Problems the Token System Creates

Problems the Token System Creates

in Fractals, Dungeons & Raids

Posted by: wookie slayer.4259

wookie slayer.4259

For a while I have been grinding dungeons for gear and each time was boring and unsatisfying. I finally figured out what it was. The rewards, everyone goes into dungeons for the gear (99%). And when you do so just for tokens here’s the problem you get 1)grindy feel 2) speed running one path because all 3 paths are essentially the same reward 3)defeating a boss/clearing dungeon feels pretty unrewarding(especially the 2nd,3rd.4th time).

1. When your getting no real rewards other than tokens and more or less garbage drops each run just feels like something you have to do to and end sometimes days away.
Solution: Give bosses drops either token for a certain piece of armor or wep, or actually have the drops happen, throw in rare mini drops or fun items, like special recipes. This creates a feel of excitement each time what item will i get, maybe ill get a super rare item this run you never know and that adds tons of fun.

2. If each boss on each path drops different stuff speed runs and only one path parties are eliminated, as you’ll have to go where you need to get each item.

3. Right now bosses are just something you have to do to get to the end they drop crap and are too easy.
Solution: give them drops that make each fight feel like an accomplishment sure make them a harder so you have to work for the exotic by learning a hard fight or have only the first 3 bosses drop dungeons specific rares and have low chance to drop cool fun flavor stuff or recipes. And have the last boss have chance to drop certain exotics/exotic tokens.

Anet, by implementing the token system by way of trying to be more “fair” have taken the fun right out of dungeons the excitement of getting drops. You have made it into a grindfest the very thing you wanted to avoid. It gets very boring when its run dungeons X times over to get items. Even if you run it X times to get your piece each time as you go there is still that excitement of maybe ill get it this time and that keeps you going not the o hey hes more tokens..

Hope you take this to heart either for these dungeons or the next ones but Ithink this would be a vast improvement.