How about some kind of iLvl Sync for CT1-3?

[BubblyBoar]

Void Ark is as fast as ST and faster than LotA. People that are gear scumming are just trying to avoid Orbonne. They are the vast minority of people, at least on my datacenter because I have a pretty even split as far as the 50 and 60 alliances go. The 70 ones I rarely get, which is fine.


That said, lowering the exp on the 50 ones isn't going to fix the problem. They did it with MSQ roulette and all that happened was people dropped if they got CM instead of Praet. Kep the EXP the same and fix the actual problem instead of the symptoms of it.

[Vnolan]

Actually, I suddenly think I know why the CT raids are going so much faster, though I could be wrong. The raid-wide DPS totals are higher now than they were, and not just because of ilevel creep. Before, it was 2tanks/2healers/4DPS, and now it's 1Tank/2healers/5DPS. We literally have more damage now than we could have had then, even with matching item levels.

Only LotA had two tanks. Dps totals have gone up, but that's because of values being changed with ShB's release. At the end of the last expansion, you would not be skipping the second flare on the last boss or killing Behemoth before the second meteor, Party C would get in some hits on Thanatos instead of it being dead by the start of B, etc. In Rabanastre, you could skip some mechanics on the second boss with proper gear and a group that knew how to perform rotations. Now, even average groups are skipping those same mechanics (though not all, which says a lot about DF).

[Fynlar]

Actually, I suddenly think I know why the CT raids are going so much faster, though I could be wrong. The raid-wide DPS totals are higher now than they were, and not just because of ilevel creep. Before, it was 2tanks/2healers/4DPS, and now it's 1Tank/2healers/5DPS. We literally have more damage now than we could have had then, even with matching item levels.

It was only LotA that was 2/2/4. Syrcus and above was 1/2/5 from the outset.

And that's a contributor, but not the only one. Despite LotA getting changed to 1/2/5, it's still slower than Syrcus, for instance.

Void Ark is as fast as ST and faster than LotA. People that are gear scumming are just trying to avoid Orbonne.

The problem with including Void Ark is that you'll also be including WoD, which isn't outgeared *quite* as badly, not to mention people still manage to fail at Angra Mainyu or chaining Cerberus somehow even nowadays.

Everything after Void Ark, even if it is still easy, is still slower.

[jazo]

are you nuts??????

that older content gets easier is the intended way to do stuff

Instead, you should be asking for a "hard" version of said raids, with updated loot pools, level so you can use all current skillsets, dyable version of gear, new gear, and even maybe introduce more dynamic ilvl gear (so like, you get a lvl 50 piece that upgrades stats and ilvl aso you can use it up to lvl 79~80 or something) (and also ask for armor part pieces to go to their own currency tab and standarize it)

That would be a good time and resource investment, to give more content, updated boss fights, a retouch on dungeon visuals (even a palette swap would suffice imho so dont need to go over the top to remake them but as OP wants make fights challenging)

[SerLuke]

Yeah, I'm sure people are still queueing LotA/ST specifically for the super relevant gear upgrades, or the funsies, or what have you... while people trying to run things like Dun Scaith are waiting forever for their queues. No problem here; definitely isn't because the dungeons are imbalanced or anything!

It isn't as much of a minority as you think.

I frequently see bonuses in the crystal tower raids, people que in there for the story connection to Shadowbringers

[SerLuke]

And I was quing for alliance the other day with some sub 60 jobs(as do a lot of people which is why they come up so frequently), guess I am part of your problem?

[KarstenS]

They are the vast minority of people

As I did not long ago some stuff on other chars too.

All as DPS role.

Waiting time for invite:

CT1 and 2 without bonus: less than 5 minutes nearly the whole day.

CT3 with bonus: 20-30 minutes.

Dun Scaith with bonus: up to an hour.

A "minority" looks different.

[Fynlar]

that older content gets easier is the intended way to do stuff

If that's the case, level caps and item level caps should be off by default, particularly for content as old as 2.x

[BubblyBoar]

As I did not long ago some stuff on other chars too.

All as DPS role.

Waiting time for invite:

CT1 and 2 without bonus: less than 5 minutes nearly the whole day.

CT3 with bonus: 20-30 minutes.

Dun Scaith with bonus: up to an hour.

A "minority" looks different.

You can thank Sadowbringers for that. Tons of people that never did it before are doing it now. I see bonuses and achievements all the time.

[Tizzy_Tormentor]

I've just stopping doing the alliance roulette, the only raids I ever tend to get are the CT raids and those are no fun at all, so I just don't bother anymore, especially since there are players that intentionally drop their ilvl before queuing so they get the lvl 50 ones. I used to enjoy both LotA and Syrcus, but at this point they feel like dull wastes of time, WoD is a little better, mostly because you can't just ignore everything that's happening around you.