Primal Drops: What we want!

[Estellios]

I would be fine with 100% totem drop rate for all members but them becoming untradeable.

[Krausus]

Just so the community team can have a solid place to point when we as a community speak out about this issue.

From what I can gather (Feel free to correct me) The main frustration with Primal loot is not that it doesn't drop often, or how hard the battle is, the wait to re-enter, or the number of charms/nuts we need.

The real issue is that we can't pass the weapons to those who actually need them.

Vote if you think the only thing we need to change is how the Primal loot is distributed!

*edit*
This post itself isn't about any other solution than passing of drops if you want to suggest another solution don't like this option. Only vote for this if you think the only thing that needs to change is the abillity to pass your weapons (Keep the U/U but allow them to be distributed after the kill)

Furthermore if anyone else wants to propose a idea for a solution let me know and I'll link it in this as the post for ____ idea. I'll try to keep replicated ideas on a single post though I am human so let me know if you think i misjudged your idea as the same as someone elses. I'll format this post accordingly when other ideas roll in.

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Jynx: Just allow us to pass drops (This post).


Chardrizard: 100% totem drop rate, but more totems required.


Asiaine: (Keep everything as it) Make duplicate drops to a player become 10 totems.

yeah I have always wished they never messed with it and left it like dungeon loot, SEs excuse was they where afraid people would fight over the loot, well its a good enough system for dungeons why not primals.

[Jynx]

Whatever the solution it's just maddening to go on so many runs to hear "Lol I got a axe for my level 10 marauder!" that has to stop...

[Kinseykinz]

It was explained before that they are unable to do it with current engine because of how primals chest works. Everyone gets their own personal chest instead of shared like dungeon's chest. Not that i am against this idea, it might just not be possible with current system, although it doesnt make sense too since we can pass totems...

...it can't be the hard to change as EVERY OTHER CHEST in game has items that go to loot list and are passable. If what is tripping SE up is the fact that we need tapers/charms to qualify for fight...fine. Make it that you need the rare/ex items to enter. Get rid of totems/charms and allow players to pass weapons. Done.

[Noir]

yeah I have always wished they never messed with it and left it like dungeon loot, SEs excuse was they where afraid people would fight over the loot, well its a good enough system for dungeons why not primals.

People fight for loots? Very simple. When I make a party for dezmael, beforehand it's said. You keep what you get, unless you want to give. That's how it is. Everyone exchanges it for seals anyway. So cut the QQ and bear with your luck. If you don't want it or like it, you can leave and won't be missed. I am sick and tired of the drama over dungeon loot.

[Sfarzoso]

We want candies! We want candies!

or...

Trick or Treat Square Enix!

[Asiaine]

Actually when you have repeated the content successfully 100-200 times you should at least have the weapon you want.

Problem 1: You should not have to repeat anything 100-200 times. It is not that we should get the item after doing it 100-200 times, we should not need to do it 100-200 times to begin with. That should be addressed ^.^;

Saying otherwise is just retarded that's an immense amount of time to be grinding the same thing and would probably put a Korean grind fest to shame.

This world has always been about grinding, but some things should not be over-grounded? ^.^;

Although I agree that passing the weapons is not the best solution, but 100% token drop and working towards the item you "actually want" is. (people should be rewarded for their hard work)

Problem 2: 'Working...' We should not be 'working'. This should not count as work. This is supposed to be fun.


I am not in favour of making things common. I like things to be rare, and can appreciate some things being ultra-rare.
I am not in favour of SE holding our hands and stopping us from tiring ourselves out. We are not babies, and should be able to tell when we are getting tired and go do something else.

I am in big favour of addressing the underlying problems. In this situation, the 'mechanic' for obtaining an item is to repeat the exact same thing 100-200 times. After a while you reach a point where if you could, you could macro the entire thing quite easily.

If you had to do 100 quests in order to receive a reward, but each quest was sufficiently different, then I believe there would be less complaint.

And I think maybe that is where the answer may lie. We would do the equivalent of 100-200 runs (time wise, skill wise, challenge wise), but each run would be different enough to keep it interesting.

For example:
Varying mobs and critters of different levels or skills.
Changing maps and locations of levers/pitfalls/etc.
Fighting different boses, whose tactics would be different. (Or even the same boss occassionally who changes tactics each time).

Imagine if you will, for Ifrit:
There was no safe spot, and where he jumps each time would be different. This alone would make it a bit more interesting.

Imagine perhaps, Princess:
You can't set the timer to when the guard will appear. Or know when the supporting ants will appear. Or know exactly when Marshall will appear. They would appear randomly, or not at all, or more than you would expect. Or different things would appear to help her. Perhaps she would run away and hide behind a giant ogre.

At the very least, removing the pre-recorded choreography from each fight would make each fight a bit more interesting.

Therefore the challenge falls onto SE. Not to give in and make everything easier, but rather to strive harder to make the content more dynamic, less predictable, and more engaging.

That is what I want solved ^.^

[XxSlyfox]

I don't mind the primal weapon drop system. I wouldn't mind a system where you could 'pass the weapons', but making totems 100% isn't something I would like to see. IMO, the weapons should be hard to obtain, not guaranteed after so many runs. Or another solution I'd be in favor of is totems / Nut Charms dropping instead of duplicate weapons.

[DarkEboreus]

I'm amazed people actually continued to repeat these fights 100's of times to get 7/7. I'm one of the lucky ones that only had to beat Ifrit about 40 times total to get my 7/7 lol. That's good proof that the system isn't in any way fair to all players. I think the fact that you can go for so many fights with nothing to show is too discouraging and not good design from the devs. I feel I obtained my weapons way too easily and quickly (complaining about being lucky; Ya! I'm serious! lol). The content should be able to survive after each patch and still be viable. The way it is now I wouldn't ever do Ifrit again for personal gain, only to help other players. There is nothing in it for me except piles of Dark Matter. So after seeing other peoples ideas and the dev's stance on how this system should work; I think I have a suggestion that might fit the criteria needed.

Tokens are a good idea I think since, when they drop, you know you are a step closer towards your goal. Some players think making them a guaranteed drop after each win would be a good solution but I disagree. Even if you raise the amount needed per weapon, you will have a set lifespan for the content. (example: 200 wins = 7/7 no questions asked). Having no luck in the equation will make the content monotonous and predictable.

The other idea is to make the weapons dropped from wins fall into loot lists so they can be passed to others if they so please. This is a horrible idea because even with a low drop rate, the system can be easily abused. The devs already acknowledged this; Each player has a chance of getting a weapon after a win but if an entire group is working on gearing a single person, all the other participants are increasing that persons chances at a weapon by 8 times. Even with the passing of tokens, the system is still unfair. ( My first weapon was obtained by totems and was thanks to friends passing me theirs or me buying them off others after a win.)

Having weapons drop from primal fights (even at a low chance) is unfair to others and is a lazy solution to prolonging the content. Instead all weapons should come from the token system. This means that tokens shouldn't be trade-able and should drop at a very consistent, if not completely consistent rate. To remedy the problem with predictable content lifespans, the "luck" factor can come into play when trading in the tokens. Have a price in tokens that requires a good amount of repetition (maybe 15-25 tokens if they are a 100% drop). For this price, have a random primal weapon be redeemed. This means that everyone's first primal weapon will be a predictable or somewhat predictable event. It will serve as a way to excite all players and they will have something to show for their efforts. This means that eventually getting to 7/7 will become a more luck based attempt. Turning in your tokens each time for the set price will most likely give you duplicated weapons in the long run. This would make 7/7 unbalanced so to fix this problem a second price in tokens could be introduced. The second price would be much higher (3-7 times or more) the random weapon price but it would give you the option to choose your own reward. This means all players have the choice to gamble for their 7/7 or to work towards a guaranteed weapon for a higher/more visible effort price. The existence of tokens help to show players that each of their wins is getting then 1 step closed to their projected goals. The only thing that I can see missing from this idea is that since none of the drops from wins are trade-able, there is no reason to repeat the content after 7/7. But this too can be solved with tokens. Tokens can be redeemed for more than just the primal drops. They could make our totems exchangeable for Grand Company seals or other rewards. You can even turn the Token system into a gil sink with the idea of X tokens + Y gil = Z GC seals or whatever other reward you can think of. So as far as I thought this out, it sounds to me like a viable option for primal (even dungeon) rewards.

Anyway TL;DR

1.Remove weapon drops and passable tokens.

2. Make tokens a 100% drop

3. Have a price in tokens that = random primal weapon

4. Have a higher price in tokens that = your choice of primal weapon

5. Make tokens redeemable for other rewards so 7/7's can still do content and get something out of it for themselves

[Wevlum]

I don't mind the primal weapon drop system. I wouldn't mind a system where you could 'pass the weapons', but making totems 100% isn't something I would like to see. IMO, the weapons should be hard to obtain, not guaranteed after so many runs. Or another solution I'd be in favor of is totems / Nut Charms dropping instead of duplicate weapons.

People still equating difficulty with tedium. What we want is visible progress or for the game to not troll us with dupes. No one is asking for handouts, many people have said time and time again that if totems were 100% drops they wouldn't mind them 1) being untradable and 2) cost for weapons getting raised to 20. 140 Ifrit fights to get 7/7 is enough ffs especially when I keep seeing stories like "lol I don't know what you guys are talking about, I got 7/7 in 50 runs~" Can you not see the problem with this?