Inferno Totem drop rate

[totallynotme]

When I first heard about the Inferno Totems being introduced I was very excited, as I'm sure many were.

I was curious how many of them would be needed for a weapon. After fighting Ifrit at least 250 times in pick-up groups, I was 1/36 on the weapons. In my mind, 10 totems would be fair per weapon. Even if every attempt was successful, you'd need roughly 15 hours to accumulate enough of them for 1 weapon. Sounds fair, right?

So 1.20 hits us and I talk to Rowena and discover that 10 actually is the set amount, yay! Perfect SE, you finally fixed it. Then I go to fight Ifrit...

I've beaten Ifrit 13 times since the patch, and so far I have recieved 1 totem.

Why are you doing this to us SE? At this rate it would take the average successful player somewhere around 200 hours to obtain 1 weapon using this method. I love your game but that amount of time is just wrong, and anyone who thinks that is a sane amount of time to spend achieving a virtual item really needs to reevaluate his or her current life situation.

I apologize for not citing any sources for my calculations, if anyone feels like correcting or corroboration my numbers I would welcome it.

tl;dr: Inferno Totems should have an individual 100% drop rate, please be humane SE.

[EdenArchangel]

Agreed, this was no solution in any form.

[OMEGA_HACK]

Oh man. I didn't realize the drop rate was so low...if not 100% it should at least be 75%-90%, that way it might take you 15 runs to get a weapon instead of an even 10 runs; a little time sink on a time sink is okay, but I believe when you take a time sink and compound it exponentially (like they seemed to have done based on your experiences) that's just torture.

[totallynotme]

(Job-specific weapons are lined up for after 1.21, and we’re making sure getting them will entail a bit of difficulty! :P)

These types of statements used to excite me, but now I know it doesn't mean difficulty, it just means quit your job, leave your girlfriend and play 24/7 for 1 year until we are ready to launch 2.0.

If SE refuses to make it a 100% drop, they could at least do something else, like make totems a 100% drop if you kill Ifrit in under 10min or something.

[UmJammerSully]

These types of statements used to excite me, but now I know it doesn't mean difficulty, it just means quit your job, leave your girlfriend and play 24/7 for 1 year until we are ready to launch 2.0.

What makes you so sure that this trend won't continue into 2.0? That's what worries me. I think we just need to complain louder!

[Velhart]

What makes you so sure that this trend won't continue into 2.0? That's what worries me. I think we just need to complain louder!

Yoshida already said that 2.0's loot system will be revolved around a Need/Greed system.

[Agate]

It seems more like they didn't change the drop rate at all since 1.19, they just added one new item to the pool - "Useless fraction of a weapon." I can foresee some people having all but one weapon and still not enough tokens for the last one.

[Tibian]

It is the same way with Kupo Nut Charms. Completely retarded. It is more or less insulting to think this is what SE considers an acceptable fix to the terrible terrible loot distribution method that currently exists.

[totallynotme]

Maybe it's time SE updated that notice before you select your character to better reflect the current FFXIV? Here's a suggestion.

[Neptune]

Maybe it's time SE updated that notice before you select your character to better reflect the current FFXIV? Here's a suggestion.

lol.

And I'm shocked to hear about the low drop rate on the totem. I thought it would be a 100% drop, and take maybe 40 of them to trade in or something.