Quote Originally Posted by Lux_Rayna View Post
Really think about it. If you have a 97% chance to lose would you really wanna try your hand at that 40 hours a week? Hell no. Do a couple runs at a time and hope luck falls your way. Use all your other time to pursue other goals...like HQ's or even double melds/triple melds...which have much higher odds than darklight btw. Don't put the darklight on a pedestal!
As a main Black Mage, the Darklight is worthless for me as it is (so I'm by no means putting on a pedestal). The best gear for me is double/triple melded gear (purely luck-based endeavors) so my alternative is bang my head (and blow my gil) against that RNG.

That aside, why even try something if you only have a 1% chance at succeeding? I wouldn't put money down at the black jack table w/ those odds, so why would I want to spend 30 mins of my time fighting the same odds. Also, I specifically said NOT to take RNG out of the game, but just to weigh skill higher than luck. I'm not impressed when I see someone in hard to obtain gear, because I know they just got lucky. By the same token, how can I feel a sense of accomplishment for obtaining something when it really just boils down to luck? Where is the value in doing anything in life w/out the incentive to do it well? I also never said to make ANYTHING 100% drop rate, but since we're not in a casino, yes I believe skill should increase the odds.