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YEAH BOYEEEEEEEE!~
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Are we expecting any info out tomorrow 8/4? I thought when they announced the 8/8 live letter (at niconico?) they had something happening on the 4th too?
Just 8/1 for character benchmark and 8/8 for the Live Letter. I don't remember anything else being announced.
Hallowed Ground -> Call Choco ->
Bummer, thanks guys.
Holy shit guys....conj is the only pre level 30 healer! Whatever will we do if we can't cue up for under level 30 dungeons! How do they expect us to level up?!? I thought this was an ffxi board. Go chain decent challenges. I swear to god I will start a forum petition to bring back Valkurm Dunes and Qufim and have it filled with skeletons with drainga and pugils that one shot your pansy asses. oh and suicide bomb tosses that kill the whole party. You've all gone soft!
I know i'm in the minority and people will probably crucify me for saying this, but I will actually legitimately miss the Valkurm Dunes/Qufim Island/Yuhtunga Jungle grinding. I get that quests and stuff are more 'diverse' but I think the early-game slogging grinding (and co-present accidental aggro trains and subsequent party/zone wiping) were both fun and brought a lot to the game.
It seemed to bring communities of players together (in friendship and linkshells as well as parties) and make them more interesting. I remember gaining a lot of friends and acquintances in that kind of competitive environment. It "sucked" but I kind of think that brings its own charm and interest to the game.
Honestly, even after I was done with my primary (whm) and all the requisite subclasses (rdm/smn/blm/etc) I still enjoyed the times I was levelling another class and had to pass the dunes/island/jungle/citadel grindfest, and would frequently go back for more.
Dont get me wrong, I like that there is more diversity in XP-gaining options, and I'm not some backassackwards curmudgeon who thinks we should all suck it up and go back to Crawler's Nest and sit around for six hours staring daggers at each other waiting for some HNM pop, but I do think there is game value to grinding.
edit: my nostalgia goggles were probably putting pressure on my brain, but i'd still like to hear others thoughts about that.
Of course, I went WHM and I'll likely be going CNJ so I expect I may at least be in some form of demand for parties most of the time, so that may have colored my opinions on XP grinding somewhat
If CNJ does indeed end up being the only pre-30 healer, and is required to run Duty Finder, then me and my friends are just going to take turns leveling it, and then heal for each other for our other jobs (via level sync), the same way we took turns doing FC parties for each other in Abyssea. Sucks for people who don't have any friends. We'll be enjoying our instant queue times since we'll always be supplying the healer.
Man, did you guys not play P3?
Yes, DDs had to wait longer than tanks and healers for a group. I never waited more than 15min. Some instances like the one with the goblins, I forgot the name, was damn near instant.
Did you forget in those polls that the majority of people were playing CNJ? Did you miss how many people in the BG Linkshell said they were playing CNJ? Have you not played a MMO as a DD and had to wait for a Healer to do something? This shit isn't new.
You keep crying for FFXI Community, well here is your chance. Get in a Linkshell, make friends, do stuff together, fuck a pie.
Its not gay if you have sex with them.
heard we were talkin bout fairy vaginas