QoL Change: Ex Trial Mounts

[Cidel]

Honestly, we are lucky we got totem turn ins in the first place.

I disagree. It was a decent gesture by the dev team back in the early stages of Heavensward when people suggested that having bad luck and 2 layers of RNG (the actual drop and then lotting against 7 other people) was frustrating and thought spending a large amount of totems on mount whistles was an acceptable stopgap for those who were more than competent in the fight, but had the worst luck. Saying we are lucky we have totem trade-ins for mounts is like saying we're lucky we have a totem trade-in for weapons in the first place (requested from ARR primals) or even a place to give feedback at all (as a blanket excuse for everything these forums have ever asked for and got implemented).


Honestly? I'm also of the opinion that the mount should be purchasable right off the bat too (99 runs isn't anything to scoff at), and it doesn't cheapen the value of the mounts "won" through sheer dumb luck. And I run into far more people who get fed up/demoralized and/or look at their 99th token as "the end" and quit the primal entirely than those few who are hungry enough to keep trying after their 99th token. I think it's a bit desperate that they hold-out allowing the trade-ins sooner on the grounds that they can entice some people to keep gambling their time for the hope of seeing the drop and outrolling the whole/most of the party. But eh, it's just a mount I suppose.

[CashLion]

I would love to see the trade-in available immediately since you can only sacrifice so many Lalas to RNGesus.

On Lakshmi, I happened to first see the mount after 20-something fights and won the roll.
On Susano, it took me 60+ fights after his drop rate had been buffed and I had seen the mount 15 times.

At this point I am willing to farm totems because I am still working towards some of the Tank mounts, but once I inevitably get all those who knows?

I have never had to get 99 totems from a fight after the drop rate is buffed and am casual, so I am fine with waiting.

The only exception to that might be when the new Kirin/Firebird equivalent is released.

[Kai_Lee]

It also force you to resub whenever they actually add to the game and make it available to be exchange for 99 totems. So they get an extra month worth of money from you. Hehe, suckas!!!

[SinisterJoints]

I dont understand this either. Personally not being a mount fanatic, if someone has the motivation to farm 99 totems and not get their mount by then, by all means they deserve it....

[DrWho2010]

Forced scarcity to keep you playing. Dangling that carrot. gotta keep you on that drip.

[NoctusT]

They're already forcing folks to at least do 99 runs if they don't get a drop so it'd be nice if they actually let us buy the mount on patch or in the next patch or two weeks after patch drops or something. I know a number of people who wait to farm the primals since they increase the drop rate with patches so it's not like people wouldn't be running those primals at all. I recently met another person who has a policy of 10 tokens per day so he'll be doing the primal for at least 10 days if his luck is the worst.

[VaultScout]

See that's the point. As an Fc leader, i don't mind running a primal for another 300 runs after i've gotten my own drop out of the way either. I help everyone in my Fc, friends or just randomly on the pf clear, there's no reason to not be able to purchase sooner. Those who will help others and keep content alive are gonna do so no matter if they can get a drop out of it or not. On the other hand, those who just want the mount rarely continue after the 99 runs. in my experience they are more likely to continue to 99 runs and then stop entirely. While i see way more people leaving the game because they are fed up being subject to constant bragging by the few lucky ones.