FFXIV totems need to change

[LoganMccree]

Good news is you don't have to do it. And theres probably hundreds of non-grind mounts you can get in game. But nah, those were too easy to get and now you're bored right? So you want the one you have to work for. But instead of grinding it out you complain about it so they make it easy.

Lmao do you think people actually mount farm? Nobody is sitting through that trash content when there are like a hundred superior games to play out there. Who's even playing FF14 in 2025? It's just an ERP hub.

[Ath192]

Lmao do you think people actually mount farm? Nobody is sitting through that trash content when there are like a hundred superior games to play out there. Who's even playing FF14 in 2025? It's just an ERP hub.

-Yes
-A few clearly
-Probably the people posting on its forums
-I can't argue with it becoming an ERP hub

[Asari5]

99 totems at release and after 2-3 patches down to 50 thats how it should be. its ridiculous that you cant buy it right away

[Sifpatata]

You do understand the concept of optional content don't you? Can you explain why everything in the game must be a joke to get? You're talking like these mounts are some core aspect of the game when in truth they are irrelevant as hell. Don't take this badly but don't you think its entitled to force the devs to cater only to your preferred version of looting?

I for one enjoy getting these EX mounts when I don't feel like starting another game and have done everything else I'm interested in the game. They're something mindless I can grind.

This game already gives out "relic" weapons like candy. If you can even call them that anymore.

"Joke"

To begin with what I say if it is something that many players within the game if they have come to think about, 2 by clear is a good way. I've done savage and even ucob in 3 years ago now, I know it's Farming optional content and I know it's doing 99 times a stupid fight and putting up with shit from random people in pf is mentally tiring.

And since you say "optional content" then you shouldn't care what the fuck it changes.

I'm not in the opinion of lowering the difficulty....

[Ath192]

I'm not in the opinion of lowering the difficulty....

And yet you are using their same argument. "Oh I want it to be easier so I can get my stuff faster and I don't have to do much for it." The game is easy enough as it is, and I don't think anyone can really call FFXIV a grindy game, and yet here we are still picking at the bones of the few things left.

[Jeeqbit]

I had the same feelings initially, but I gave it time before actually forming an opinion.

I've cleared 12 times now. It's not really that bad. It takes a while to get the mechanics down and be consistent, but once you do, it's got a good flow to it. Just need 7 other people that have it down, and in a [Duty Complete] party, you have that. Every farm party I've setup has just been simple clears. There are often lots of silly mistakes (that all players there normally do flawlessly) but we're all good and patch them up somehow. I've never seen enrage, not even once, not even in prog and not even with lots of deaths.

It's a fun fight. Once you have it down, it feels right for the person it's representing from FF9. I even dread getting the mount almost because I want the experience of doing the fight more. If you don't want to do it much, you can always unsync farm it in the future. Even later within this tier (7.3 patch) we'll be skipping so much more of the fight in the right party, and won't need to even save LB3 for the tanks.

[Xelanar]

Besides having to wait for almost a year until I can buy the mount with totems, what annoys me the most is winning the roll.
Mount drop rates are already low enough by themselves. But dividing that tiny drop rate by 8 makes it not worth my time.
Currently the only way to avoid it is going in with statics, where often players suspiciously leave soon after they are done or don't have time on subsequent scheduled raids anymore.

I'd rather have mounts as personal loot, like they did with Delubrum Reginae rewards.

[CCheshire]

Although I don't do Extremes, I don't see why not 2x totems each sounds fine to me like the PF is a unique form of suffering that should be rewarded imho.

[Colt47]

It's an MMO design choice that is kind of a plague. You're always going to have people who are going to push ahead of others but instead of building a game that is about helping others get to the end, they go with tight limits on everything and make absolutely anything that is more accessible a super grind.

[ONLYSTEEL]

It is junk food, and idk if you noticed but junk food chains are everywhere because people enjoy it.

I'm glad you can agree that FF14 is a junk food game. I wouldn't pay $60 a patch to eat junk food content when there are filet mignons out there for less, but you do you!