SE what is up with these bogus raid loot rules?

[FoxyAreku]

Because the content is intended for statics.

Join a static if you want to raid.

[Mirateski]

Because the content is intended for statics.

Join a static if you want to raid.

Ok but, if the content is 100% intended for statics, why can you pug it at all? I could understand this back when you had to sit at the entrance to get in as a full party, but now we have multiple ways to match a bunch of random people into a group to complete specifically these raids.

I feel like if you skipped a turn, running it again should net you the page at least, since you still did complete it for the week.

(fyi, I'm in a 6/8 static that's trying to recruit two melee dps, and the random 2 we pug each week ALWAYS WIN THE UPGRADE ITEMS. IT IS VERY ANNOYING)

[rjspencer4]

Because the content is intended for statics.

Join a static if you want to raid.

and that's why I don't even attempt this content.

[LunaFaye]

Because the content is intended for statics.

Join a static if you want to raid.

Back in the day I agree that raiding was literally just meant to be ran by statics, also the reason we didn't have it available via DF for a long time, but that changed with HW.

And while I agree that it is easier with statics, because you have people that are like minded, there's nothing wrong with pugging, if and here's the problem, the person that joins the group would put some effort into research.

As OP has proven in many topics prior, always late to the game, always annoyed by the "current" system that doesn't give out freebies. Even tho in most cases it has been already adjusted, like running Coil in HW and thinking that this is hard content and need nerfs/adjustments, so that they can clear it for WT etc.

Clearly there's more to it then just jumping into a PF party and hope that the next person carries you through the content. Sadly, that isn't new tho, and as we have seen, OP couldn't even be bothered to read up on raiding or the requirements/rules that goes with it, ruining it for the other parties that pug'd for 2 chests that week. But hey, at the end it's always the system that's bad, right?

[bswpayton]

Because the content is intended for statics.

Join a static if you want to raid.

Where In an official statement does se say that? I'll wait

[Mycow8me]

One of the mods said you can que in raidfinder for "duty completion", it will only allow people who have not received the weekly reward to que. Does skipping a floor and getting logged as reward received bypass this or something? If so that might be a bug. I've never skipped a floor so I don't know the details.

[Astral145]

Raiding in FFXIV is not fun with all the gates they have in place. I dont bother with it anymore for the reasons above and more. There is absolutely no reason at all for there to be so many gates in this game. We pay a sub for a reason so we dont have to deal with the bs that comes with F2P mmo's.... And no having gates does not keep people playing the game for the long haul. If anything having these kinds of gates makes players look elsewhere for raid style content.

Would I like to run savage raids?... You bet!! But not with the restrictions that are in place atm...

[bswpayton]

and that's why I don't even attempt this content.

What he said is not a true statement

[Altena]

The lockout system plastered over the entire game is stupid.
Always has been stupid, always will be stupid. However they are not going to improve it greatly aside from a few tweaks. Just something we have to live with.
It isn't just the raid loot system that has this issue - the weekly tomes is another.

Reason they won't change it is it gates people's progression and keeps them subbed for longer while they release more content.

The issue with doing a higher tier locking you from loot on the lower regardless of weekly completion I believe is simply carried over from pre-raid finder, where the moment you entered the duty you were synced to that fight.

[Aomine1992]

and that's why I don't even attempt this content.

It's very far from the truth majority of this game is pugable Including savage...Statics haven't been needed since Gordias A3s besides that
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