What Diadem should be

[Aikaal]

We can't hide it. There's a lot of dislike for the new Diadem offering iLevel 280 Weapons. I personally think it's garbage also but just sending hate won't solve the issue.

Hopefully a developer will see this thread but seeing how the last Diadem went, I have little hope.

How does Diadem affects the game? Let's say I'm new for a few months and I just got my first level 60. For about 95% of the players, iLevel is all that matters. Where can I get the strongest weapon?

• Alexander Savage Raid (iLevel 275) Requires to find a static. Requires you to learn mechanics and clear the boss fight. Once cleared, you have a guaranteed weapon in 8 weeks.
• Anima Relic (iLevel 275) Requires to find a static. Requires you to invest time doing various tasks which in general just require to play the game. PRO: You chose your stats!
• Diadem (iLevel 280) Doesn't require much preparation. You just go in, wait for an emergency mission. Can ideally just AFK and wait if you're that kind of jerk. Basically roll a die after each emergency mission and hope it's a weapon for your job. PRO: highest iLevel in the game.

Now, in a balance point of you. Regardless of your off-stats, a 280 weapon will have much weapon damage and main stats almost making it BiS guaranteed over any Relic/Raid weapon.

It takes about 2 hours for 1 Diadem. People will maximize it to have more weapon drops. From what I heard, it's about 1% to 2% per mission to get a weapon and it's random.

What does this means? Diadem is likely voiding Relic and Raid weapons if you're lucky. In my opinion. Any content which voids other contents because it is superior is flawed. Under no circumstance my best gear should be an RNG content.

To me, how Diadem was introduced and how it should be is an activity you and your FC do to have fun. The biggest rewards Diadem should be giving should be FC oriented such as FC experience, FC credits, furnitures, gils discount for housing perhaps? Diadem should not reward the individual. That's my opinion at least.

Feel free to voice your own opinion here.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Did this really need another thread?

[Aikaal]

You didn't need to reply if you didn't wanted lol

Forums getting flood is a way to express when something is disliked. Up to you to approve or not.

[BigRed5392]

You didn't need to reply if you didn't wanted lol

Forums getting flood is a way to express when something is disliked. Up to you to approve or not.

go to the jp forum, may learn something.

flooding the forums does nothing but make mods have more to read, consolidating to 1 thread helps them out in the long run.

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

go to the jp forum, may learn something.

flooding the forums does nothing but make mods have more to read, consolidating to 1 thread helps them out in the long run.

The longest running thread the PvP section regarding the chat ban in the Feast, which was full of suggestions and wide-scale disapproval, was answered by a community rep 3 months and 40 pages later. . . only to ask for suggestions such as an "I need MP" quick chat feature.

Now, 5 months and almost 80 pages later, the thread is still going because after "forwarding your suggestions along to the devs", we have a game balance-breaking additional item, STILL have the chat restriction, and yet still no "I need MP" quick chat command.

You might be thinking "well that's PvP", but the bigger picture here is that, at this point, it's hard to believe anything is being read at all.

[Belhi]

You might be thinking "well that's PvP", but the bigger picture here is that, at this point, it's hard to believe anything is being read at all.

Reading and responding are two different things. Generally we won't get a response unless they have some type of solid answer to give. Yeah the Chat restriction is unpopular but the devs are still going to assess how to go forward and aren't going to respond until they make a decision. They brought the restriction in for a reason after all. Just reversing the situation just brings back the issue that lead them to implementing it in the first place.

[Natashio]

I would venture that a very tiny yet vocal forum dwellers don't constitute a mass dislike for this.

[DaikiKiyoshi]

I personally like the new diadem and would like to thank the dev team for their efforts. Also all this salt is delicious. Keep it coming guys.

[Ayer2015]

All ilv will be made irrelevant in a few months anyway. Also, unless you raid in FF14 ilv doesn't even matter anyway.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Like I said in another thread I wouldn't have minded if the weapon was 265,270 or same as Anima/savage weapon but better..... Funny thing is when you turn in the loot you get the items for the sands too for Anima. Which is great and they could have expanded on that and let the FATES drop Grand Company seals too and umbrites, pneumites etc.

Diadem would have actually been a better place to have even dropped Proto-Ultima. At least it would have made a little more sense that a Prototype was left abandoned on an Island.

At the moment for me it does seem a little more fun, but I know within a couple of weeks the novelty is going to wear off. Only thing at the moment is the minion and mount that is keeping me doing it and the hope of getting the weapon. Mount I have got and a couple more runs I will have the minion. This just leaves the weapon and after 7 runs so far I have seen the emergency thing once. So doesn't give me much hope in seeing the weapon never mind getting it for my class.

Even if you combined some of your ideas i.e using more stuff from beast tribes, mobs that are hidden under glamour, strategically place bombs at x point etc. As this is what you made it sound like but yet again your idea of fun is FATE grind or grind mobs or extreme RNG.

Also where is the lore, why did it change? Why do we now have emergencies? Why is the monsters so huge here compared to everywhere else? Why are we slaying certain creatures? Did someone interfere and lock up the creatures for a reason in the emergency area? At least normal FATES actually tell us why we are doing things. I expected a CS or something explaining the change but nothing.