Quote Originally Posted by Jokerz_93 View Post
Sorry if I ask, but do you really run hardcore endgame contents?
From what I can see, you don't.

Gearing in this game is pointless.
Better do savages for the challenge rather than to obtain a BiS that will be obsolete after 6.4 release.

Also, everyone try to follow me:
Normal Mode vs Savage Mode.

Normal Mode is the easy mode where there is no need to cooperate.
No DPS check, we can only make one healer dps while everyone can /sit and watch.
No Tank responsability. Tanks can pop their stance and /sit with the party while healer do DPS.
We made our Monk tank P5n so not sure if tanks need their stance on.
Healing/mitigations check barely exists. While one healer do DPS the other can throw one heal once per AOE and /sit with others.
And, no mechanics. Just dodge here, dodge there.
At the end of the fight, 8 loots in total and only one per player.

The game is telling "You did well, everyone did well. You all deserve something. Oh, poor child. You didin't take what you wanted? Don't worry. You can leave without any loot and retry it. You are garantee to get something".

Now, savage mode.
DPS check, expecially in week one is tight as fuck (p7s/p8s are good examples). Everyone needs to dps, even healers.
Healings/mitigations check. Everyone needs to help healers during the fight with their: Reprisal/HoL/DM/Shaki/Faint/Addle/Samba/Tactician/Troubadoor (or whatever)/Barrier Magick/etc..
Tanks responsability: if one tank dies, the other one is preatty fucked most of the time and so the party. Buster swaps or share damage, mitigations plans. Move boss correctly (the easy responsability) and so on...
...and ofc the basics: mechanics. If one players dies during a major mechanic...it's wipe. 101 out 10.
Basically Savage mode is the mode where actually all players must to cooperate together to get the kill.
Rewards? One book per kill and 4 (1st/2nd and 3rd floor) and 3 (4th) loots and potentially one player can obtain everything.

So now, what the game is telling to you is: "Yay, you did it! Gratz, here a book! But now since I don't know how to keep you playing I've elaboreted a punitive RNG system only for you, dear PF raider, that will stuck you in the next 4 month with the illusion to get the loot you need, and when you'll get most of it...there will be the new 640 crafted gear and your efforts will be wasted! Happy raiding!"

Yep, defenitly the savage reward system is fine as it is.
There are two aspects at play here. One is longevity of content, SE doesnt want everyone to burn through the tier in a week and leave people coming in late in the dust. The other one getting raiders to stay subbed and spend money. These two aspects can not be seperated easily.