points are better, if you remember how horrible the loot system in ffxi was there’s no way you want it to be the same for FFXIV, not only did you have to camp a HNM for months or more before seeing the item you need Drop into loot pool but also when it finally did someone else would out lot you or your link shell leader would prohibit you from even casting lot’s, if you did cast lot after being told not to you would just be booted form the party and then no one would play the game with you because it destroys your reputation.

Things like dynamis in ffxi were really really long winded and just painful to even get the equipment you wanted, I Wish it was points when I played ffxi.
I Played it for 7 years and was very well geared it took me about 2 years of that to get my treasure hunter 4 Gloves (AF2 hands) and that was due to Link shell leader Controlling all
Gear distribution and low drop rate. (I personally did Dynamis 2X a week )

My worst experiences with Loot systeam are as followed

Sea, jailor of Love

I killed this thing about 40-50 times with my 1st linkshell which I had been in for a full year before even starting Jailor of love, I watched about 30 Torque’s go to other people Desperately waiting my Turn
And finally after months it was my turn However when the torque dropped for me the leader decided he did not want me to get it and gave it to his friend who was a Dragoon over me their only TH4 thief.
The leader then told me they wouldn’t be doing Sea farming again for 6 months needless to say I told them to f%%k off and left there linkshell.

HNM fafnir

Ok well this one is more about drop rate on FFXi ill admit but it still point’s out why point’s is better

Fafnir camped on and off for 5-6 years saw a total of 13 rdill’s drop all went to other people ether I was outlotted or LS leader gave to someone else if it was point based like u get 500points for every fafnir killed and it was like 1mil points to buy ridill I would have it but I never got that item.

Last one is about KSNM’s

Ok in FFXI there was something called a KSNM where u spend 99 kindrid seals to do a boss fight,
Well linkshell leaders loved this coz it gave them the power to abuse lot system once again.

So There is this KSNM to get a speed belt worth about 50mil on the AH and I tried it about 25 times
Over a long timeframe with my linkshell anyway this once day I went to do it with them and the item finally droped I was so excited but the leader of the linkshell started spraying some ball crap about the linkshell take’s the speed belts for linkshell bank to fund people relic weapons I was really pissed off all that time I lotted it anyway because it rightfully mine but they just booted me and took it anyway, let me tell you loot system is not fun.

Also just incase anyone says linkshells need funding for relics that’s no excuse because its my hard earned item I played my seals and the leader’s had no intention to fund me a relic only themselves ….as if leaders don’t get enough from there members.