Alliance Roulette means Cyrstal Tower

[Kad00sh]

You could fix some of the issue with a change in requirements and a sliding scale. Some roulettes only let you que when everything on the list is unlocked. If that could be adapted here, then being level 60 means you now need to unlock the shadows of mhach series to use the roulette. And the sliding ilvl scale would also mean that level 60 player couldnt que with gear below i235. Repeat at 70 with the ivalice line and ilvl 365, and again at 80 with the nier line and ilvl 495. You would still see the highest percentage of raids being CT raids just because any player doing alliance on a 50-59 level class would be locked into them, and thus whoever they were paired with would be along for the ride. The people determined to cheat would probly start teaming up and making sure they always had someone below 60 in their group before queing, but it would at least be a step in the right direction.

You'll run into an issue on this, due to SE allowing people to level out of the expansion they are on. I have a friend right now, who was lvl 60 before starting Heaven's ward, and is over 70 and just now starting Stormblood.
They have not finished Alexander, and have not unlocked the 2nd set of alliance raids.

Not because they want to cheese the roulette, but because they have so much to do. Most of the time we don't even run the Alliance Raid Roulette due to it being so late after them running MSQ. The ilvl part would probably be the way to go with it. My friend can afford the Crafted gear that would allow them to run the Ivalice line, but isn't there story wise yet.

[Frizze]

Yeah, it would basically have to be tied to the class in question. The game checks your ilvl/class/etc when you que(including locking you into whatever class you are currently on for said que), so thats the natural point for the scale to be checked. Mind, if i were in charge i would still combine the stricter requirements with a tighter ilvl sync to make the raids harder. It also wouldnt hurt if the higher level raids gave more of an exp bonus at the end.

[Yuella]

I just got Dun Scaith 2x in a row

[Mykll]

I just got Dun Scaith 2x in a row

Dun Dun Duuuuuun!

[TaleraRistain]

Not sure about your experience, but 9 times out of 10 we've got a new person when I run it these days. Sometimes whole new groups. Or others who are just rusty. I end up explaining things a lot when we have issues.

[AriaHawksong]

I have grown tired of seeing crystal tower myself, enough that I dread doing it, but hey tomestones so might as well. I had come up with a potential solution. How about enforcing that people of a specific level like lets say 71-80 must equip gear equivalent to the item level of holminster switch or higher, and same for prior level ranges to queue into Alliance Roulette. This gives enough leeway for people who aren't geared for endgame but still enforces that people can't cheese alliance roulette.

I feel something needs to be done, because one of my biggest gripes is that unless I queue for an Alliance Raid specifically, I almost never see it. And I am sure that many others won't get a chance to ever see it beyond their initial run, and people wonder why so many people can't do the mechanics for those raids. They never get a chance to improve unless they actively aim to do so on their own time outside of the roulette. It's such a shame that so many of these raids (especially the Ivalice ones, which I felt were a lot of fun) never get seen anymore. and anything that encourages the possibility of them showing up more is good in my eyes.

If people really want their mind-numbingly boring runs of Crystal tower, why not just add them to the MSQ roulette, especially since they are required by the MSQ now to progress. it'll add some variety to msq roulette, and give other alliance raids a chance to show up. add some exp modifier to the CT raids and there you go, everyone should be happier.

[_Koneko_]

they won't do anything suggested here enjoy your eternal crystal tower i know i will when i do more resistance weapons

[Arohk]

they won't do anything suggested here enjoy your eternal crystal tower i know i will when i do more resistance weapons

Do casrum instead, it gives 5 memories, i was sick of crystal tower and only did castrum for all of them.

[KarstenS]

Maybe an unpopular solution: Undo the nerfs they have done in CT and if thats not enough, put an iLvl Cap on CT1 and CT2, so that they will get more equal to the other 24 player raid series in kind of duration an difficulty.

CT1 and 2 are just so easy, because most mechanics can be completely ignored or will not show up at all, as the bosses die so fast.

[ReynTime]

Alliance Raid is irksome in general so I for one appreciate if I get Syrcus Tower. Since that means it will end very quickly.