crafters. After that we just flat burned out on it. Now we have rather epic gear and nothing worthy of crafting.

[Silverbane]

Favors system is still trash and will always be trash.

One man's trash is another man's profit center. Feel free to not run Favors. And thanks!

Which is easier nowadays, favors or steel spoils to buy the favor items?

In my experience, from time point of view, Favors. In 90 minutes of Diadem you can get only a few Steel Spoils, which will buy you tokens for NQ or HQ. OTOH, I can run 10+ Favors in that time, getting 35 or so token for NQ and a random number of tokens for HQ. Even adding in the time it takes to generate the Red Gather's Scrip, I think Favors are the better way. Of course, I actually enjoy running favors, so that's also a factor.

YMMV, of course. And if you are doing Diadem for the Mistbreak gear, then the Favor mats could be a nice bonus.

Corrected: I confused Steel and Brass Spoils. Favors are definitely better.