Solo PotD/HoH Rankings have been compromised

[NinesAI]

People do care, when the first non-RDM solo potd was complete it was news.
A SAM recently made it it was also fairly big news.

It's unironically the hardest content we have. It's the most gratifying to complete.
I've tried multiple times, and look forward to when I can put some time in to trying again.


Paying for it is disgusting.

Considering you’ve not cleared a single ultimate nor an entire tier for that fact, the claim that it’s the “hardest” content is abit hard to take seriously.

And no, people don’t care, people barely care about double legends let alone obscure achievements like solo 100/200.

Not that it matters if people buy it or not since the people that buy this kind of thing are insanely clockable.

[Shinklet]

Considering you’ve not cleared a single ultimate nor an entire tier for that fact, the claim that it’s the “hardest” content is abit hard to take seriously.

And no, people don’t care, people barely care about double legends let alone obscure achievements like solo 100/200.

Not that it matters if people buy it or not since the people that buy this kind of thing are insanely clockable.

if people don't care why are there threads and posts of people caring

[Dirwen]

if people don't care why are there threads and posts of people caring

People care because of the high price and there are people actually paying just to get a title of all things. Just buying a few mounts from mogstation got me hurting but that is only because I'm poor so people with so much disposable income irks me and maybe it is the same for other people. These are the type of people that should be playing pay-to-win games not FF14.

[Bacent]

Good for those idiots who actually trust anyone to do that crap for them. See how it says paypal gift? That's just asking to get your ass scammed. I've dealt with a few people I've commissioned IRL before through paypal, and anything that's sent as a gift can not be refunded and there's nothing paypal can do about it if it's sent as a gift.

If you're an idiot who trusts someone with your account, AND basically giving them a GIFT, then you're pretty pitiful and I hope you get scammed out of everything if you actually go for anything like this.

Honestly just leave it be. It's done outside of the game/forums, so they can't do too much about it that I'm aware of, and let people learn a VERY hard lesson.

[Quadboy]

As an avid soloer of deep dungeons, I am not completely sure if this is real or not. While I can see someone trying to sell a solo clear, to guarantee a solo clear is very much a stretch.

Whether spinning is an exploit or not is another issue, but even with spinning, everything is very much against you. Any soloer will tell you that once you get to 181/81+, a lot of it is RNG. Gold chests are also much rarer too.There’s a running joke that the only Pom you get it seems is intuition, which is completely useless. You can kill enemies quickly, but time is still very much against you. Some floors take up to 10 kills before the cairn of passage opens. It takes a good 45 seconds to a minute plus per enemy, depending on the mob. And when you take the enchantments into the equation, it’s even worse. Gloom, HP Down, Damage Down, No Abilities, and Blind all tack on extra time. We all have experienced SE’s rng. Get several no item floors in a row in the upper 80s/180s, and your run is basically over.

Basically 91/191+ you need to create a way of actually clearing with the pomanders you get. Even if you do everything correctly, if you don’t get the poms, you will run out of time. Easy.

The point is while I wouldn’t be surprised someone is selling this, no one in their right mind would tell you that a solo clear is guaranteed. There’s too much RNG involved.

For the record, my records right now are 94 with HoH and 198 with Palace. Once I get the time (and the luck) I’ll have that Necromancer title.

[Freyt]

I'm probably never going to get the Necromancer title. I love potd, but I don't have that kind of patience.

But I don't want that title diminished because of pay to win RMT, or even in game trading. If people are account sharing for such purposes, then ban them. If it's family and friends, okay, but not if it's some stranger you've never met.

[Whichi]

Considering you’ve not cleared a single ultimate nor an entire tier for that fact, the claim that it’s the “hardest” content is abit hard to take seriously.

And no, people don’t care, people barely care about double legends let alone obscure achievements like solo 100/200.

Not that it matters if people buy it or not since the people that buy this kind of thing are insanely clockable.

As someone who has cleared both ultimates and Both deep dungeons solo. The deep dungeons are harder

[Alleo]

As someone who as tried to do PotD solo I honestly just hope that anyone who buys this lose their character. It would be funny to have them pay that much money and then have the other person just delete their character. And since they went against the ToS (you are not allowed to give others access to your character) they cant even do anything about this.

(And I dont care if that makes me salty but people have worked hard to get a title and suddenly others might get it just for money..that is just wrong)

[NessaWyvern]

I. Piloted-Account Clears

Damn, who would even pay for this?

[Theodric]

This sort of thing is exactly why there needs to be a ban on in-game advertisements that direct players to Discord to discuss terms and prices for clears. It's obvious what is going on most of the time when such wording is used and if someone isn't willing to discuss such things in-game it's clear they're doing something shady. That won't stop people finding a way to get around it but I'd settle for not seeing blatant scams/shady deals advertised through the party finder.