Frustration with using Raid Finder.

[QuinRaines]

Before I begin my point on the current issue with Raid Finder for this new tier of Alexander: The Creator (Savage), I would like to say I am very thankful that this type of system is implemented to allow us to raid between servers. Regardless, at the start of this tier there is a glaring issue which is now holding the static I am a part of back.

My static I am in currently consists of 4 players in Sargatanas and the other 4 from Gilgamesh. We're a very strong group overall but neither set of 4 are in a comfortable place to be able to transfer over to the others, therefore we use the Raid Finder system since towards the end of Midas. However as this new tier is out, the chosen item level requirements to enter these turns is far too high for what it should be:

The Eyes of the Creator (Savage) - item level requirement: 245
The Breath of the Creator (Savage) - item level requirement: 250
The Heart of the Creator (Savage) - item level requirement: 255
The Soul of the Creator (Savage) - item level requirement: 255

The requirements are a copy-paste of the Midas requirements scaled up to the new gear levels, however with Raid Finder releasing in 3.3, we already had a whole patch previously to reach these requirements before the system was implemented. This time around, it is a fresh patch with new item level requirements, which just aren't suitable for a fresh patch.

The maximum item level of patch 3.2/3.3 was i240. In my mind THIS should be the requirement for at least A9S, but instead for whatever reason it is set at i245. Creator normal gear from the first week alone + all other 240 is not enough to reach this level, therefore crafted gear/sophia weapons are required to get into the first turn this way.

Next we have i250 for the second turn (A10S). Since it's easily achieveable for us to get here in the first week, this means we need at least all crafted gear or a scripture belt/accessory. Now these requirements are at least achieveable in the first week, but taking into account the i255 requirement for turn 3 and 4 (A11S + A12S), things get more complicated.

We need everybody from both sides at i255 to be able to enter A11S. After 3 weeks, assuming just one of these 8 players gets no savage drops as well as buying 3 scripture accessories/belt then they would still only be i253, not enough to enter. Chances are at least one person would be in this situation, so we're already set behind AT LEAST 3 weeks.

An easy fix to this would've been having the requirements 5 lower each, so it would look like:

The Eyes of the Creator (Savage) - item level requirement: 240
The Breath of the Creator (Savage) - item level requirement: 245
The Heart of the Creator (Savage) - item level requirement: 250
The Soul of the Creator (Savage) - item level requirement: 250

This means that by choosing to raid this way, we would still have access to all turns in the first week which is how it really should be. I think it is very unfair that our static is held back because of the very high i255 requirement for the last two turns.

Thank you for reading, and I hope that something could be done about this or at least to not repeat this next tier.