Trends in content types and faux difficulty

[Darte]

Personally, I would rather progress towards 100 tokens as opposed to a single random % drop.

[Nullie]

Personally, I would rather progress towards 100 tokens as opposed to a single random % drop.

This is what I am for and I even said exactly 100 tokens to my shell as well, but keep the same % drop rate and the people who spam can be rewarded with tokens that can be exchanged for a piece. I wouldn't want to do 100 runs and not have anything for all that. I know we are at close to 200 speed runs and still not a single body drop. We alternate CC and AV so this is quite a let down from us. Especially after another shell who just barely starts winning the runs already has 2-3 body drops.

At least by now we could have exchanged for something already.

[UmJammerSully]

I would honestly prefer it if they tokenize more events in the game than continue with this really annoying super low drop-rate stuff. There is no reason for militia gear to be yet another random drop at the end of hamlet, items purchasable with currency won from doing hamlet would be a hell of a lot more ideal IMO.

You score 18,292 in hamlet, well done, here's 182 'militia tokens'. With 2,000 tokens you can purchase the Militia Belt, with 4,000 tokens you can purchase the Militia Subligar... etc.

[Firon]

I would honestly prefer it if they tokenize more events in the game than continue with this really annoying super low drop-rate stuff. There is no reason for militia gear to be yet another random drop at the end of hamlet, items purchasable with currency won from doing hamlet would be a hell of a lot more ideal IMO.

You score 18,292 in hamlet, well done, here's 182 'militia tokens'. With 2,000 tokens you can purchase the Militia Belt, with 4,000 tokens you can purchase the Militia Subligar... etc.

^ This and i agree with everything the OP said. I'm sick of RNG and its annoying one thing i found funny in XI upgrading a relic shield was less of a hassle than anything else in that game cause every time i did dyna i knew i was getting closer and closer. I would like to see token system implemented for a lot of things. If the ex darklight raider was like hey i will give you an Darklight _____ for 100 tokens id be cool with that even if it meant having to do the raid 100 times.

[Zezlar]

I would honestly prefer it if they tokenize more events in the game than continue with this really annoying super low drop-rate stuff. There is no reason for militia gear to be yet another random drop at the end of hamlet, items purchasable with currency won from doing hamlet would be a hell of a lot more ideal IMO.

You score 18,292 in hamlet, well done, here's 182 'militia tokens'. With 2,000 tokens you can purchase the Militia Belt, with 4,000 tokens you can purchase the Militia Subligar... etc.

Precisely what I wanted, but alas here we are.

[Kaizlu]

Yup, I agree 100% with the OP.

When DH and Ifrit were released I was on the "low droprates, short cooldown" camp. But then after more content was released I just lost hope. My personal example is with Ifrit. I'm 7/7 right now with 50-75 wins, so it wasn't that bad - but there was a guy on my ls who did around 200+ and only got to 4/7. Not only did he spend more time fighting Ifrit, he also has/had really good gear and is a skilled player. And yet, I was rewarded better with my crappy gear, and so-so performance. There's something wrong there.

That's why I haven't really bothered to spam Moogle. And while I haven't cleared CC , AV or Garuda (completed the quests for CC and AV and haven't tried lv50 Garuda) I know that even if I do my best (gear and skill) there's only a really small chance at getting something in the end. So, why do it?

I think we all know these drop rates are here to prolong content, and we can live with it because 2.0 is coming and such. But once 2.0 I don't think everyone will be so tolerant, at least I won't be.

[Lux_Rayna]

Ppl need to get it in their head that spamming shit does not produce faster results. Roll the dice a few times a day, or a week, and move on. Rolling it 30 times in one day doesnt help you at all. You will lose more than youll win due to the low probability. Spamming it works against you.

Spamming only helps when the edge is in your favor, or theres a predetermined outcome (like garuda). If none of these are true it is wiser to avoid spamming and just hope you get lucky.

[Kaizlu]

Ppl need to get it in their head that spamming shit does not produce faster results. Roll the dice a few times a day, or a week, and move on. Rolling it 30 times in one day doesnt help you at all. You will lose more than youll win due to the low probability. Spamming it works against you.

Spamming only helps when the edge is in your favor, or theres a predetermined outcome (like garuda). If none of these are true it is wiser to avoid spamming and just hope you get lucky.

So, just leave it as it is?

Wouldn't it be better to have really hard content and reward those that beat it because it took skill, planning, etc...?

I actually like the idea of not having lockouts, since the content is "always ready" - but sadly that comes with horrible drop rates (which most of the replies here don't like)

[Kowen]

Ppl need to get it in their head that spamming shit does not produce faster results. Roll the dice a few times a day, or a week, and move on. Rolling it 30 times in one day doesnt help you at all. You will lose more than youll win due to the low probability. Spamming it works against you.

Er... maybe I misunderstood your point, but rolling a die 30 times definitely makes it more likely that you'll get a certain number than if you only rolled it once.

[darkstarpoet1]

Er... maybe I misunderstood your point, but rolling a die 30 times definitely makes it more likely that you'll get a certain number than if you only rolled it once.

you are completely correct.

some people such as the poster you quoted doesn't understand that if the average person gets a drop after completing something 50 times that if you run it 20 times a day you are much more likely to get something before someone only running it once a week. using a rng it's not for sure you will get the stuff faster, but your chances are much higher to get faster results.