Thread: Patch 2.4 Notes (Full Release) 10/27/2014    

I don't have time to learn fights anymore, so easy mode coil is epic. I haven't even cleared T6, but only attempted it like twice.

Originally Posted by Egon

I don't have time to learn fights anymore, so easy mode coil is epic. I haven't even cleared T6, but only attempted it like twice.

And your kind is the majority. I'm fine with the nerfs. Some of my friends, which I've been playing with since 2004 FFXI, still can't handle how fast this game is compared to FFXI. Low DPS accompanied with slow reaction made Titan Ex even with 50% echo a nightmare. So this nerf breathed life into the game for them.

Some play in closed communities, so closed that they still don't know what happens in and after SCoB. So.. Ya.

I haven't even attempted to try T5 yet. Don't even care.

Originally Posted by Jem

Since the new gear is better, what's the point in trivializing SCOB? Making players learn to play better is far more beneficial to them than easy access to outdated gear.

They should have gradually toned down mechanics as echo increased over time, not just immediately made the majority of them pointless

So they see the storyline. That's the entire reason behind nerfing coils. They've tied the most important links to 1.0's plot behind the hardest content in the game.

While I have no sympathy for old XI players who cant get with the times of actual movement and positioning, I agree that if you want to have the majority of players actually appreciate the effort you put into the plot, they have to be able to experience it themselves. Nerf it long after you've made the next tier. Fine by me.

Originally Posted by gaira

my first 30 days runs out tomorrow, and i've completed everything up to 2.4 except some extremes and coil past t4 (only tried one t5 via duty finder). i've got 2 caster dps at ~i110. part of me likes that it was easy to catch up to a large portion of the playerbase quickly, but the other part wonders if the remaining content is enough to continue a sub.

dunno, to me it seems the game has still alot of content, i cant even find enough time to go with my static 3 times a week + do daily roulettes + do daily beastmen quests + try to lvl a craft job + do nin relic etc etc. I have my hands full, but then again i didnt play this game for 1 year+ now

Originally Posted by Jem

The nerfs in place now should have been the level of nerfs applied once full echo is implemented, not when we're at the lowest level of echo. It's not like the applied this heavy a nerf to challenging content previously

Many of the nerfs implemented affect "instant kill" mechanics which would not be helped by the echo at all.

It doesn't matter what your healing potency or damage output is when you take 30000 damage from a Renaud or Auto-Detonation.

I don't get why they couldn't have preserved the original version of SCoB by means of another difficulty tier though.

With the way their instancing servers should be set up, it shouldn't matter if no one does them or not with the nerf-mode version added in.

only attempted it like twice

Then you don't deserve to kill it. There's some nice mobile games out there you can go spend some money on since you're obviously too lazy to actually play a game that takes effort.

holy shit we went from 2 to 11 real fast

Originally Posted by Rocl

holy shit we went from 2 to 11 real fast

You know me. Never not mad posting etc.

Edit: way more salty about the communities "I DESERVE this" reaction than the actual changes.