Will ARR have less spam the same event over and over because of bad RNG drop rates?

[Reika]

It wouldnt be 100% drop rate either way. #1 will get his, but thats just for him. Youre just less at the mercy of RNG. its still there.

[MerlinOmniking]

150 runs for seals( but done in linkshell) and militia tights, 200+ atm for militia robe just need to farm mats for hyrtsmill and ill get my robe while i get ls members seals useually get 1-2 members of ls done during a hamlet run that day.

[NefGP]

honestly, being thrown at the mercy of the RNG is just tiresome.

It's necessary to a degree, but too often developers feel the need for draconian measures by forcing ridiculously low drop rates on events.

Again, this is what I loved about Abyssea. NMs would constant have shifting weaknesses, that could only be abused up to a point, to make things interesting. Drop rates in general (barring a few troublesome items) were pretty good in Abby, and it wasn't terribly hard to rack up a lot of time extensions (though, at times the RNG could be bit cruel with blue chests).


I'd like to see more of Matsui san's forward thinking in ARR. Thus far Yoshi P has proven to have a very good design plan, but some of the content has just been lacking, resorting to the tired tactic of crappy drop rates to compensate for increasing player strength or flawed (not bad) design.

IIRC, it's possible to get seal drop rates up to 100% - but your score has to be well over 80k, which requires a lot of time spent crafting or spamming caravan - neither of which is terribly fun. Engaging, challenging content that requires players to think and adapt each time you attempt it is the way to go, not forcing us to repeat the same drab thing over and over hoping for a better result.

It's a lot easier said than done I know.

[Elexia]

I think almost everyone in XI hated that crap >.>

Not really. You can clear 600 Lizards in 2-3 hrs or less in Abyssea with a Blue Mage.