Please Do Something with Gold Saucer!

[Cidel]

I think the biggest problem with the Gold Saucer is the (now) lack of desirable prizes. As someone mentioned, a couple of orchestrion sheets and a minion every four months or so don't really cut it and I certainly haven't been motivated by any of the prizes since buying Fenrir. If even half of the things people on these forums ask to be put in the cash shop made it into the Gold Saucer instead, it'd be a whole lot more active.

You may call me crazy, but another problem seems to be that most of the prizes are incredibly cheap in comparison to how much MGP you can be spoon-fed ever since their "MGP buffs." The more expensive prizes are, the more time people spend in there earning them (and by association the more value people put on them). Take the Fenrir mount; when it was released, that was highly-desirable goal since 1 million MGP either required the devil's luck in the jumbo cactpot or devoting weeks of your life to staring at the Triple Triad UI after finding an NPC to "farm." His face looks like it was run-over by a motorcycle or dunked in a vat of acid, but people wanted it. Even the Adamantoise was somewhat desirable and much cheaper but still requiring time.

At this point though, nothing they have been adding as a prize in the Saucer really takes much time to save up for. The Archon Chair? Since doing Gold Saucer challenge logs for squadron recruits trying to get certain NPCs, I was already well-above the cost on release- and I haven't done the mini/jumbo cactpots in months and never did more than I needed just for Saucer challenge logs and I was done for the week. I only bought it since I was spending MGP on nothing else all this time, rode it for a couple days and pretty much forgot about it. This will be a problem with the Saucer if they release new prizes so cheap and few and far inbetween: People will likely already be sitting on the required MGP they accumulated...

[Lufir]

The Gold Saucer definitely needs some love and Chocobo Racing really needs an upgrade. I thought there was supposed to be more to come after the patch that implemented the NPC race challenges and increased mgp. Not sure what happened to that though. Oh well, apparently extra fun content isn't becoming as important anymore as butt sliders, hempen underwear, or Mog Station glamours.

[Kai_Lee]

Im sitting on 3million mgp and I already bought everything I could buy. I was so hopping they will eventually put the red fenrir in the gold saucer but no they didn't.

[Niwashi]

it just feels mismatched to think of PvP gear being obtainable in the Gold Saucer

Somewhat, but it's not entirely out of left field. All three of the GS's major attractions, Triple Triad, Chocobo races, and Lords of Verminion, can all be played against other players (if there actually are others to play with you). That makes it the second most PvP-centric area of the game, since at least there are some PvP options there, even if they aren't combat related.

[Niwashi]

I think the biggest problem with the Gold Saucer is the (now) lack of desirable prizes. As someone mentioned, a couple of orchestrion sheets and a minion every four months or so don't really cut it and I certainly haven't been motivated by any of the prizes since buying Fenrir. If even half of the things people on these forums ask to be put in the cash shop made it into the Gold Saucer instead, it'd be a whole lot more active.

It's a delicate balance, there, though. Sure, it'd be nice for players like you who already have Fenrir and a bunch more MGP accumulated. But for those who don't, adding lots more prizes and including more expensive ones just makes the whole thing look even more unattainable. That can drive people away just as much as lack of prizes can.

I really want Fenrir, but I'm unlikely ever to get him, because those orchestrion rolls, and dances, and so on, are also desirable, but more attainable, and they keep wiping out my MGP as fast as I can make it. So as it is, I'm not able to save up for any of the big purchases. I keep hoping there will eventually be enough of a lull in new prizes being added so that I can start saving up.