Treasure Maps in a bad place (Timeworn Br'aaxskin Specifically)

[VictorSpoils]

Portals appear often enough and loot is irrelevant when you're sitting on hundreds of millions of gil, but when there are achievements for clearing 20 times and the last door/spin always fails, it invalidates any time and effort put into this content. Especially when it's tailored to being party content--parties that typically wait for 8 people, move incredibly slowly, and feel the need to type "aw shucks" whenever a door closes like they haven't seen it thousands of times already. Like we aren't aware that it's a bad thing. And some of these people somehow have multiple clears in fewer attempts than you. Both they and the game are actively mocking you for accomplishing nothing. It is effectively the worst content next to PvP because there is a nonexistent guarantee of success (despite having clear achievements). In this case, you're fighting against an unknown factor.

Br'aaxskin maps, at least right now, might as well be ran solo as each room only takes 5 minutes to clear (the other dungeon is about 9-10) and you're spending most of that time playing the game rather than tabbing out every 20 seconds waiting for people. And if there's a nonzero chance of the game giving loot when you solo, it's yours, which may pique your interest considering all the parties now are FFA.

[Gurgeh]

They should make these for light party and then have them scale up to full party. More brain dead content. They aren't even fun socially. Most discord groups of I've run these with they've done it 100 times. They are only there for the gill, and it's like noone else is playing the game. Noone is paying attention. Not even for the 1,2,3,4,etc adds. Can't blame them. They can do it in their sleep, and it's not interesting to them.

[TrickyHunter]

Here's the updated data:
-Total Maps Run:122
- Total Portals: 66
- Total No Portals:56
- Total Figmental Weapons Dropped: 4
- Total Rainbows: 15
- Total Twilight Gemstones Dropped: 10
- Total Free Passes: 14
- Kicked After 1st Room: 17
- Kicked After 2nd Room: 12
- Kicked After 3rd Room: 15
- Kicked After 4th Room: 7
- Reached 5th Room: 11
I want to get the Figmental weapon for my Dark Knight, so I did some math based on the data I gathered. Based on my calculations, I should be able to obtain a Figmental weapon after running 1,000 maps!

[Darko]

I have run maps since SB and yeah, in all my time running, i have never had luck as bad as Dawntrails.
I cant even get FC members to join anymore as they all say its not worth it. Portals never appear and when they do we seldom get past the first door."

Yoshi-P has stated he wanted to reduce the amount of gil in XIV economy, and he blamed treasure maps as a source even though that's not remotely true. It would not be a stretch to assume he had the success rate tanked to 'fix' what he viewed as generating too much gil.

My group gave up on it too. We had 2 figment weapons after so many runs, barely any portals spawned and if they did, we got the boot after the first room most of the time. Just not worth the time and effort.

[BigCheez]

Map drop rates are fine. What is not fine is that they've been reskinning the same "2 doors" treasure map dungeon since the dawn of time. Can we please get something new?

[Azurarok]

The coffer's going to be a mogtome item in a few years if they're willing to put the magicked bed on there

[TrickyHunter]

Map drop rates are fine. What is not fine is that they've been reskinning the same "2 doors" treasure map dungeon since the dawn of time. Can we please get something new?

We might get Savage difficulty treasure maps next time, considering how the chaotic alliance raid is designed, which I initially thought would be equivalent to Extreme difficulty.

[ServerCollaps]

Here's the updated data:
-Total Maps Run:122
- Total Portals: 66
- Total No Portals:56
- Total Figmental Weapons Dropped: 4
- Total Rainbows: 15
- Total Twilight Gemstones Dropped: 10
- Total Free Passes: 14
- Kicked After 1st Room: 17
- Kicked After 2nd Room: 12
- Kicked After 3rd Room: 15
- Kicked After 4th Room: 7
- Reached 5th Room: 11
I want to get the Figmental weapon for my Dark Knight, so I did some math based on the data I gathered. Based on my calculations, I should be able to obtain a Figmental weapon after running 1,000 maps!

how is it 1000? you got 4 weapons in 122 maps. That makes 244 maps, if you get 1 out of 8 drops

[Doki]

You would earn more than enough gil to outright buy the coffer off the AH well before 1k maps.

[GrizzlyTank]

Portal/doors are 50% no question.

So without guaranteed portal there is a 3.1% chance to get 5th floor. 6.2% with special map.

Basically in a full 8 player, 3 map run there is a 50% chance to get 5th floor.

Odds of not hitting 5th floor = 1-(1/2)^5
maps = 24

(Odds of not hitting 5th floor)^(maps)=0.466

So 54% chance to get a 5th floor in 24 maps. Odds become 80% if you run only guaranteed portal maps.

You need 11 guaranteed portal maps for a 50% odds of 5th floor.