Structuring the next raid
There have been a lot of posts about the current raid, mostly harshly critical. I've tried to be helpful and upbeat, encouraging other players. And I don't regret that. Most of the posts have focusse...
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I've said it in other threads and will repeat it here: more areas of the game need to include SIM capability. There's no reason these new raids can't be simulated, and it would save an abundance of time and headaches for many players. My thoughts on how this would look are (completed = submitted all available attempts):
- If the player has not completed the raid at least once, they must complete it and obtain a score before they are allowed to sim.
- If the player has completed the raid at least once, let them SIM the entire raid if they choose, providing them the exact same score as the last time they played or simmed.
- If the player chooses to try and obtain a better score, or plays a single battle manually, they opt out of the simulation and must complete all battles manually for this run of the raid
I disagree about having more raid omicrons, unless the raids remove character restrictions. Omicrons with GAC, TW, and TB/RotE allow characters to be utilized with those abilities for regularly events. It's unlikely most guilds are going to continue running the same raid every week, as opposed to trying the new ones as they continue releasing every 6 months or so. This means raid omicrons have a lifespan of until the new raid releases in comparison to omicrons for other areas of the game, which are lifelong. Then again, applying omicrons are up to the player, but it feels like they will be ignored by many players.
I agree with what I read on another thread, that the raids were more interesting when they were in phases and the whole guild worked toward the goal of completing it. Working toward a guild prize box in a raid without phases is very boring. When my attempts are maxed, and I see a conclusion to the battle, I want to feel like I earned a big prize. So for me seeing the completion cutscene should mean the guild as a whole finished the raid, not just me and my one of X attempts.
Cutscenes should be skippable. If I don't win the attempt it just adds that much more frustration that i have to sit through a cutscene to continue rather than just "get on with it" and try again. Cutscenes should also be viewable in a Settings menu. In past raids the only person who saw them was the one finishing the phase, it would be a neat option to view them depending on how far the guild gets in the raid (i.e. not seeing the final one if we haven't completed the final phase).
Obviously I'm well aware of the lifespan problems with raid Omicrons. My question is, why are you against them being added? Omicrons being added doesn't mean you have to apply them. Save your mats if that's your choice.
What my proposal says is that if every team (except one or perhaps two that CG wants to force you to max upgrade) has an Omicron, that allows easy, stress-free access to max score (for that one squad) then this provides a way for players to prioritize QoL. Other players can choose to save those mats for other areas of the game, and that's fine, but what is wrong with giving players the option? Rather than making a case against CG adding raid Omis, you've made a case that players shouldn't spend mats on raid Omis. Do you have an argument against CG adding more raid Omis and thus giving players the option?
I'm not against them being added, I'm just not in favor of them being added due to lifespan and how niche they would be. Which I specified in my response as unless the raids remove character restrictions. I also said in my response applying omicrons are up to the player. I would very likely save my omicron materials, and I believe that many (not all) players would feel the same way. And yes, that's their choice. In order for me to consider them I would need to have CG remove the limitations on them (lifespan, character only used in one raid not all).
