Feedback: 99 totems should reward the mount right away, not half a year later.

[Samaeliza]

As the title says, if someone has to go through the torture of 99 runs of a new EX fight without getting the mount, they should be rewarded for that, not given the middle finger "wait a couple of patches". ( Oh, I'm not even going to go to the RNG that quite often gives the mount to the person laying dead through the fight, you know, the person who contributed the least to the clear ).
Also when the mount is purchasable in the future, the drop rate has also been buffed already so it's kind of a big middle finger for those who had to do the fight 99 times

How many people actually do keep trying to farm after getting to 99 totems, which already takes quite a hefty time?

How about we change Savage books to the same way as well "Oh you didn't win loot? It's okay, here are books that you can use next year!"

[chip793]

Personally, I like them introducing it later. If I overcap totems going for it and it drops it's just a ton of free EX mats for when the augs eventually release. The lower drop rate does suck from a first glance, but I enjoy EX enough as a tier to want to try at least once or twice a week for the mounts.

[LibitIncarne]

Why did they got back to 1 totem per kill?
You should be thankful that we have the pity at all. ARR trials don't have it.
Savage Books are a necessary mechanic to let people gear up despite how long it may take due to RNG.
You don't need mounts for gear progression.

If you really want the mount now, then put up a lootmaster party and say you'll pay 2M+ to everyone when you get the mount. This is not against the terms of service, and if people get tired and leave before the mount drops, you don't have to pay them.

[SnowVix]

Why did they got back to 1 totem per kill?

the fights aren't long enough to be 2 totems.

[LibitIncarne]

the fights aren't long enough to be 2 totems.

FFLogs is showing that the current fastest clears for them are around 7 minutes. (I don't like FFLogs, but it's just a good resource for this.)
The only Endwalker duty I could find with on-patch fastest clears above 7:30 was Endsinger EX. The other four EX trials that yes, gave 2 totems, had speedkills of below 7 minutes on-patch.
Shadowbringers' Ruby and Emerald EXs are around 4 minutes for each phase.
The longest EX trial that exists is Hades EX at a 10 minute speedrun.

If these 2 fights aren't long enough for 2 totems, then only Hades EX ever was.

[Nezerius]

Why did they got back to 1 totem per kill?

No one really knows why the launch trials are excluded from the decision they made back in ShB, which was having EX trials drop 2 totems (starting with Diamond Weapon). You'll likely see 2 totems from the post-launch EX trials, similar to how EW was handled.

Afaik, the only time SE has used fight length as a reason for 2 totem drops was for Hades EX.

[Arohk]

Yes thast how it should be, it is just wasting inventory space to keep the totems for months.

hat also includes Salvaging the gear, i really don't like to carry around the loot for 6 months before i can salvage the crap even when i don't need it anymore.

How many people actually do keep trying to farm after getting to 99 totems, which already takes quite a hefty time?

You might not beliefe that, but i had people in Zeromus that said they already got 250 totems and still no Mount.

That is somethign i certainly wouldn't do, i get 99 and then im done, unless i get lucky.

[Dels]

No one really knows why the launch trials are excluded from the decision they made back in ShB, which was having EX trials drop 2 totems (starting with Diamond Weapon). You'll likely see 2 totems from the post-launch EX trials, similar to how EW was handled.

My guess is it's because it is literally the only "endgame" content to do for the first month so they figure people can/will spend more time on it. (And also possibly just because these two will last the longest - you have 2.5 years to farm them and they will become the quickest when outgeared)

[Volgia]

The gratification must be instant, I demand it.