Square Enix should really address dungeon loot drops...

[Maulclaw]

This is a bit of a rant, and I apologize for it in advance.

FFXIV has one of the best MMO experiences I've had in recent memory, but the way loot drops are handled in dungeons (at least throughout ARR - StB) are beyond abysmal and are probably one of the worst examples I've ever seen in a videogame like this.

There was an armor set from Sohr Khai called Berserker that I really wanted for my Paladin, and I figured it would only take me a few runs to get it. That was my intention about a month ago. I've ran this dungeon over 93 times since then. Each run takes roughly five to eight minutes to complete (depends if there's an unsynced party)... which means I've spent over 7 hours trying to get a basic dungeon set. And yet I'm still missing the boots and legs.

A friend of mine has been playing for longer than I have and he has run Kugane Castle nearly 300 times in the past four months and is still missing a pair of gloves...

This is simply... insane. Other MMOs have been known to handle this kind of thing a whole lot better:

• they adjust loot quantities so there's enough drops to go around or make it so it's tied to players rather than being shared by the whole party (ex: The Elder Scrolls Online);
• they adjust drops to the classes present in the dungeon, meaning that the gear that will be dropped can only be used by the characters that are present in that instance (ex: TERA Online);
• provide a certain amount of "tokens" per run that can be later used to purchase gear from said dungeon (ex: Guild Wars 2);
• make the loot tradeable so that players can hand it to others or sell it within the game's "marketboard" system (ex: Star Wars: The Old Republic);

The fact that FFXIV only provides one piece per treasure chest means it can take thousands of tries until someone gets the equipment they want/need, and I don't understand why Square Enix hasn't done anything about this? I can only imagine how terrible this must be at endgame, and that thought alone is enough to put me off from even wanting to.

A lot of people say that this game is known for "respecting the player's time", but this kind of thing is far from being truthful. I mean, is there anything else that I can do? Is the removal of belts going to help this at all? I'm really exhausted from running this over and over again, and it's gotten to a point where I'm in too deep to stop now. The worst is that this outfit was meant to my main Heavensward glamour and I'm almost done with Stormblood now.

P.S: Checked some other threads sharing the same feelings and this has been a major issue since 2013. How come more people don't voice their distaste for what is an obvious major flaw with the game?