There should be other ways to obtain the Field notes.

[Vahlnir]

Because I have a hard time believing that a fate is giving you so much trouble. Either you're extremely unlucky or you're doing something wrong. And I had some trouble with that fate too and an end to atrocities as well. Keep trying.



Not the same thing honestly. Extreme mounts actually require you to clear somewhat challenging content (x99), at least when it's relevant. Then you have to wait a few months for it to become tradable. It would be like asking for the EX mounts to have a 100% drop rate on extreme trials and a lower drop rate on the hard version. Not a fan of the idea.

Duels are around the same difficulty as ex trials. The mount is your reward for clearing them and pretty much the sole reason for it, and you only need to clear them once. Drops from castrum and dalriada shouldn't even be there to begin with and I think they were added because it was originally difficult to engage in duels, but the notoriety system rectified this. It's not like everything should be obtainable by everybody. But anyway, this system was clearly designed to tell players "you're supposed to do the duels if you want the shiny new mount, if you don't, start praying to rngesus", and I think it's absolutely fine. Having challenging content without good rewards would be much worse for an mmorpg.

I still don't see how wanting an alternative like having to spend an insane amount of coins for these field notes is a bad thing. There's enough incentive for people to do the duels and this wouldn't really change that. It'd still get them their mount faster, among other things. I don't want to not have to grind. Like some I would just like an alternative means. Make the higher rarity notes cost 100-500 platinum coins in Zadnor if need be. It would keep the content running a bit longer if there was something to actually work toward for those who struggle with duels. A slight increase in the drop rates from the instances wouldn't be a bad thing either. RNG is fine. Low RNG for content that won't be this active forever is not. Tying 2 notes to the same chest in the Dalriada was also a bad idea. It should have been Lyon in one and maybe Menenius as a potential drop in the final chest to keep most players from leaving before the final boss.