Quote Originally Posted by Jojoya View Post
If the content were balanced around not having Lost Actions, then that would unbalance the content even more when some have them and some don't. It would be a repeat of "I missed out because it was dead before I could get there ".

Either the content needs to be balanced around the existence of Lost Actions, or Lost Actions would need to be removed altogether. Remove the Lost Actions, and you remove what makes the content more interesting than normal FATEs to many players.


The Lost Action system isn't a borrowed power system, though. Lost Actions are consumable buffs. They'll still be available for you to use in Bozja/Zadnor next expansion if you go back to level up new jobs or farm relics you don't obtain this expansion.

But I do agree that borrowed power systems like those in WoW are terrible. No point in putting in all that effort if the reward is going to be permanently taken away from you at expansion's end.
Which is exactly why I think Lost Actions should be a one and done thing. Once you have it you have it forever. No need to go and farm more of them that people are either unwilling, myself included, or unable, don't have the time for, to go out and do nothing but farm items that may or may not give the Lost Action they need. How many people farming DR for relics say they ran out of Essences long ago. They have no reason or desire to go back to Southern Front or Zadnor to try and get more of these essences that "may" drop from w/e drops them that then "may" contain the item they need. RNG is fine in some things but layers upon layers of it is just maddening.

And yes I get this is content meant to last for the next 6 months. But the devs should know by now people are not going to go farm hours to get Essences just to farm other content. They are just going to farm that content and have it take longer for everyone. (I include my self in this.) Essences are just one example btw.