Feedback: How to fix Roulletes

[Aidorouge]

Oh I considered that, but it doesn’t address the problem of all the people who only unlocked those alliance raids and no others during the years they were required. So it doesn’t fully realize my goal of getting all the raids in alliance raid roulette onto the same footing.

That's easy, just re-lock access to the AR Crystal Tower community-wide after they remove the MSQ requirement/update it to be harder/make a story mode version, with a very obvious prompt to anyone coming back to the Mor Dohna NPC to unlock it again that this is a VERY different version of the one they played before and ask them if they're SURE about unlocking it again.

Anyone who doesn't want to do the AR version can happily skip it, while those WANTING the new challenge can dive right on in. I would even go so far as to say they should do it with ALL alliance raids where there's a story mode requiring less players/are soloable, and their AR versions also get locked up again to be re-opened once they've been improved upon (because let's be real, people will just start complaining about Mhach as the new "too easy/sooo boring" AR so just overhaul it now).

Could probably even make a new 4-man roulette just for the story mode ARs, maybe not as rewarding as the AR roulette obviously, but still there for those who want to take a chance in a smaller, easier version of the content.

[Brynne]

ARR Raids should be moved to the MSQ Roullete so the Alliance Raid Roullete can actually pop raids that aren’t Crystal Tower (please…….)

This will never happen, for reasons that Aidorouge already covered. I also suspect that SE considers the roulette to be working as intended, and the only thing they might fix is to not allow you to enter the roulette if you're past, say, HW MSQ and haven't unlocked the Void Ark series (and so on). I think they'd only put in the effort if there were a genuine problem with queues getting filled for higher level raids, though. People being bored with CT is likely a non-issue as long as queues get filled for whatever people are queueing for (which is mostly CT).

PVP Roullete that isn’t Frontline, because outside of Crystaline Conflict it’s literally impossible to find games for the other modes

Agreed, they should probably do this, but I'm halfway convinced SE has given up on some of those other modes.

Variant Dungeon Roullete, similar to first time completion bonus, if a player discovers a new ending, the party gets a reward.

This is a pretty cool idea, I like it!

Even if you don’t like my first suggestion, Alliance Raid Roullete needs some sort of rework, there is no way you’re supposed to get the same 3 raids when the game now has 17 (18 when 7.5 comes out)

Again, SE probably considers the boredom of players in CT a non-issue, as long as enough people are doing alliance roulette to fill the alliances for those queuing directly. If the other raids are still not getting enough people in a timely manner, they may do something, but I suspect this will not be anything close to giving people exactly what they want from the alliance roulette.

[SkylarPendragon]

Maybe have an option thst you can enable, if youve got the expansion for it, unlock and run on roulette wihout the msq (no cutscenes, much like a normal roulette once unlocked). Cause based on personal experience, i have like 80% of my roulette run with ARR dungeons...dear Hydaelyn, i have been playing since beta and the choices it gives me on roulettes are ones ive run way too many times already its exhausting.One of the reasons i stopped running most roulettes because it almost always falls into the ARR roulette...

At least if there was an option for a new player that has bought like SB but havent done the ARR storylines, they can participate in roulettes for newer dungeons, just not spoil ex. Location or cutscenes tied.

[Striker44]

A couple things on the Alliance Raid roulette:

-My suggestion is requiring players when they reach each new expansion's level cap (60/70/80/etc.) to unlock the Alliance raids for that expansion in order to continue queuing for Alliance Raid Roulette (the same way we need to unlock the latest dungeon to keep using Expert). It would at least reduce the portion of the ARR bloat that's due to people only having those raids unlocked.

-Nothing will ever make the raids spawn equally. It will always be a continuum with decreasing % chances of higher level raids simply because of the levels players involved have at the time. For example, when my WT book gives me ARR Raid as a requirement, I queue on a job that is between 50-59. That 100% guarantees everyone who ends up in the same queue pop as me will get an ARR raid. To generate the higher-level raids, not only does every player involved have to unlock the raids, but they also have to be actively using a job that is also sufficiently leveled. People using the Roulette to level jobs rather than get tomes will still force lower-level raids to pop.