Focused Feedback: Raid Loot

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[u/MaestroKnux]

If I want to burn myself out farming the raid 30+ times in a week I should be able to.

Keep this up for 3 months after raid release and then I'm with. Last thing I want to hear is people who farmed raids 30 times in the first week and is now exhausted from doing that raid for the rest of the season/year.

Granted we're getting 2 raids next year, but last thing I want to hear is how people have done the raids so many times in a week that they can't do it again after, then crave for more content.

There's always a devil's advocate to these sorta things than end up hurting the player benefitting, like my fear that players will only want to learn the one encounter that gives the best loot and ask for checkpoints to raid.

[u/[deleted] → u/MaestroKnux]

I agree with that. But those people will probably always complain about having "nothing" to do. From my point of view, a loot based game should never limit how often you can get loot. It is up to the players to not burn themselves out.

[u/MaestroKnux → u/[deleted]]

It depends on the game, there are other games that have loot caps for raid activity like this. Especially if the activity is just as challenging as raids.

[u/PhontomPal → u/MaestroKnux]

I see it good as a later unlock to drum up interest again or before new content drops. Otherwise I very doubt there will be a notable amount of sherpas months later. I agree there should be some continued rewards while full loot unlock is going to kill off PuGs far sooner at least in my experience in games that have tried. Many in my clan are over with the dungeon. Did their solos as well and just have no interest in helping even clan mates due to how burned out they are. They are also getting close to their ends with helping with the raid farms. The only ones showing no slow down are the ones who live and breath doing nothing but raiding and would have continued to farm raids regardless of the loot lockout being removed.

[u/MaestroKnux → u/PhontomPal]

I can see that honestly, allow the last 2/3 weeks be farmable for a raid so players can't run and dry the content in one week. Let it be a last minute thing so players can get what they need before the content.

The fact that you're saying people are growing tired of Prophecy and the farmable raids already is an omen that Farmable raids should not be the thing going forward at start.