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    Pens win! Pens Win!!! PENS WIN!!!!!

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    4.3 Preliminary Patch Notes

    https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...daa6ac12425910

    Those DRK buffs actually don't look terrible. Pretty funny they're answering the "too much DA spam" complaints with "here's another OGCD with a DA option to spam" though.

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    SAM buff looks rather weak?

    Anyway it looks like you're limited to one cross world linkshell.

    Prep for Namazu beasttribe below


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    My favorite.

    Armour upgrades is a major attraction in Eureka, will Pagos allow further reinforcement?

    Yoshi: There is only weapon reinforcements this time

    So there really aren't any armor upgrades from here?

    Yoshi: We see that it is not yet the time. Our purpose of armour upgrades in Eureka was to deliver a higher iLv AF3 gear, and allow it to be dyeable. We believe we've fulfilled this goal. Also more than we anticipated, players have enjoyed the content of Eureka itself than the rewards of item upgrades, so we have decided to allocate more resources to making the content better than the rewards itself.

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    Also more than we anticipated, players have enjoyed the content of Eureka itself than the rewards of item upgrades, so we have decided to allocate more resources to making the content better than the rewards itself.
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    LOL WAT

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    "enjoyed" is a very strong word. But if they intend on making the content better I can't really make a qualm over it. It needs to be better, as it's pretty lackluster currently. Rewards will come naturally when the content is at least interesting enough to play.

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    How do you improve fate grinding? More fates? less fates?

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    Whispering Dawn
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    Action category has been changed from Spell to Ability.
    Cast time has been made instant.
    Healing potency has been increased from 100 to 120.
    Arcanist, summoner, and scholar pet actions with cast times can now be canceled when ordered to use a different pet action.
    Patch redeemed for those of us that play SCH/SMN.


    Four and a half fucking years.

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    A lot of people are spending inordinate amounts of time in Eureka and using it as a social club. Of course that's gonna look like people "enjoying the content" to the devs since they don't seem to be able to attach context to data they collect. The content kind of sucks but the social aspect isn't terrible. If they keep the social aspect intact and make the content better I suppose it'll be good but that's a tall order for SE.

    Glad they all round buffed AST, phew.

    Now just gotta wait for all the greed-only bitching in 24man.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shenrien View Post
    How do you improve fate grinding? More fates? less fates?
    You improve the type of fate, you add impact to the surrounding area that encourages completing the fates. Something similar to the fate near quarrymill, players own a portion of that area for a bit. You then build upon it by offering special quests/objectives while the location is owned allowing players to 'level-up' the controlled area. You provide bonuses to the area while it's under player control by feeding resources back to the home base with 'escort' type fates. 'Supply' type fates that allow crafters and gathers to pull together resources. You improve defenses by setting up wards, mines, and siege weaponry in 'protection' type fates. 'Defense' fates spawn with enemies attacking and players defending the owned area; becoming subsequently harder to maintain as the level rises. At a certain point an HNM will attack in a zone-wide emergency mission.

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    I don't think Yoshida has the creative fortitude to port FFXI's campaign system w/ a dash of WOW PVP into the game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shenrien View Post
    I don't think Yoshida has the creative fortitude to port FFXI's campaign system w/ a dash of WOW PVP into the game.
    I know, but that's how you would improve it. Yoshi's idea of improved fates is likely more xp and an extra minion/mount/ 1/100th of a crystal to improve another weapon.

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    I loved this group shot lol




    I was excited reading the PoTD weapon changes thinking it will be easier to obtain or cheaper, but nope

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eleven19 View Post
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    LOL WAT
    It's his typical "Let's not give people what they want/it would be too much like FFXI...even though clearly Eureka is being sorta inspired by XI." excuse. Like seriously, making your AF gear actually fucking usable on a casual level is hardly a bad thing since unless you seriously raid (Savage content last 2 floors and ultimate) the upgraded AF was pretty good, especially free 5 slots.

    Basically all Yoshida is saying is: "Pagos will be the actual relic grind you all hated, I'm sorry about Anemos."


    I mean on the JP Datacenter Eureka isn't great but when you have literally NOTHING ELSE to do it's at least something to do if you still need mendacity tomes.

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    Obviously everyone would be in Eureka 24/7 even if there were no drops or rewards at all. The content is just so incredible and engaging that it keeps people captivated for hours a day, pure distilled fun down to the core! Rewards are for filthy, greedy little nerds who don't appreciate Yoshida's incredible genius and unbelievable commitment to giving us a remarkable, fun to play, content rich experience that never dulls!






    B-b-but... w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-wait... muh "fun is the reward" content........................................... .....

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    So.. content that you can continue to enjoy in FFXIV even when capped on tomes; leveling, fun, eureka.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shenrien View Post
    So.. content that you can continue to enjoy in FFXIV even when capped on tomes; the logout button.
    ftfy fam

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    Well, the DRK buffs look good.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Prothescar View Post
    Obviously everyone would be in Eureka 24/7 even if there were no drops or rewards at all. The content is just so incredible and engaging that it keeps people captivated for hours a day, pure distilled fun down to the core! Rewards are for filthy, greedy little nerds who don't appreciate Yoshida's incredible genius and unbelievable commitment to giving us a remarkable, fun to play, content rich experience that never dulls!




    B-b-but... w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-wait... muh "fun is the reward" content........................................... .....
    Hi from the highest NA population server.


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    Well of course you're not going to find anyone outside Eureka. Everyone is playing inside!

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    Holy fucking shit hes right, we're so foolish! The ghost town around the NPC only means that Eureka must be super populated and over saturated with players, fighting to enjoy the content so much.

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