More Formidable Fellows!! (04/01/2011)

[Byrthnoth]

If I could limit which spells my WHM NPC casts (Haste, Dia II, Paralyna, Silena, and Cure V) and they made it slightly smarter, it would be infinitely more useful.

Giving them 4MP/tick Refresh at 82 would be pretty cool too.

[Siatdiat]

Hurray for content that takes an hour to conceptualize, code, and implement and takes the masses days/weeks to 'finish,' for a reward that is basically useless!

Amen, why does noone else ever get this?

[Draylo]

You act as if this was all they are adding in the update... Jesus Christ, its one TINY thing that some people would have liked to see. Bitching about anything and everything every single update/update note never fails I guess.

[Spira]

Hurray for content that takes an hour to conceptualize, code, and implement and takes the masses days/weeks to 'finish,' for a reward that is basically useless!

are you a game programmer? what exactly gives you the position to say you know that this is easy to do?
true, it doesn't take much for them to raise the limits of Fellow NPCs, but theres a lot more to adding quests than just saying 'hey lets do it'

Conceptualizing is one thing, but the quest has to go thru story writers, programmers, budget, QC and management approval (in some order). Not to mention that scripts probably go through drafting, and then localization all at once. All this takes time, and is not as simple as you might somehow think.

This isn't the only thing that they're throwing out for us, and its a fallacy to say that just because something can be conceptualized fast, its not going to be fun or rewarding - a lot of the best things in the game are stuff that anyone could have easily come up with.

Finally, all mmorpg rewards are basically useless. Its a matter of perspective, but people only bitch when it isn't aligned with their own.

[Kaylia]

Hurray for content that takes an hour to conceptualize, code, and implement and takes the masses days/weeks to 'finish,' for a reward that is basically useless!

Eh...the quest is most likely the only part that require a non trivial development time. Modifying existing value and turning boolean flag is unlikely to be a huge issue.

[Apelila]

You act as if this was all they are adding in the update... Jesus Christ, its one TINY thing that some people would have liked to see. Bitching about anything and everything every single update/update note never fails I guess.

Why are you defending it so hard?

Here's how everyone bitching comes across:
"NPCs? Meh. *Le Yawn*"

Here's you:
NO, YOUR WRONG MAN. WRONG.

[Karbuncle]

Why are you defending it so hard?

Here's how everyone bitching comes across:
"NPCs? Meh. *Le Yawn*"

Here's you:
NO, YOUR WRONG MAN. WRONG.

For a second i kinda forgot it must be opposite day

[Skylark]

Well, regardless I guess I'll still be doing this, running around with my Galka NPC makes it look like I have my own personal bodyguard.

[Gwynplaine]

Getting bored. Is there anything else in this damn update?

[Fiarlia]

Community Rep just posted this in the thread on the official forums, figured it was worth reporting here.

Thanks for all the feedback everyone! Lots of really cool ideas.

While we will be expanding the areas where you can call your adventuring fellow to certain ToAU areas for the upcoming version update, we do have plans to expand this even further with future version updates.

We also have some additional good news! With the limit break quests for adventuring fellows being tied to Trial of the Magians, the maximum amount of trials that can be undertaken at the same time will be increased.

..and no this was not an April Fool's Day joke lol.

Bolded part is gewd, man.

Linky.

[Divinius]

Community Rep just posted this in the thread on the official forums, figured it was worth reporting here.

Bolded part is gewd, man.

Linky.

Your Linky is incorrect.

Correct Linky.

[Draylo]

Why are you defending it so hard?

Here's how everyone bitching comes across:
"NPCs? Meh. *Le Yawn*"

Here's you:
NO, YOUR WRONG MAN. WRONG.

What....?

[Fiarlia]

Your Linky is incorrect.

Correct Linky.

Ah, thankies.

[Karbuncle]

This thread:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...ing-April-2011

Confirms NPCs will get to level 99. down in "October through March" Section.