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Post by masaia on Jun 19, 2012 16:07:26 GMT -5
So they come out with a bonanza for NA/EU... and they bitch about that too.
I mean seriously, they're just going to have to give out a free lv.99 relic to everyone in the game to make the whiners happy.
Then people who quit would complain that they never got the chance to get the relic. j
With odds worse than the original bonanza, I wouldn't expect to come out ahead on this one. Even if your odds are improved by: 1) Only one entry per account 2) less people than ever playing 3) NA/EU ONRY
I might play more if I won the rank 1 prize though! <_< >_>
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Post by Yvondith on Jun 21, 2012 4:20:40 GMT -5
Trying to get my WHM geared. I got the best of everything almost, missing a few pieces from events, or things that just aren't up for sale. Camped the Pilgrim's Wand too.
Got the Auriga Xiphos too, so I have a decent sword for PLD and RDM.
Gonna try to get WHM to 25 when I have time, then go back to BST to level 50 I guess.
Need to farm. I'm broke now. >.>
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Post by Caller on Jun 22, 2012 23:24:44 GMT -5
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Post by Yvondith on Jun 23, 2012 0:08:33 GMT -5
Yeah, there was hints about it a while back, someone dat mined ROM9 folder and found all sorts of zones...
also... WHAR MY TIME MAGE?! Trailer did says job(s). I can hope.
Maybe this will shut up all the folks who are thinking FFXI is about to come to an end. Probably not. They'll find something else to bitch about.
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Post by Caller on Jun 23, 2012 0:09:27 GMT -5
That silhouette sure doesn't look like a mage. Random posts suggest Mystic Knight.
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Post by Yvondith on Jun 23, 2012 1:59:08 GMT -5
I DEMAND TIME MAGE. I wanna wear the purple jammies and pointy hat. And no, I don't mean Arhat's and an O-Hat. Got my WHM to level 35, got 20 levels in 4 hours. I'm gonna take it to level 50, but I need to level BLM now... and RDM. And SMN. And SCH. Spells made me broke. I still have several to buy. But at least I have Invisible and Sneak! I may go unlock several jobs now. I need to unlock DNC for a support job. So much to do. But I'm enjoying my big assed elf chick.
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Post by dejibo on Jun 23, 2012 7:55:42 GMT -5
what they need to work on is better graphics and crowd control in areas like port jeuno. put a tax on jeuno bazaar sales and watch it thin the crowds. instead of making new jobs they need to fix the old ones. I would like my BST pet to zone with me, instead of having to call a new one. I would like BLM to have a repatriate spell instead of just warp. I would like all kinds of things that i have been hoping thru the years they would fix. Make Ranger less squishy. and so on.
Havent played much lately, just dont wanna. Will get back to it soon.
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Post by Yvondith on Jun 23, 2012 9:41:31 GMT -5
Oh lawd you sound about like the people on the official message boards. They are. The people on Odin apparently got the message about Jeuno Congestion, because we don't have it... which is amazing. All 4 districts are pretty evenly spread out. NA generally use Port Jeuno, JP typically use Upper Jeuno. Lower and Ru'Lude have a mix of people. You can actually breathe in Port Jeuno on Odin. They used to have a bazaar tax is Jeuno. That's the whole reason Rolanmart exists on Bismarck. It's disappeared from the other servers. It might help congestion on some servers, but I doubt they bring it back. They are working on the graphics. They've said as much. I dunno how much they can do though... they walk a fine line. Either they do too little and people whine, or they do too much and people whine. What they need to do is HQ the textures, and maybe increase polygon count. WoW made thier textures high quality, and it didn't alter how the characters look. Polygon count might though... About BST... they may do that. They made it so that NPCs do, they may make pets do it as well. About BLM, that may happen too. RNG? I dunno. Most people sub Ninja to avoid attacks. If you want change, join the official boards and say as much. The devs read those daily and take note of what the players want. Though I wish they'd listen to us about changing our character's race... I'm excited about the expansion. Very excited about Geomancer. That was one of my favorite jobs in FFT. Though I have no idea how it would work in FFT. SCH can already create weather effects so... I dunno. Random pics! i1079.photobucket.com/albums/w517/Duvemora/ffxi/Duvemora_Fort_Ghelsba.jpgWas camping Chariotbuster Whatsaface to get his sword. i1079.photobucket.com/albums/w517/Duvemora/ffxi/rainbow.pngRainbow'd Gonna level BLM now. It's at level 15. Maybe I can make it jump 20 levels too. I wanna get WHM and BLM to level 50, even if I have to stay in Gusgen to do it.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Jun 23, 2012 10:30:29 GMT -5
Even EverQuest has expansions still coming out.
I guess it kinda makes sense that PS2 won't get it. I think at this point most people play on PC anyway.
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Post by Caller on Jun 23, 2012 12:19:03 GMT -5
Graphics aren't easy to upgrade because then you have to go back and retexture...everything. What they will probably do is use Hi-res textures in this new expansion pack and a higher poly count on the landscapes and enemies. I can easily foresee Adoulin being gorgeous to look at, just like how CoP looked to us at first (and in some cases, still does). Honestly with this game it's gonna come down to art direction.
The old content cannot be touched as long as the PS2 is still in play because, point blank, it can't handle it. This will be FFXIV's problem in a few years thanks to the PS3. Dropping support of the system will raise us to Xbox 360 levels, but, again, they'd have to go back and redo every single last polygon they've made over 10 years. And considering it took them 8 years to fix how Galkas and Mithra didn't close their eyes when healing, I don't exactly hold them in the highest regard in terms of efficiency.
In terms of crowding in Jeuno, that was SE's fault. We came back to the game just as they were adding new NPCs to port us to Abyssea, whereas before, Joachim and Horst were the *only* ones for about a year. Since Abyssea was "the thing" at that time, Port Jeuno overtook Whitegate as the hub and it stuck because Abyssea is still the players' preferred zone. Adding Yell and more NPCs is slowly helping to alleviate that, and the fact that most people have multiple Lv 99s now and RMTs with Fell Cleave burns are making sure we will all have 99 on every job so Abyssea is slowly but surely dying out. Whitegate had a similar problem back when TP burns were the thing. There will be a new "thing" in Adoulin too. To completely alleviate the congestion, SE *must* create a system of channels similar to WoW where you can join the chat in any zone and allow us to invite from *any* zone. That is the singluar, only way that congestion will be a thing of the past. More convenient warps at this point is kind of overkill because if you do all the Outposts, get all the Abyssea and Voidwalker warps and do Fields/Grounds of Valor...you can teleport anywhere. Seriously, now that you can nerf the Voidwalkers into Leaping Lizzy quality difficulty, there's no reason not to have every Voidwatch warp and it will make your traveling so much easier. Though, you will need cruor. If you guys stayed on Bismarck, Kari and I could have farmed cruor for you in mere hours and done the voidwalkers.
As far as RNG being squishy, that is by design. Similar to BLM, RNG is a glass cannon. Powerful single strikes with over the top damaging abilities has to be traded for something, and that is survivability. I will concede that BLM has Mana Wall, but that was very recent and Mana Wall lasts for *MAYBE* two hits. Then the BLM is totally out of MP, helpless, and eats dirt. RNG does have a similar chance of survival with their obscene AGI to allow them to dodge more too and as Steph said, there's always NIN sub (but SAM is 100x better).
All that said, I am in 100% agreement that the current jobs need fixed before we add new ones. RDM says hi.
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Post by Yvondith on Jun 23, 2012 15:24:56 GMT -5
If you guys stayed on Bismarck, Kari and I could have farmed cruor for you in mere hours and done the voidwalkers. Sorry, but I don't want to pester you for help anymore. You pulled me along for years and years, it's time I got on my own two feet and did things the real way. The same thing happened on Sylph, someone was there to drag me along and do things for me the entire time. I don't want that anymore. Time to be a big girl and do things myself. I will solo everything that I can. And when I need help, I will sit my ass in Jeuno and shout for help like I'm supposed to. Besides... a lot of this end game stuff is over my head right now, and I'm in no hurry to do any of it. Abyssea is still generally over my head. I'm quite content to be a lowbie, or just do silly stuff all day long. I'll get to it when I'm ready... which may be never. I just wanna putter. Anyways... what's wrong with RDM? I don't read boards or the general whining of other players, so I dunno. I guess I SHOULD start reading.
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Post by Caller on Jun 23, 2012 17:26:39 GMT -5
RDM is, for all intents and purposes, broken. And not the good broken. Since most, if not all, Voidwatch and other, more recent endgame mobs are 99.9% immune to all debuffs, RDM lost its niche. Since any mage job can sub RDM now for Refresh and Convert it is no longer used for longevity, its cures suck (well, less now that Cure IV kicks much ass), it is entirely dependent on its subjob for utility now that debuffs don't work, and their melee skills are so awful that their second niche, en-damage, is rendered useless.
The only thing RDM used to be good for were the tier II enfeeb procs in Voidwatch which most of the time didn't stick anyway because lolimmune and now those don't even proc anymore. Refresh II is nice, but it's not enough to warrant a party slot anymore with all the +hMP and Refresh gear out there these days. RDM does have some nice usage in Abyssea though but not on anything that can't be duoed and soloed by most jobs.
Hell even PUP passed up RDM these days. <_<
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Post by Yvondith on Jun 23, 2012 23:10:08 GMT -5
Ah, I see now. I was thinking "What about Enfeebs?" but that explains why.
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Post by Yvondith on Jun 24, 2012 0:25:45 GMT -5
Second new job: Rune Fencer I don't think I'm ever gonna see Time Mage. Ah well. Gonna sit in my corner and pout.
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Post by Caller on Jun 24, 2012 11:50:04 GMT -5
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