Strider Boots and Hermes' Shoes

[fulminating]

Make people do eureka for them, it’s not like the game has any better content.

[dspguy]

Make people do eureka for them, it’s not like the game has any better content.

I'm pretty sure the drop rate on those changed to be much higher. I ran a ton of Eureka back when it came out. I think out of my FC, only a small handful of us ever got the drop back in SB. A bunch of us jumped back for "fun" - killed Simurgh twice - dropped to the whole group. Twice. Of course, this could be just insane luck... but going from dozens of kills in 4.X with a few drops among like 20+ people to an entire party getting 16 pairs in two kills?

I don't know some other Eureka items have higher drop rates as well. Maybe?

As for sprint... there aren't many places you need to go to in town that takes more than 20s from aetheryte to NPC/location. Frankly, I think Strider boots are a waste. We don't have a macro to /equip feet "Strider Boots" to put them on ANY job. We have to make a gearset to put them on - meaning, I'd have to switch jobs to utilize them. If there is a way to /equip feet, please correct me.

[DixieBellOCE]

Make people do eureka for them, it’s not like the game has any better content.

Eureka is peak content.

Even to this day it is more rewarding than any other piece of long term content in the game

Need Gil? Bunny fates.
Need Glam? Elemental sets.
Need that raiding itch to be scratched? BA.

Oh.. and the gear obtained in Eureka actually HELPS you in Eureka. CHARACTER PROGRESSION! OMG

[dspguy]

Eureka is peak content.

Even to this day it is more rewarding than any other piece of long term content in the game

Need Gil? Bunny fates.
Need Glam? Elemental sets.
Need that raiding itch to be scratched? BA.

Oh.. and the gear obtained in Eureka actually HELPS you in Eureka. CHARACTER PROGRESSION! OMG

While I applaud your enthusiasm - everything mentioned is only usable within Eureka. The rest is glam. And I know "glam is the end-game" there isn't much application for Eureka outside of it. And this is coming from someone that thoroughly enjoyed Eureka and thought it was a great addition to the game.

[VeyaAkemi]

While I applaud your enthusiasm - everything mentioned is only usable within Eureka. The rest is glam. And I know "glam is the end-game" there isn't much application for Eureka outside of it.

Also Eureka glams are hardly for everyone, no style of glam is, as someone who enjoys femme dresses and cute outfits, not a single Eureka glam works for me.

[ICountFrom0]

If pvp sprint will let you run endlessly, why can't sprint do that in town?
If island sprint can refresh as often as you run, why can't sprint do that in town?

But sure, I'd like the boots to work just being in invintory, if I have to pick a small and possible dream.

[Tint]

If pvp sprint will let you run endlessly, why can't sprint do that in town?
If island sprint can refresh as often as you run, why can't sprint do that in town?

But sure, I'd like the boots to work just being in invintory, if I have to pick a small and possible dream.

Because they are completely different skills. In PvP areas your normal skills are exchanged for a set of PvP actions, in Island Sanctuary you still have access to your normal sprint, but also get the additional duty action for sprinting.

To make that work in a city-state they either have to add a duty action when you are in a city, or exchange the sprint action with a different skill, which then automatically has to be replaced on your hotbar every time you enter or leave a city.

Of course the more elegant solution would be to increase the duration of the normal sprint. The duration is shorter in combat, only 10 seconds, and longer when you are wearing the mentioned shoes, 30 seconds. So it should be possible to add another line to the code which asks if you are in a city-state and when it says yes the duration will be increased to 60 seconds.

But programming all that takes time and my expectations are low. I will rather ask for the thing which takes less effort, since the system is already in place: Buffing the Strider Boots and Hermes' Shoes.

It would also be a good first step and bandaid fix before we can have a proper endless sprint.

[Elkanah]

Honestly, removing sprint with a cast time and make it a constant icon (unless in battle) would be a better fit. They do it in PVP already. So cut down both the button bloat and the sprint feature