Thread: 2.3 findings/discussion    

Originally Posted by Raldo

Is there a place that lists the stats on the new CT gear? I've been perusing screenshots, but haven't found what I want to know about. xivdb hasn't updated yet (anyone know when they might?)

Lodestone.

Edit: Beaten ; ;

Originally Posted by Kaslo

Well the easy way to think of it, is normal marks are normal mobs/fate bosses that simply get flagged to be killed for the bill (think hunting log or animus book). So the only real way to get seals from them is through the bill.

The Elite Marks are unique "NMs" that have unique spawn mechanics and no set spawn location (other than zone). These are much stronger mobs that will grant you seals, myth, sold without a bill. However, if you have a bill for the Elite and kill it you get a bonus for the bill.

Hey thank you for the info Kaslo. :D

Tomestone dropped from the 4th chest? I thought the update notes stated that those do not count toward the weekly quota.

Originally Posted by Evane

Tomestone dropped from the 4th chest? I thought the update notes stated that those do not count toward the weekly quota.

Not the 4th set of chests of the dungeon, the 4th chest of the final boss (there is a possibility a 4th chest will pop, this contains a minion/furnishing item). The 4th set of chests can drop the oil/tome.

Hanging out in some random full party waiting for my elite hunt and the casuals are PISSED about the hunts so far.

I'd expect riots and a fix in not too long.

In case anyone is curious about the new DoH accessories, their max melds:

Rose gold choker: control+4, craftsmanship+4, CP+6
Mosshorn earring: control+4, craftsmanship+4, CP+6
Dodore belt: control+5, craftsmanship+4, CP+3

Tripled checked them to make sure.

They fucking pop about 150+ times a week. People need to calm the fuck down and realize you don't have to finish everything in the first hour.

Well I think a big problem is that we had 30+ people in the region and it popped and died in about 10 seconds before anyone could dream of getting to it. That's the bullshit.

Originally Posted by Kaslo

They fucking pop about 150+ times a week. People need to calm the fuck down and realize you don't have to finish everything in the first hour.

Seriously, get these people off my lawn immediately.../dragonsaeryvietnamflashbacks. The one good thing about XI's ridiculous system was that I think it upped my general patience levels by about 10,000%.

I'll focus on MSQ / CT / new dungeons when I get home; may poke around hunts late tonight when the population dies down a bit.

Originally Posted by kisada

meh it sucks but it's par for course on day 1 of this kind of shit.

Eh, seems pretty par for their failure to dynamically scale FATEs while they're happening instead of the next time they pop. And while I would expect interest to die down some as time progresses, you will still have those who dislike dungeon spamming and would rather hunt these mobs. Waiting anywhere from 5-30m and to just miss something because you couldn't run across the zone in time sucks. The only real "fix" I could see is allowing players to instead pop the given marks if they've got the daily/weekly bill flagged. Plan B would be more like Rift's approach to zone-wide events where taking out secondary mobs would still net you overall credit at the end. But Yoshi seems oddly against that kind of wide-scale open world activity.