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[Septimus]

Good news everyone!

Thread: Minor issue: Rajas/Sattva/Tamas Rings

Hey everyone http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/im...lies/smile.png Sorry for the delay on an update.

While I can't offer any more concrete information, the development team is still looking into this. Please understand that it is not decided whether or not this will happen for sure, but they are working on it.

Thread: Auction House - Removing the 7 item listing cap

Greetings!

By increasing the number of items by even 1, this would apply to every character in the game which would cause a spike in server lag. Rest assured that the development team is looking into this, but they would like to proceed carefully.

Thread: More Frequent CLEAR WEATHER in Ro'Maeve

Thanks for the feedback! The development team mentioned that they will look into this http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/im...lies/smile.png

[Kaisha]

But the AH/Search are operated independent of the game servers, how would that cause lag....

[Tarage]

Rings: ...Okay sure, whatever. Any word on upgrading the SMN ring?

AH: Yeah I kinda figured they'd never do this. Let's stop asking about it now please.

Weather: lolwut? People still care about DM?

[Bigsyke]

People are complaining about clear weather and not fire weather? Seriously?

[Septimus]

People are complaining about clear weather and not fire weather? Seriously?

Obviously only elitists do Trial of the Magians for STR weapons.

[Tarage]

Obviously only elitists do Trial of the Magians for STR weapons.

Or crazy SMN.

[NynJa]

Took me 6 attempts (6 full moons phazes, mnot 6 game days) to get a pentasphere cuz every time was weather durring the 0-3 time period, every day.

[Shenrien]

Not like waiting for Firesday to do you trial is that big of an issue, go hard in the paint.

[Tarage]

Not like waiting for Firesday to do you trial is that big of an issue, go hard in the paint.

Except when weather is available these trials are bearable. You try killing birds at level 99 with Ifrit during fire day. Turns out it takes a long ass time, even on Colibri.

[Churchill]

frends

[arus2001]

...who'd have to be SMN to get Ifrit pet kills, too.


But yeah, Light, Fire, and to a lesser degree Dark weather need some love.

[Kalmado]

Weather: lolwut? People still care about DM?

I just did DM on my new guy last Saturday

[Septimus]

...who'd have to be SMN to get Ifrit pet kills, too.


But yeah, Light, Fire, and to a lesser degree Dark weather need some love.

Would it really be that hard to increase just Fire, Light, and Dark weather occurrences? No one is saying make them as frequent as wind and ice, but for the love of fuck that shit is rare.

[ronin sparthos]

Would it really be that hard to increase just Fire, Light, and Dark weather occurrences? No one is saying make them as frequent as wind and ice, but for the love of fuck that shit is rare.

This.

It doesn't need to wind/ice/thunder status but light doesn't exist and fire happens only during summer months in short bursts between other weather occurrences. Up the frequency because no one gives two fucks about realism with regards to weather in a world where bats are birds and beetles have reversed feet.

[Buffy]

This.

It doesn't need to wind/ice/thunder status but light doesn't exist and fire happens only during summer months in short bursts between other weather occurrences. Up the frequency because no one gives two fucks about realism with regards to weather in a world where bats are birds and beetles have reversed feet.

I approve of this.

[arus2001]

Yeah, my take on Fire should be that in any zone it's possible, between like 10:00-16:00 it should have a high chance of showing every day if another weather doesn't show. Light and Dark can then take an evening approach from, say, 22:00-4:00. 6 game hours, 1/4th of a game day, game day itself being around 52 minutes, so a higher shot at people getting ~13 minutes of kill time on non-days.

Just don't propose that on the OF, you'll get Raist jumping down your butt about how weather can be planned around and the 13 RL days or so to account for a Vana'diel year and a small window of seasons is a-ok even if you can't play at that particular point in time.

Or just fucking let SCH storm spells count.

[Isiolia]

Could also just do something like, 1 point anytime, 3 points on day, 5 points on weather for day/weather trials. Even with dividing up the day like that, you're still kinda stuck with a narrow window of time when weather might happen, and then standing around waiting for the next change to roll around.

It might help with geode distribution though, which is also something it might be nice to see addressed.

[Septimus]

This.

It doesn't need to wind/ice/thunder status but light doesn't exist and fire happens only during summer months in short bursts between other weather occurrences. Up the frequency because no one gives two fucks about realism with regards to weather in a world where bats are birds and beetles have reversed feet.

Fire would be acceptable if it had a very high chance of occurring during the summer months, but even then it is rare as all hell. As in from June to August in game there was a 50-75% chance that any given day in Kuzotz, Valkurm/Gustav, Elshimo, and Vollobw would have a good 15 to 20 minute of uninterrupted hot spells and heat waves.

[Septimus]

Good news everyone!

Hey everyone! I am glad to see there is a bunch of excitement for the weapons as well as all your feedback. I have some responses to your questions and comments.

• Add actual stats to the weapons!
These weapons are meant to be special items and also ones that are outside the rules. If we were to put actual stats on these weapons, then we would have to follow equipment rules and set the proper jobs that can equip them. This would result in a split of opinions with some of you saying “Who cares, just do it!” and others saying “If I can’t equip it then I don’t want it.”

With that said, we will be keeping these specialty weapons in line with our original objective of cosmetic equipment. (We are actually discussing about making it possible to changing into the Archangels with an enchantment.)

　
• Make a higher level Divine Might
As a future plan, we are exploring the possibilities of an impressive level 99 version battlefield mission or quest. A high level Divine Might is included in this, but the rewards for the battlefield is a sticking point.
　
While it might be possible to create actual weapons to go along with the high level Divine Might, if we only have this as a reward for an 18 person battle, mages and support jobs might not be as inclined to participate.
　
　
• Can’t you make the shield and armor too?
The shield is design special to the Elvaan Archangel.

We realize there is a high demand for this, however, adding the shield with the same design and shape for players to use would result in weird graphical glitches. If we changed the shape, then it wouldn’t be the Elvaan Archangel’s shield anymore, so we decided to cut this.

In regards to the armor, there are two reasons why we decided not to do it currently.

The first being that we would need to retexture them the same as we had to do for the weapons, which take quite a bit of time and it would be race specific.
The next reason being that the armor was created to match the Archangel’s white skin and if a player were to equip it there would be quite a lot of strangeness.

Reskinning AA gear wouldn't actually be all that hard...

[ronin sparthos]

The next reason being that the armor was created to match the Archangel’s white skin and if a player were to equip it there would be quite a lot of strangeness.

I laughed.