The Official Forums II: Out Here Grindin'

[Eeeks]

Was that a typo or do you have a secret closet dedicated to covenant? O.o

I read the typo as intended, heh. And I doubt you noticed, but Covenant is one of those 'special' posters. His comments and ideas are generally on par with the melee RDMs, and he's just as capable of posting some hilarious gems.

On a somewhat related note, are there other places on the official forums like the lolRDM forum? I like talking shop as much as the next guy, but I want to broaden my diet of derp. In comparison to the special needs classroom that is the melee RDM thread, most posts and threads now seem downright reasonable to me.

[GoggleHead]

The Paladin forums are pretty amusing in that every third poster doesn't know how hate works and want native provoke because they think they have problems holding hate.

[Mrbeansman]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...-being-visible

Does every dumb as fuck question get a response from the Community team? Wait that's it lets start making our reasonable questions look like unreasonable ones then they'll be sure to get answered.

[Innuendo]

I get the impression they just have an edict on "if it's a completely stupid question tell them we thought about it and said we can't."

[Cail]

Hay guyz, who wants to not only ride their wyverns, but their BST pets, avatars, and automatons too?

You're not talking about mounts, so stop it guys. Im totally super cereal...I know you're giving all teh things that would be better for devs to work on than mounts, but stop itttt

[TybudX]

On a somewhat related note, are there other places on the official forums like the lolRDM forum?

The DRK forums are pretty sad. There was the recent 'make us a pet class' thread, which was only slightly better than the numerous 'make us a melee RDM' threads. They had one thread a while back that was asking for tanking ability. Apparently DRK is a 'high-risk' tank that can only survive because of gear, sub-jobs like SAM and NIN, and somebody supporting them. There were several people going on about how much they died if they weren't riding 3rd Eye or being cured. I made two or three posts before I realized that these 'experts' had never tanked anything more difficult than Nyzul Isle, deciding it was better to just back away and let them have their EMO.

[Eurell]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...er-this-first.

Besides the Q_Q OP lol... just about everything Inafking says from page 4 on. At the end, he just stated that noone on any of the 3-4 servers he's been on ever used Auto translate or Search Comments.

[Ocara]

I get the impression they just have an edict on "if it's a completely stupid question tell them we thought about it and said we can't."

Or "grab the questsions that ask for things we were already working on anyway, to make it seem like we're listening to the community." After all, there are so many suggestions, at least a few will somewhat line up with what they're going to do anyway (the sea of dumb on the focums makes this even more likely, considering SE's dumb ideas for fixing certain classes like drk.)

[keitari]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...er-this-first.

Besides the Q_Q OP lol... just about everything Inafking says from page 4 on. At the end, he just stated that noone on any of the 3-4 servers he's been on ever used Auto translate or Search Comments.

Infaking whines about EVERYTHING. He Q.Q on the Monk forum because he had to compete against other people for Morbloger to finish his Brown Belt.

[Karbuncle]

Someone should tell him about the KSNM30 that drops it.

[TybudX]

But then you have to get help from people. People.

[Mrbeansman]

This Abyssea XI shit needs to die already because it's nothing but a cop out at this point. Abyssea has really driven home that we are the battered wives of the MMO world when any convenience is regarded as "making the game to easy". I bet these are the same people who came out in total outrage when data on Carabosse came out and thought that the empyrean upgrade requirements where some sick joke SE had played on us.

[ronin sparthos]

This Abyssea XI shit needs to die already because it's nothing but a cop out at this point. Abyssea has really driven home that we are the battered wives of the MMO world when any convenience is regarded as "making the game to easy". I bet these are the same people who came out in total outrage when data on Carabosse came out and thought that the empyrean upgrade requirements where some sick joke SE had played on us.

Brews and infinite Reraises are my only complaints against Abyssea as standalone content.

[Mrbeansman]

Why do people shit on brews so much? I'm not trying to be cynical or noobish here I just don't understand why people care about them so much. If you don't like them you don't have to use them.

[Valisk]

People are just salty because they feel SE made Abyssea content too easy with them. Honestly those same people would consider (and have in the past) the game "too easy" without them either. It's always the same. So SE pleased the larger portion of its player base which are the casual, average-skilled players. Not sure why some people on BG haven't realized that actual skilled players are the vast minority. With or without brews, people are still going to suck if they suck. So what a sucky player walks around with a brew. If he wants to waste it on that Amun him and his group can't kill, let him.

[ronin sparthos]

Why do people shit on brews so much? I'm not trying to be cynical or noobish here I just don't understand why people care about them so much. If you don't like them you don't have to use them.

Brews just appeal to the lowest common denominator. If you can't win, here's an item that guarantees you win the battle instead of revising your strategy and trying to rise to the challenge.

What was the point of SE creating mobs that have varying strategies if all you had to do was AFK in an EXP party/cleave long enough to get a 200k cruor item that basically guarantees a win? The price of brews was set way too low and when it becomes accepted practice that you pop a brew to win (Rani/Shinryu/Pantokrator) then something has gone wrong. Was it really necessary to add an invincibility drink in a realm where you can already buff the fuck out of yourself to the point where half the job classes are fucking worthless? lol

This isn't to say that some people don't find ways to be fucking stupid and lose the unloseable. It just feels like what happens when you input cheat codes in an offline game. At first you're like fuck yeah and then you realize you've spoiled everything because there is no fun in a guaranteed win.

[Deader2818]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...-being-visible

Does every dumb as fuck question get a response from the Community team? Wait that's it lets start making our reasonable questions look like unreasonable ones then they'll be sure to get answered.

TBH, i wasnt even expecting a response on this nor was I asking for one. I just wanted to put it out there more for a discussion. Sorry if my thread enraged you so much.

[Mrbeansman]

Brews just appeal to the lowest common denominator. If you can't win, here's an item that guarantees you win the battle instead of revising your strategy and trying to rise to the challenge.

What was the point of SE creating mobs that have varying strategies if all you had to do was AFK in an EXP party/cleave long enough to get a 200k cruor item that basically guarantees a win? The price of brews was set way too low and when it becomes accepted practice that you pop a brew to win (Rani/Shinryu/Pantokrator) then something has gone wrong. Was it really necessary to add an invincibility drink in a realm where you can already buff the fuck out of yourself to the point where half the job classes are fucking worthless? lol

This isn't to say that some people don't find ways to be fucking stupid and lose the unloseable. It just feels like what happens when you input cheat codes in an offline game. At first you're like fuck yeah and then you realize you've spoiled everything because there is no fun in a guaranteed win.

So someone cheats to win and somehow your legit win is totally Irrelevant? I mean really people who are bad at video games have always used game sharks and cheat codes to win; and it never really cheapened the victory I got doing the hard stuff the legit way.

I don't mean to sound cynical put the moral victory aside and realize that gimp fucks becoming less gimp can make dealing said gimp fucks just a tiny bit less unbearable in the long run. Really as much as people complain about full aurore and perle its still way way way fucking better then what gimps where wearing at 75.

TBH, i wasnt even expecting a response on this nor was I asking for one. I just wanted to put it out there more for a discussion. Sorry if my thread enraged you so much.

Don't get me wrong I love the idea. What puts sand in my vagina is that there is much less trivial concerns that are being brought up by the fan base and all that ever gets replied to is the trivial stuff.

[Aurara]

Brews just appeal to the lowest common denominator. If you can't win, here's an item that guarantees you win the battle instead of revising your strategy and trying to rise to the challenge.

What was the point of SE creating mobs that have varying strategies if all you had to do was AFK in an EXP party/cleave long enough to get a 200k cruor item that basically guarantees a win? The price of brews was set way too low and when it becomes accepted practice that you pop a brew to win (Rani/Shinryu/Pantokrator) then something has gone wrong. Was it really necessary to add an invincibility drink in a realm where you can already buff the fuck out of yourself to the point where half the job classes are fucking worthless? lol

This isn't to say that some people don't find ways to be fucking stupid and lose the unloseable. It just feels like what happens when you input cheat codes in an offline game. At first you're like fuck yeah and then you realize you've spoiled everything because there is no fun in a guaranteed win.

There is a difference between brewing something because you suck and brewing something because you want to be efficient and not waste time with stupid shit(i.e isgenbind apademak shinryu pantokrator all come to mind).

[Mrbeansman]

There is a difference between brewing something because you suck and brewing something because you want to be efficient and not waste time with stupid shit(i.e isgenbind apademak shinryu pantokrator all come to mind).

Maybe it because I don't view the official forums enough but I have never seen an all out complain complaining about brewing through that shit.