Are you ready for lies and deceit?
>>321166449
What happened?
At this stage I'm pretty confident nothing Yoshi could add (in a single patch) could save this game from imploding.
Keeping the older players interested would mandate major overhauls; including but not limited to a complete rethink of encounter design, gear itemisation and spiritbonding/the materia system, dungeon structure and replayability, class structure (with regards to cross-class abilities, the addition of talent trees and retirement of the trinity system) and most of all the immediate cessation of support for the PS3. Some of this might be polarising but the game is unquestionably dying due to their inability to support the expectations of a subscription-model MMO with a skeleton crew of a dozen developers.
Tell me lies Yoshi
Nothing will save the game. Will unsub this month and wait for the new expansion.
I hope you choke on those cocktails you frauds
I love this game!
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kek
>The difficulty of Alexander: Gordias (Savage) was too high.
Yeah, because you overtuned the fuck out of Living Liquid and locked all the significant gear upgrades behind him.
A complete set of right-side accessories has about the same stat weight as a new set of pants (with the latter also offering extra HP). Locking pants/chest and an upgraded welfare weapon behind the hardest bosses was a dick move.
>Midas (Savage) will have lower difficulty
Doesn't help the disenchanted midcore raiders you alienated unless you let players skip Gordias, which you probably wont because you're fucking retards.
>>321169041
2hard4scrubs
>Anima weapons
OH BOY, HERE WE GO!
>>321169041
>Midas
time for the midas touch
>alex too hard
>diadem not tuned properly
>anima weapon lifespan
Well, it's good that at the very least they're not only answering softball questions.
>>321169918
>Midas touch
When's Godbert
>>321170110
>Anima update between 3.25 and 3.3
So 3.28? What the fuck
>
Jumping straight to the conclusion, I feel that the difficulty level of Alexander: Gordias (Savage) is too high. I’ve met many players from all over the world and have been hearing requests for even harder content, and it was to answer these requests that we set the raid to its current difficulty. However, this caused the following as a result.
The difficulty was high to the point that players were transferring to different Worlds in search of groups to beat it.
The difficulty was high to the point that players were unable to clear the content, and the time in which they were unable to obtain items grew too long.
Due to the severity of DPS checks, it’s not possible to supplement with item levels only.
ded thread
You know, I would have been okay with the anima relic steps
if the anima relic was released 3/4 months ago.
>>321170278
I wish Godbert would replace that stupid MUH SCAR au ra. I can't think of any way to redeem her character.
>More housing wards
>Still using the shitty housing system
>Still no Ishgard housing
Silly Nips.
>Release raid content that is impossible to beat thanks to various i-level checks
>Beatable levels give shit, accessories and stuff.
I swear to god they just calculate the requirements instead of actually playing that shit.
>>321170736
Gotta shove an Au Ra in somewhere. They made a new race that they did fuck all with because it isn't relevant anywhere in the current established world.
>Gnath beast tribe
Enough..!
>2 dungeon in roulette again
Jesus christ SE
Lost City of Ampdapor Hard and Antitower as 3.2 dungeons.
Oh boy I love the 2 dungeon content.
>Two dungeon coinflip again
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>321170626
I would be okay with the anima relic steps, or even a more rigorous long-term grind, if the relic had some kind of effect or proc that extended its usefulness beyond 6 months until the next tier of grinding.
>>321170525
>herpaderp instead of creating a greater variety of endgame content to address the desires of the playerbase, some with much higher difficulty, let's cut off our balls and make the only non-casual raid super-difficult
The problem isn't Savage's difficulty, the problem was usurping Coil's position. Coil was well tuned for the majority of midcore. Pandering to the 2-5% of uberhardcore whiners at the expense of the 30% midcore players was the dumbest thing you could have done.
>Only 2 farm dungeons in 3.2
FUCK OFF
>>321171079
>>321171060
>>321171043
>>321171025
>2 dungeons
Don't act likethis is news. They said outright before Heavensward's release that they'll only add two each major patch.
>>321171320
It's still bullshit you go from 3 in every major patch in ARR to 2 in the expac, that shit doesn't make sense.
We seeing a tome-"upgrade"? Usually do when at the even patches.
>We'll make a new raid
>But this time there will be TWO Fausts
![1450841586798[2].png](https://i.imgur.com/S0OG1rZ.png "1450841586798[2].png")
>2 dungeons
>new trial
>new raid
>shit no one cares about
guess ill spend another month leveling alts and crafters
>>321171407
It's just his other hand, all mobs will be the same, just double and GOLD.
Are they continuing Void Ark? Cause I just did it recently, and I love the theme of it
>5 versions of PvP Feast
Going to be dead within a week for any but the most popular option.
>>321171483
Four ((Four!!)) Oppressors!?!?
>>321171560
Probably in 3.3 with the rest of the catchup content for 3.2.
>>321171560
Not until 3.3. SE thinks it's a good idea to do the major raid every even patch and the 24-man every odd patch.
Please look forward to it.
>>321171560
3.3
Like 5 months from now with no delays.
>>321171483
the worst thing is I can see this happening
>>321171351
They did it to work on new content with new exciting gameplay.
You know, like Lords of Verminion after a long vacation.
>>321171593
Even patches are progression, Odd patches are catch up for nonpoopsockers. In-between patches are whatever
>>321171407
If we get another cop-out trashcompactor "boss" like Alex 2 or Turn 4 I'm gonna be pissed.
>>321171320
Doesn't matter how they justify it.
With 3 dungeons you have "that dungeon which is the fastest", "that dungeon which I hate" and "at least it's not that dungeon I hate".
With two you're stuck with "the one that's the fastest" and "the one I hate", and that format wears rapidly on one's sanity. I started HW during Early Access and 2 months of Alwaysrreap was enough to make me unsub.
What's this!?!??
PVP content that might actually.... Be alive..!?
>>321171691
Doing the same thing now with PvP.
>3.2
Just fuck my shit up: the Patch
>>321171692
3.1 was progression, if you mean Storyline. Or are you talking about gear?
>>321171582
>>321171593
>>321171614
Fug
I want my Warp ships
Why don't they add boss on Garuda NM level to dungeon?
>Similar to Zodiac weapons, Anima weapons are based on the following concepts.
>Will not be the strongest weapon at the same time as the rewards for clearing the hardest difficulty content.
>Creating these weapons will require you to put in effort over a longer period of time.
kek, so they're pretty much useless and basically just expensive glamour projects.
>>321171753
>in 5 seperate queues?
Unlikely. And for the ones with no ratings means, it isn't worth doing if you're trying to obtain achievement rewards that require a win.
>>321171784
gear progression.
and 3.1 is hardly storyline since it's a whopping 8 quests with no story trials or dungeons and can be done in 20 minutes
>musicbox for housing
XIV IS SAVED!!!!
![1280-2-liquiglide-ketchup-bottle[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/uxHWBy3.jpg "1280-2-liquiglide-ketchup-bottle[1].jpg")
>this patch
post your server and what you're gonna be doing instead of ketchup
>>321171854
Because dungeons have to be cleared by the absolute lowest common denominator. Cannot have any challenging content what so ever.
Look at pharos sirius.
>>321171898
Everyone in my FC spends more time handing out in the front yard of the house than inside. Unless this can be placed outside, it's useless to me.
>try to enjoy ffxiv
>have to run the same exact dungeons over and over and over pressing the same few buttons on the same few monsters to maybe get a chance of getting a slightly better piece of equipment so I can do it again
so what went wrong
>>321171931
Moogle
Shitposting
>>321171898
>please redo old content so you can obtain the music sheet for more music
>music sheet is a low drop rate
>it is in the treasure pool so others could win it.
>>321171885
>gear progression
Crap, it's another chance to have the new gear be "fending/aiming/etc..." structure. I want job-specific gear, am I alone here? Although that said Goetia gear doesn't look too hot
>>321171953
B-but 2 dungeon per patch. Surely they can ramp up difficulty of one right? As thing goes now both dungeons in each patch are the fucking same thing with superficial differences.
>>321171953
Look at Alexander.
>>321171931
Leviathan
leveling crafters and gonna try to become a landlord
>>321171931
Ultros
And I'm doing ketchup, but really slow and with lots of distractions like crafting/gathering leveling, Coils, 2.1+ extreme primals and whatnot
>>321171972
Making the game more like WoW than FFXI.
>mentor system
I can finally be a senpai.
Time to rape these shotas
>>321172041
Fuck no. The only 'hard' content is the raids. Everything else has to be dumbed down to such a degree since 95% of the user base are braindead retards that cannot even do 600+ dps at ilvl 200.
>>321171931
>Brynhildr
>unsubbing
>>321171931
Exodus, unsubbed since 3.0.
im on ultros
i never enjoyed the combat or dungeons, i think im moving to black desert when that comes out soon
>>321172139
*210
Fix'd
>>321172020
Goetia gear looks fucking great but I just play BLM so I could be biased
Just the hat is shit
>>321171860
Yeah, so I don't understand why people got so incredibly assblasted because they couldn't get it in 3 days playing casually 2 or 3 hours per day.
People chimped out like they were being cut out from a major dungeon or raid and the relic weapon is a requirement.
It's a quest especially designed to be long and tedious. You're not supposed to finish it in a week or so.
>>321172020
Eh... the job specific stuff is just there.
The problem is that there's no functional difference between the job specific and the general stuff. No buffs to job skills, no unique stats...
It's a base line problem with the whole game, but it also clogs the armory chest, doubling the needed space.
>>321172139
but then when requesting harder content, instead of giving us something like second/third coil in difficulty, they go full bamham and give us Alexander Savage.
>>321172098
I guess if the masses like it, that's what we'll get. Maybe one day there will be an MMO thats like, an actual MMO and not a dungeon lobby
>>321172115
u gay af Smh
>>321172212
>doubling the needed space.
Say hello to every fucking tokens added just for the relic alone.
>>321172041
When they saw the player's response to Pharos Sirius (a disproportionately long and difficult dungeon) they immediately nerfed it instead of giving it better rewards to justify the extra time and effort invested in clearing it.
Do you really think the same developers who did that are interested in making more difficult content?
Striking Dummy.
>>321172278
That's a related pile of bullshit.
But, I'm honestly pretty close to done with the game.
>>321172239
A3s is probably regarded as one of the better encounters in the game right now alongside t9 and t13. It's just viciously tight in its difficulty and as soon as you get into a4s, the whole thing takes a nose dive.
A4s is so fucking tedious, especially if you even dare to do nisi. Then they throw out 210 gear in diadem which invalidates doing a4s unless you still need you weapon.
Living Liquid should've been the boss of a4s, and manipulator fucking removed.
>>321172115
>tfw you had a kindergarten dungeon
>thought Coil of Bahamuth was too static with no random mechanics at all
>wished for more dynamic mechanics
>got Digitalis and splash back in A3S
Fuck these mechanics. also fuck the random spawn location of the adds.
>>321172390
For real. How many tokens did they add for this shit? 12?15? But noo, server space are so precious, so no more free retainer for you.
>selling directly from retainer
bout
fucking
time
>>321172115
Explanation?
>>321172526
what does that mean
>>321172549
http://exhentai.org/g/879127/7f59c5569b/
>no relevant changes to materia
Yep. Definitely unsubbing.
>>321172351
These fags want random AOEs just so they can practice stepping out of them?
It's glowing red/orange and you shouldn't stand in those, what's there to practise? Walking out of AOEs is the most basic shit ever.
Are these morons for real?
>>321172573
It just means when putting stuff on mb it will choose the retainers inventory instead of only yours.
>>321172207
I think the major problem with anima is the required crafted items.
-The crafting system is flawed. Less and less are willing to level a top (omni)crafter.
-Even less are willing to become three specialists.
-Some specialist classes are rare.
-Of course, craft sellers (have to) sell these items on a high price.
-Not everybody can make enough gil to buy these items from the market in 1 - 3 months, at which point the relic becomes beyond pointless anyways.
>>321172634
I-i meant the mentor system... I cant watch right now..
thanks for doujin though
>>321172139
>>321172239
>I want things to be hard!!!! I have to feel superior to filthy casuals
>I don't want it to be too hard! Otherwise I'd feel bad
for fucks sake, I almost feel sorry for game developers these days. Classic "Anyone who's worse than me is a scrub, anyone who's better is a no-lifer"
>>321172671
Think it has more to do with dealing with aoes mid-rotation. As a BLM, this is kind of important.
>>321172750
Designing encounters for a MMO-like game is fucking hell. I don't personally have experience with it, but I know people who do. It's a constant battle of balancing shit like this and having no good answer.
>>321172474
>But noo, server space are so precious, so no more free retainer for you.
Gotta buy those from the Mog station, bubele! :)
>>321172671
This >>321172801
I'm a BLM main, figuring out how to handle AOEs and keep Enochian up is still a pain sometimes
>>321172351
There needs to be solo leaderboards (in the saucer or something) or at least achivement with titles for something like this.
Maybe the AOEs get harder and harder and you see who lasts the longest while dpsing (put light mechanics on the dummy so you can't just focus on movement without combat).
The game is saved
>>321171931
Tonberry
Waiting for XIV to die so they can finish XV a real FF game.
>>321172691
Okay I agree on this one. That was fucking bullshit. I fucking hate quests that drain your Gil or need HQ items
>>321172748
Probably getting more exp when you mentor someone and do doujins with him.
>>321172889
they just need to stop adding stupid shit like minigames when their core game needs so much work
>>321172750
They had the difficulty perfected with Syrcus Tower / Second Coil / Second Coil Savage.
Not our fault they misinterpreted the playerbase's desires.
>Cloud's Advent Children motorbike is a new mount
Ugh
>motorbike
Oh for fucks sake, pandering hard to ACucks.
Can't wait to see people riding these and kicking them out of parties like I did with Cloud Glamours.
>>321172960
only 40 dollars from the cash shop :^)
>people will buy it
Have the dev team ever commented on the inconsistent icons in the game?
>Stack together icon in T9 is different to the stack together icon in Ravana which is also different to the one introduced in 3.1
Why is this allowed? No other FF game does this, why does /v/ defend this choice?
>>321172954
This is not necessarily the answer. Large dev studios are typically split into smaller teams. A team working on a mini game is not at all related to or responsible for core gameplay mechanics or raid encounters. Not adding a minigame wouldn't automatically mean improvements in other areas of the game.
>>321173001
Why couldn't we just have gotten this? Fucking SE and their love of AC.
>>321172904
>how to handle AOEs and keep Enochian up is still a pain sometimes
Isn't that specific to each fight, if were talking about boss fights? Why not just, you know, do the fight? Like every other class does it. Where does it end, a holo deck for each job and encounter to "practice" boss mechanics?
Get real.
>>321172671
>It's glowing red/orange and you shouldn't stand in those, what's there to practise?
The game is kinda bullshit though, it teaches you not to stand in shit but then there's also random stuff you can stand in without any indication on if it's safe or not.
>>321173034
Why don't you just fucking go and make a post on official forum then?
>>321173058
yes it fucking is
they have no endgame content and keep adding stupid useless shit taht adds nothing to the endgame
so what if its smaller teams? make the other team work on endgame content as wel
>>321169041
I hate that this is a good idea.
Would have preferred they just added more easy content, though.
>WoW had a motorcycle
>FFXIV will have a motorcycle
It's like poetry, it rhymes.
>>321173118
Big fucking deal. If its fatal you die once or twice to it and if you have half a fucking brain you'll avoid it the next time.
>>321173127
That's not how it works. Adding more people to a software project does not scale linearly with quality and progress.
>clip of motorbike in motion
>vrooooms across thanalan
>wait no that's not right
>next clip shows motorbike using regular mount speed
kek'd
I don't remember AC much, but this mount looks shitty with no particle effects, like exhaust smoke.
>>321173119
I have, calm down, shill or are you Yoshida? Fix your fucking game, Yoshi and stop posting on /v/.
>>321173253
someone said they cancelled the mount because it looks dumb at the proper mount speed
>>321173205
And let people get pissed at you?
Fuck off, NA shitter.
>>321168362
>Keeping the older players
typical entitled oldfag
>>321173217
He's advocating different teams work on separate projects to the end of increasing the overall amount of available endgame content; not that separate teams collaborate on one project.
>>321173119
>implying the developers read the (english) official forums
>>321173298
Sorry your your mother dropped you as a kid.
>>321173205
Fucking this. I wish people didn't get so butt blasted when they die. Holy shit just try again.
>>321171751
>I started HW during Early Access and 2 months of Alwaysrreap was enough to make me unsub.
Agree 100%. I quit for the exact same reason.
>release eso gear
>don't release new dungeons with the gear
>everyone's stuck doing the same 2 fucking dungeons for months
>>321173161
XIV has nothing to do with Final Fantasy, this game was made for WoW fags.
Yoshida is only pleasing them.
>>321173440
Still doesn't explain the inconsistent icons that mean different things each instance. You're a heavenshill, defend it.
Suck that hack Yoshi's cock.
>>321173034
Are you the same guy that brings this up in every XIV thread?
>>321173058
But this is a Square Enix dev team that had a long vacation, budget cuts and less people to work on because SE needs devs for FFXV: Not even in 2016 edition, Kingdom Hearts 3/Delayed, The Final of Fantasy Turbo, FFVII-Remake Episode 1 - 27,...
>>321173409
Perhaps, but maybe there just wasn't a good spot for them in the current development cycle. Longterm projects like this require immense amounts of planning and design, pivoting quickly is something any software team struggles with and even moreso vidya studios.
I sound like an apologist though, but it's only because I actually work in the AAA industry and I see this shit play out every day. It is very rare that people make decisions like this (e.g. making a minigame instead of something more "important") in ignorance of what they are doing. It's usually a matter of time, resources, and planning and trying to properly balance it all without your game falling apart and wasting months of development time.
>>321173532
>Gylbart
>he
>NA
kek
I haven't played since Heavensward came out because of school, can someone explain to me what happened in my absence?
>>321173618
Are you the same shill that comes into every thread? is this you?
>>321173532haha
>>321173719
>content that I hate is not real content
>>321173532
>NA
Can we just purge this whole datecentre and ban them from shitting up the JP servers also?
>>321173719
>(you)
>>321173828
>>321173887
Slurp on my jizz anon, I'll give you a 25% discount on cashshop mounts, Good shill.
>>321173719
>achievements
>max PvP rank
>mounts
That c@ should write for SNL!
>>321173947
Choke on it you PLD cuck
>>321169238
everyone was given free diadem gear and free eso upgrade mats
if you're not at least 209 now, kill yourself
Godammit, Bayohne. Get faster translating!
>>321174085
>kill yourself
Edgy as fuck, redditor.
QT
QT!!!!!
Oh, hey. Isn't that Kann-E's seiyuu?
>>321174393
Krile
>>321166449
>lies and deceit
what is it a jrpg that's actually good?
When does this turn into a JAV?
>>321174478
>born July 12, 1984 (age 31)
>>321172904
you don't need to
it's just a small buff
if you're watching your mp ticks you get a flare out every 12 seconds, 2 if you have convert and swift up, 3 if you're using max ether
you still get like 2000+ aoe dps without eno on big pulls; you can pop it if you don't think you'll need it for awhile though
>>321174838
Would play if they had gone with the original Au Ra concept art instead of kawaii uguu muh horned waifu end result. Immense goddamn waste
So the humble bundle has a key for 5 dollars right now, I made an account like a year ago but never played it because my old pc was shit and didn't run great. If I get that key can I still use it with the same e-mail from my last one? I just want to try it out again
>>321174860
>Small Buff
>Lets you use Fire IV
Uhh..
>>321174980
it should work the same as if you used a cdkey
>>321174980
You cannot apply a new game code for a free 30 days if you already have the game on your account if that's what you're asking.
>>321175014
aoe rotation you SLUT
>>321174980
Unless your account was trial I doubt it. If you already had a free 30 days from a game key before it won't work.
>>321172002
Sup Mooglefag
How are the frenchfags nowadays?
>>321174838
>>321174905
I always get a giggle when westerners gawk at the asian aging process.
Meanwhile, your '20 year old' women look as old as my mum so I always wonder how you guys get it up.
>>321175087
I meant to AVOID aoes in regard to the new striking dummies
And u can still use Enochian for aoe rotation cuz that 5% adds up babe plus I dont know how to watch my ticks
>>321175267
>I always wonder how you guys get it up.
Viagra and alcohol
>>321175139
>>321175048
making a new e-mail just for it should work though right? Like I said my old account was like a level 2 fag I made and didnt get far because I had a toaster back then
>>321175267
>I always wonder how you guys get it up.
We think about your mom
>>321175252
Not the same guy, but nothing out of the ordinary. They're shit.
>>321175454
Yeah if you make a new account it should be no problem.
>>321175267
By taking away your asian waifus.
>still nt adressing the crafting items for anima
THANKS, YOBAMA-P!
>>321175805
You can get all 4x4 items for less than a mil on Tonberry now. By the time I'm finished with the relic (in a month at this rate), a couple of hundred k should do it.
>>321175958
Your market is beyond fucked if those are your current prices
>>321171898
I just got mine in XI. It's nice, but with all this content to get to I don't have much time to listen to it.
>>321176012
I'm not a crafter so I've got no idea what the market *should* look like, I'm just glad it's reasonably affordable for someone who's only income is the occasional rare item from quick ventures.
It's disgusting how most crafters seem to delight in jewing every penny out of their fellow players. When the revolution comes around you'll be dragged to the guillotines alone with every lalafel merchant in ul'dah.
>>321175323
oh sorry
I didn't even read who you were replying to
>>321176012
Shit's always been cheap here, but by comparison there is FAR less Gil in circulation.
Kingly Whiskers are 6 million gil a pop last I checked, but that's probably 10 times the Gil an average player possesses.
i want to strangle him with that scarf
>Krile's VA is Shirabe
>Y'shtola's VA is Kirika
I wonder if they'll get Yoko Hisaka to voice a Scion at some point
>>321177191
Who cares about that weeb shit?
>>321176246
4 King Cake in my Server Excalibur adds up to 1 mil here. And thats the cheapest item for the relic.
This entire live letter is awful.
>Next PLL is in Jan 30
3.2 comes out in February then
>>321177191
>no Yuki Aoi
>>321176794
I like how after you posted this Yoshi had a coughing fit.
Maybe your malice can reach him through the internet.
>>321177245
>posting in a Japanese video game thread on a Japanese imageboard
Shouldn't you be spamming sadfrog images and krautchan memes on facebook right now?
>>321175252
LGBT SJW's are more of an issue on Moogle right now.
>>321177401
Makes sense if they're trying to get back on the 3 month schedule. 3.1 came in the beginning of December and February is roughly 3 months later.
>>321177462
No, because I'm neither into weeb shit or meme posting nor do I have a Facebook account or any other social media.
Eat shit.
>>321173532
>the_face_of_xivg.png
mr happy can be an obnoxious douchebag
watching his translation was boring as shit too
I unsubbed this month.
Not even mad, I was playing actively for an entire year.
I guess if I had a request, it would be to bring back the coil system (unlocking raids, one difficulty that slowly gets loosened).
I am definitely part of the midcore that got fucked, but honestly after playing so long I think I just need a break.
>>321177502
Dont tell me that fucking LGBT is starting shit, Fucking hell
>>321177652
>mr happy can be an obnoxious douchebag
No shit, Sherlock?!
>>321178076
i think im finally doen with ffxiv the game never was my thing, the combat is so shitty and inferior to all mmos now, and like the dungeons are such a fucking chore due to the boring as shit combat
the game has lots of content if generic themepark is your thing, but thats all the game really seems to offer at this point, more generic themepark grind
>>321178076
The only thing I really cared about besides the music, crafting, became such a chore in Heavensward that I ended up quitting.
>Can't download patches while unsubbed
Guess I'll either have to settle for poorly done rips or bug someone I know to upload the music files now.
