Hahah wait.. are you serious?

[LebronJames]

In my opinion.. you probably just turned this game into the most ridiculous grind fest I have ever seen.

First.. you gotta run Amdapor 8 times in a week to cap your mythology.. that's 6-8 hours if you don't run premade and taking into account silly wipes to these bosses.

Not only that but there's literally no incentive STILL to kill these mobs. I just killed three and they gave me.. 1 gil.

Why did you guys create this game to just grind tomes of myth(From one dungeon might I add.) Plus nothing really drops no decent gear whatsoever. Nothing that really goes "DANG DID THAT JUST DROP?" "How'd you get that item? That's insane!"

It's rinse and repeat.. I rather grind out how to beat a boss that drops an amazing item then have a predetermined item after grinding tomes for hours.

TL DR
Make more dungeons give tomes of myth + philo
Make primals drop a DECENT amount, not the laughable 1-10
Make mobs drop.. something of use?
inb4 'op is crying'

[Kraggy]

In my opinion.. you probably just turned this game into the most ridiculous grind fest I have ever seen.

You're new to MMOs it seems. Also, you don't HAVE to cap anything, the game doesn't demand it, it's a CHOICE you make to do it.

[LebronJames]

You're new to MMOs it seems. Also, you don't HAVE to cap anything, the game doesn't demand it, it's a CHOICE you make to do it.

This is ridiculous. I've done some grinding in my day but to have ONE dungeon that takes literally an HOUR with a non-premade group. (Chances are they haven't really done this dungeon before.)

There's a difference between grinding for a weapon or.. grinding for that armor that has a X percentage of dropping. But.. im just seeing my tomes go up and knowing I gotta run this X amount of times to get to Y.

There's nothing that makes you awe in this game, it's funny how people automatically say.. "You're new to mmos"

[Squats]

There's a difference between grinding for a weapon or.. grinding for that armor that has a X percentage of dropping. But.. im just seeing my tomes go up and knowing I gotta run this X amount of times to get to Y.

I too would much rather go into an instance hoping the item I want drops then to earn tokens which after a while will result in me purchasing said item.

There is a feeling of joy when the item you've killed a boss 20 times for finally drops where as when you are earning tokens it's more of a feeling of "just one more run and I get X, 20 more runs until I get Y...". The later makes the game feel much more grindy imo even if they both could take roughly the same amount of time to complete.

[ReiszRie]

You're new to MMOs it seems. Also, you don't HAVE to cap anything, the game doesn't demand it, it's a CHOICE you make to do it.

Making a choice not to farm AK for tomes is equivalent to making a choice to cut you out from all end-game content.

Farming AK is a pre-requisite, it isn't even as "optional" as what many makes it seem.

Give us more dungeons that awards equivalent quantity of Philosophy and Mythology tomestones is what I'm asking for, we need variety rather than constantly farming in 1 single dungeon for hundreds of times.

[Dazusu]

You're new to MMOs it seems. Also, you don't HAVE to cap anything, the game doesn't demand it, it's a CHOICE you make to do it.

Actually, it sounds like YOU are new to MMOs - or have only played FFXI and FFXIV. Probably the latter.

Dungeon bosses dropping the best gear in the game is common across ALL MMOs. You use "tokens" (like tombstones) to buy the subpar items. But bosses? They should drop 3-4 pieces of the best gear in the game each time you kill them. In most MMOs (that you seem to have not played) you're limited to killing these bosses once per week.

This current system just says to me: "We plan to give you new end-game once per year, so enjoy grinding your ass off for that year" - it's basically one of FFXI's many grindy systems in disguise.

[Shneibel]

Actually, it sounds like YOU are new to MMOs - or have only played FFXI and FFXIV. Probably the latter.

Dungeon bosses dropping the best gear in the game is common across ALL MMOs. You use "tokens" (like tombstones) to buy the subpar items. But bosses? They should drop 3-4 pieces of the best gear in the game each time you kill them. In most MMOs (that you seem to have not played) you're limited to killing these bosses once per week.

This current system just says to me: "We plan to give you new end-game once per year, so enjoy grinding your ass off for that year" - it's basically one of FFXI's many grindy systems in disguise.

and you still here playing....funny

[Sotek]

1. Don't wear your proper set for trash monsters, wear trash gear to Spiritbind. They're trash monsters, you don't need good gear for them...
2. Walk out of the dungeon with your Tomestones, minimal gear to repair (just the Spiritbond+ gear) and convert the rest into Materia.
3. ???
4. Profit.

[LebronJames]

1. Don't wear your proper set for trash monsters, wear trash gear to Spiritbind. They're trash monsters, you don't need good gear for them...
2. Walk out of the dungeon with your Tomestones, minimal gear to repair (just the Spiritbond+ gear) and convert the rest into Materia.
3. ???
4. Profit.

You didn't read. I do not have a gil issue.

[Sotek]

You didn't read. I do not have a gil issue.

TL DR Make mobs drop.. something of use?

Materia being that something of use. Either for Gil, or for Darksteel/Vanya gear, which isn't worlds different from Darklight.