What if there were no loot restrictions in normal mode raids from release day?

[AdamuKun322]

This thought spurred a question in my head about what if, in the normal raids, there were no loot restrictions/lockouts, from day 1, but still need at least 7 of those special tokens which remained once a week? I think I wouldn't mind it and I'd be able to gear up my other jobs a little quicker. The caveat to this is still having the weekly loot lockouts in Savage because SE would likely never change that.

[Rosentretter]

People tend to burn the content really quick and get bored in a few weeks. With this suggestion you make it'll cause people to get bored sooner and probably the queues will be longer. After gearing all their classes they won't do it again.

[Derceto]

People tend to burn the content really quick and get bored in a few weeks. With this suggestion you make it'll cause people to get bored sooner and probably the queues will be longer. After gearing all their classes they won't do it again.

This philosophy can be applied to the current system. People get their weekly item, then never touch it again until next week.

How many people here run Alphas after they got their weekly items, because they are "so much fun"? Don't everyone raise your hands at once.

[van_arn]

*sheepishly raises a hand*

[Bourne_Endeavor]

This philosophy can be applied to the current system. People get their weekly item, then never touch it again until next week.

How many people here run Alphas after they got their weekly items, because they are "so much fun"? Don't everyone raise your hands at once.

Except they still have to queue every week. I farmed normal mode for several months to gear alt jobs. If I could get everything I wanted whenever I wanted, I'd farm week one/two and never look at normal mode again for the duration of the tier. So people who came along say, week five, wouldn't see me in the queue because I've long done farming everything I wanted. Whereas with the current system, I'm providing them a queue.

[DracotheDragon]

the main issue is, if they had done that, then people would farm only the fourth fight, leaving no-one to do the first three, anyone new would face horrendous queues, if it was a mission they would be done as soon as reset has happened and then be dead for the week, still just as bad, the way the rewards are split is to attempt to maximise the amount of times people do the content over the spread until the next patch.

[AdamuKun322]

Yeah I see what you're saying. It was just a thought another streamer on twitch bought up.

[Astarotha]

id rather they add a weekly drop similar to pages so those with absolute shit luck dont run something 15 times in a day and get nothing from it

[Maero]

id rather they add a weekly drop similar to pages so those with absolute shit luck dont run something 15 times in a day and get nothing from it

I'd rather have a guaranteed token loot and then a limited loot. "Being bored" is a poor excuse because I can tell ya by the time you're in alpha2 for 11th time cuz you can't get the loot you want, not only you're already bored but you're also irritated.

Exactly this ^
Or they can change the loot system entirely and we all know how bad of a rng system this game has.
Every raid i always end up not getting loot so instead of running 20+ i now just run a few times each as i just do not care anymore, lol

[Rhus]

I would prefer a time system or something. Then I can pick what I want and don't have to keep running because I can't seem to roll above a 8 for that darn shaft lol
Fight 1 - 200
Fight 2 - 250
Fight 3 - 300
Fight 4 - 350
Total: 1000 per week capped
Now if accs cost 1000, feet arms and head 1250, belt 1300 and body legs 1500. That's 13150. So 13 weeks of running and you'll be able to afford a whole set. (Okay you'd need to run 1 on week 14 but you could tweak numbers to make it work in 13 or less) same idea as the weekly tomes except these would be separate and gained through that raid teir.