Ah sorry, I missed the "Story" part of your post.
Though I wasn't aware story quests were gated differently than side quests. I was always over-leveled for the story quests.
That's a nice change though.
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Ah sorry, I missed the "Story" part of your post.
Though I wasn't aware story quests were gated differently than side quests. I was always over-leveled for the story quests.
That's a nice change though.
Unknown Soldier
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We gotta get those EX Primals down for our i90 shinies! No lockouts on those!
As much as I want to poke at Crystal Tower, that seems wise.
Kinda disappointed there actually. Doesn't seem like there are many new hairstyles available. Mind you, I rather like my characters current hairstyle, so I can wait awhile. Hope they add a fair number of new styles next update though. XD
I really do get the impression that 2.1, was really more of a, "features first," update.
So is anyone else playing on Excalibur? I need more people to play with. My character's name is Alicia Florence.
tiggerkiddo
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I plan to unlock King Moogle Mog first before I do the primals.
Shouta
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Yes. A set of us are playing on there. I'll be home tonight around 5pm pst playing so message my character Ezlyn Fallsmeyer.
Meh, nothing wrong with padding out dungeons with lower post 50 dungeon content. I meant, you're right. It should have been there. But, yeah.
Sir Griffith
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Hopefully with roulette, doing story missions like this won't be as bad of an issue anymore.
Okay, based off limited exposure to 2.1 content, here's a couple items I'm adding to my Future Patch wishlist.
Right now, content the content update seems to be aimed mostly are Pre-Coil players. That's fine, since that's where most players are now. Come late February though, I suspect a either a majority of players will be in Coil, or we'll be approaching that point.
Since there's now ample Pre-Coil level content, I hope they start focusing on Coil and Coil+ level content come 2.2.
As for PVP, I'm willing to be patient with that feature, but I know others won't be. Since PVP balancing shouldn't effect the rest of the game, there shouldn't be any excuse for putting out balance patches there more frequently.
I should note, I haven't tried PVP yet, and it might not even be that bad. I'm just assuming at this point that it's unlikely to really, "nail," it on it's first iteration.
PS: Any word yet whether or not any of the new crafting items require Phil Tomes? Kinda eager to know if they'll go up in value or not.
- Monthly PVP Balancing Adjustments, because, lets face it, even if the PVP only skills help there's probably going to be some balance issues.
- PVP Tournament Mode, 2.2
- PVP Spectator Mode 2.2
- More Coil level content.
- More Bahamut/Odin level Fates
Right now, content the content update seems to be aimed mostly are Pre-Coil players. That's fine, since that's where most players are now. Come late February though, I suspect a either a majority of players will be in Coil, or we'll be approaching that point.
Since there's now ample Pre-Coil level content, I hope they start focusing on Coil and Coil+ level content come 2.2.
As for PVP, I'm willing to be patient with that feature, but I know others won't be. Since PVP balancing shouldn't effect the rest of the game, there shouldn't be any excuse for putting out balance patches there more frequently.
I should note, I haven't tried PVP yet, and it might not even be that bad. I'm just assuming at this point that it's unlikely to really, "nail," it on it's first iteration.
PS: Any word yet whether or not any of the new crafting items require Phil Tomes? Kinda eager to know if they'll go up in value or not.
woop woop
PVP balancing is already affecting the rest of the game.
diablos991
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Six in total, 3 for each, think I saw somewhere it should take about 10 days to hit friendly
Thanks for the info ^^
Torquill
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We are getting more coil and more CT every other patch. No other raid content is planned before the first expansion
That much has been confirmed to be coming in the future, should be good to simply create personal tournaments.
Unknown Soldier
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Yeah, right off the bat they are making the rookie mistake of letting PvP balancing affect PvE. They better learn fast that the majority of players only do PvE or are only causal PvPers, so don't piss the majority off with dumb balance changes.
now this is pod racing!
please no, square is bad at pvp, this isn't a pvp game. The more they try at pvp the more the story and pve will suffer. FF is a pve always has been, if someone bought this having high hopes of pvp then I have some ocean front property to sell them (135 mil)
pretty sure it cant be a wish when its already confirm by the guy that makes the game
Yeah cuz those are great and fun with awesome rewards......
I would rather there be more PvP modes than tournaments or whatever. All of 2 people would use tournaments.
It would be more interesting to have more modes like all the Battleground types in WoW.
But before all that, they need to make PvP an actual viable and competitive thing to do. I admit I am speaking too soon but it's not looking good so far. And locking essential PvP abilities behind PvP currency is quite dumb and when combined with PvP equipment creates such a huge mountain to overcome for new players, many will just be turned off forever.
It's OK now since no one has that advantage. It won't be OK later.
All signs of this entire thing point to Square being completely clueless about PvP. They have a long way to go if they want this to be more than a joke.
It would be more interesting to have more modes like all the Battleground types in WoW.
But before all that, they need to make PvP an actual viable and competitive thing to do. I admit I am speaking too soon but it's not looking good so far. And locking essential PvP abilities behind PvP currency is quite dumb and when combined with PvP equipment creates such a huge mountain to overcome for new players, many will just be turned off forever.
It's OK now since no one has that advantage. It won't be OK later.
All signs of this entire thing point to Square being completely clueless about PvP. They have a long way to go if they want this to be more than a joke.
I find Yoshida's stance on the FC housing simply childish. Adjusting prices based on an exceptional few is asinine. Not to mention is actively punishes legacy players as whole when they are your most loyal of customers! They stuck with you through the shitstorm that was 1.x!
I'm taken aback at how absolutely stupid this is. Why are you concerned about players buying up plots when one FC should only be allowed to have one plot of land? How is something so simple, so hard for him to understand?
I think lower of him after this statement than before. I appreciate being open but, in this case, I would have preferred to assume he was not this naive. This is Tanaka level bullshit. Actually, no. This is worse. Because at least XI gave us Mog House from the get go.
I'm taken aback at how absolutely stupid this is. Why are you concerned about players buying up plots when one FC should only be allowed to have one plot of land? How is something so simple, so hard for him to understand?
I think lower of him after this statement than before. I appreciate being open but, in this case, I would have preferred to assume he was not this naive. This is Tanaka level bullshit. Actually, no. This is worse. Because at least XI gave us Mog House from the get go.
Unknown Soldier
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The story goes that outside of Yoshi, the team are all new to PvP design. Remember that FFXI has never had meaningful PvP. Yoshi himself was a high ranked player in DAoC but as Director/Producer he's not exactly hands on with the details of the game design process at that granular a level.
I expect PvP to be a joke for a long time. They didn't even realize a 30 second Sleep would be terribly unbalanced when anyone who has played PvP in every MMO ever knows that CCs are the most unbalancing things and must be looked at carefully.
I guess it still can't be as bad as Tera's PvP.
Sir Griffith
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So has anyone on a DPS class check to see what wait times are like on Duty Roulette?
BattleMonkey
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The initial plan was to have FC plots of land form new instances when bought out so you would have multiple housing instances and land for all.
This all sounds like they couldn't get that concept to work and it's forced them to basically put crazy prices on land since there is not enough now to go around.
What this basically going to fuck over more than anyone is the guilds that do pay the high prices now and then they make stuff more affordable later?
Like 30 seconds or so when I tried earlier.
Eh, probably not. Although this is my first MMO, my understanding is that in most of these games, there's a tendency for currency to eventually become a non-issue, at least until they introduce various forms of currency sinks.
I expect the Big FC's will start buying up their homes in 2-3 weeks, will probably stay relatively poor for 3-4 weeks after that, as they sink money into furniture, then bounce back as the find more effective ways to farm, and as people continue pushing buttons the inject additional Gil into the games economy.
It, "does," Bite for smaller Guilds, and individuals, which is why I've said they should have focused on player housing first. However looking at past interviews I can understand why they didn't, even if I think it was ultimately a mistake.
Still, I'm not inclined to be too critical. I'll make it work the best I can, and it'll probably be fun either way. I'm certain the smaller guilds intent on Housing will figure it out too. It's not perfect, but it'll work.
All housing wards are empty the housing is out and nobody cares.The area looks really cool shame they ruined it
Yeah, no one is going to buy shit for months. Everyone sees through this shit and wants no part of it.
All housing wards are empty the housing is out and nobody cares.The area looks really cool shame they ruined it
They just dont have that GAF money
umm....do we have enough money? Guess it would be smart to just wait on rate drops.
I dont think so. especially in legacy servers, where a small house cost a fortune even for a moderate FC. Theres no point for people to waste almost all their money in something it hasnt any utility.
They're not gonna lose much money from furnitures because, if they can afford a house its because they have a lot of crafters (so yeah furniture marked isnt going to be much relevant IMO)
Full length CC is so ridiculous. PvP right now is just completely full of amateur decisions from people who clearly have not played PvP. Like Sprint being unchanged in PvP and available to everyone. So if Yoshida really does have DAoC experience, I would believe that Yoshida had no hand in this design and it was created by people who have no PvP experience.
Though, to be fair, many other games with decent PvP also started terrible. I consider WoW to have the best PvP in the genre and that started off as a mess too. It didn't start to get serious until an expansion in. Before that it was just a side activity with no real serious competitive play.
So something can still come of this over time.
I'm gonna sleep outside your house.They just dont have that GAF money
umm....do we have enough money? Guess it would be smart to just wait on rate drops.
Seraphis Cain
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They just dont have that GAF money
umm....do we have enough money? Guess it would be smart to just wait on rate drops.
I think we've collected around 50 million in donations? Still have a ways to go if we want the best, biggest house possible.
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