Token exchange for the Primal Birds

[Dorander]

Here you go: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...lanner-whistle

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

I think the idea is that if you're proficient enough to clear the content THAT much and still haven't gotten a mount by then, you ought to be rewarded at least SOMEHOW. And when you consider at the moment clearing trials 10 times gets you a weapon and 15 a barding, why not provide that extra little incentive?

It's a win/win: SE maintains a bottom line of people continuing to run that content, and players are guaranteed to get what they want, if not within 99 runs of something, then definitely once they've come that far.

[Dorander]

Yeah, as I linked from my own thread. I had to do bismark EX 331 times to finally win the white lanner mount. I helped quite a few people get their clears and if you do the math on it: 331 runs at 8 minutes a run, thats roughly 44.13333 hours of doing NOTHING but that fight. So yeah, people should definitely be able to turn in those tokens for mounts. Even if it's 99 of them.

[Nora_of_Mira]

Yeah, as I linked from my own thread. I had to do bismark EX 331 times to finally win the white lanner mount. I helped quite a few people get their clears and if you do the math on it: 331 runs at 8 minutes a run, thats roughly 44.13333 hours of doing NOTHING but that fight. So yeah, people should definitely be able to turn in those tokens for mounts. Even if it's 99 of them.

this depresses me.

[SigmaOZ]

Keep up the Lanner Whistle x99 tokens up, I made mine a long while ago!...

It's just frustrating to run the same trial over and over and not even see the birds drop consistently, I have no birds yet and I'm currently waiting for SE to increase drop rate before bothering with it again!...

[CuteWhisper]

I have no birds yet and I'm currently waiting for SE to increase drop rate before bothering with it again!...

That's exactly what I am doing. I don't want to farm those primals for days or maybe even weeks to finally get the bird. I actually like the idea of 99x token for a bird, it seems fair to get it after so many times.

[Vaer]

Sure, why not.

You can solo/duo all of Kirin now since you still get echo in unsync. Some of them are tough like Ifrit and Ramuh but its doable.

I wouldn't just do it with normal tokens though. That's too simple.

I would do 10-20 different tokens. You only get a token if you roll on a bird and lose. I think if you lose the bird roll on the same primal 10-20 times that's enough BS.

[Parodine]

Hopefully they'll just nerf the drop rate every major patch from now on like they did with the ponies. Not interested in farming a .05% mount right now.

[Canadane]

Essentially giving eight mounts out per 99 runs really, REALLY nerfs the drop rate.

[Cidel]

I bet if the devs bothered to enter these threads they'd have a devilish grin on their faces.

"Working as intended."

Expect arbitrary % drop increases spaced-out between patches, just as the 2.0 primal mounts were. We're repeating the 2.0 cycle after all. It's worked this long.