Please Change Raid Loot system

[bone1706]

The current loot/drop system in the raids isn't fun or rewarding. Once a week you get 2 chances on a piece that you can use but because a) there are 7 sets (Fending, Striking, Scouting, Aiming, Maiming, Casting, and Healing) b) you can get gear for classes not present, and c) you can get double gear on a single run, you can get wildly divergent results for different groups or members in a group.

My static is in Sigma and has opened 42 chests of those 42 chances for loot I have gotten 0 pieces (and yes, I'm salty about it). The only DRG pieces that have dropped came after I had bought the same pieces with my pages.

With the likely expansion of classes in coming expansions the problem will only get worse.

Luckily there is a solution, one already implemented in the game. In Coil special tomes drop that can be traded for a specific slot's gear. I think its a much better system that ensures more equitable rewards for time spent and reduces the chance of getting 'useless' drops.

[Canadane]

The solution you suggest already exists and is in place. Use the books you get each week for gear you're unlucky enough to miss out on.

[Hestzhyen]

The solution you suggest already exists and is in place. Use the books you get each week for gear you're unlucky enough to miss out on.

I think he wants a 1:1 trade. And in all honesty, that would be fairer to the players- if you put in the effort and manage to clear, you should be able to get something you'll use right away. The weekly lockout of only getting one piece a week can stay if they're worried about people bum-rushing the first week and unsubbing after that. But don't make me wait four flipping weeks to get a pair of boots, okay? That just pisses me off, and is a big reason why I don't raid any more.

[bone1706]

You're right Hestzhyen. As I pointed out in my post I did spend pages on BiS gear and it bit me in the butt yesterday. In the last tier I didn't see a drop from Catastrophe for a long time but decided to "play it safe" and not spend pages until I got a piece or two, in order to only spend pages that I needed to spend. I ended up waiting 12 weeks for a drop and by that time i had enough pages to buy all the pieces I needed. After that experience I thought "why wait" for this tier and I now I've "wasted" a bunch of pages. All I'd like is to take 1 RNG element out of the equation (i.e. everything that drops is usable by everyone to exchange for a piece for a particular slot)

And ultimately while loot isn't the only reason I raid its a big one and 9 weeks of disappointment sucks.

[FIN-RaZoR]

also with my static only about 10% of all drops are for dps and all the rest is tank/healer gear, and i've been very lucky with drops and managed to get ilvl 360 while others are about 5 ilvl behind me and mt is almost 370

[DrWho2010]

our group after 8 weeks has barely seen any DPS drops and it's been every week fending and healing drops. Our tanks can't use the accs because they're using crafted/pentamelded. BUT you also have 6 months for Sigma. its just a matter of waiting. something i know a lot of people don't want to hear.