Roulette for orphaned L50 content (Extreme Trial Roulette, or similar)

[Eorzean_username]

For me: I've been on Hyperion long since I can remember, but been PF for Levithan Clear Bonus New for the longest time and people just don't willingly join.

Sorry I missed this post (also how does an entire month pass this quickly?)

It's too bad that Hyperion is part of the Primal datacenter, if you were on Aether, I'd offer to queue up (Tank) to see if we could get a pop. Levi EX is a fairly forgiving trial, even if synced down to L50 / i130.

You would also probably have better luck on a more populated server; on Gilgamesh, for example, just writing 'bonus' would be enough to have Leviathan EX done within 15-20 minutes of listing. (Once the party stops killing itself by doing too much DPS)

Or, if you can hold out until Patch 3.5 (Late 2016? Early 2017?), there's tentative plans for the release of Cross-Server Party Finder — that should also allow you (and others in your position) to have much better chances of getting orphaned content cleared (or even farmed).

That said, as my perspective in FFXIV continues to evolve, I'm not sure an 'EX Roulette' is actually needed; the 'Roulette' design is becoming over-saturated and threatening to reach the point of being a burden (just too many Daily queues to churn through). I think more diverse or innovative systems for keeping old content populated are a better direction for the devs to explore.

Further, I don't think EX Roulette would actually give me (personally) what I was looking for when I proposed this idea originally. I now realize that even i130 Sync is enough to make many older trials a pale shadow of its intended design, and I think incentivizing Minimum Item Level (combined with X-Server PF) is a better path to letting players continue to (optionally) appreciate outdated content.

[Mirakumi]

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Thanks for this. I managed to clear Levithan EX and Ramuh Ex after posting on PF for weeks. Bishmark clear in DF. WOW awesome party <3. Ravana / Sephiroth / Etc. Maybe some time soon.

Hyperion may be the most populated but it is one of the more difficult populations to work around. I have an FC now but - still a bitterness of knowing In order to progress I have to DF content. I've been unsuccessful on Ravana but maybe someeeeeeeeeeday. lol Thanks for your input. <3