Dev Tracker: Discussion (Old)

[Prothescar]

To celebrate the 11th anniversary of #FFXI we’ll be holding the "Twice the Double Campaign" starting on May 30th! (1/2)

This time not only EXP, but Salvage design plan drops will also be doubled! NA:http://sqex.to/Q5z EU:http://sqex.to/qYq (2/2)

hahahaha





Wonder if they mean double drop rates or literally double drops. 4 plans from 1 NM would be pretty boss.

Also wonder how long it'll last. Only 1 weekend would be lame.






Nvm there's a time frame:

Starting on Thursday, May 30th, 2013 at 8:00 am (PDT)
Ending on Sunday, June 16th, 2013 at 7:59 am (PDT)




Pretty awesome really. Can't complain. The way it's worded makes me think that it'll be actually doubling the amount of drops dropped, not the drop rate.

[Draylo]

Wow awesome

[noodles355]

Two weeks of double plans. Fuck yes

[Kaisha]

Great, just after I spent the last three weeks farming plans daily with my 3-man group.

[Kohan]

[Kincard]

Too bad they're not doubling plasm.

[Therin]

That explains why you were fucking terrible.

I kid, I kid. Seriously though, I don't know how I would get on without my scripts. I've just started thinking about learning spellcast since that seems like even more of easing of the equip swap burden.

At least I logged on!

Too bad they're not doubling plasm.

Seriously, this!!

Why do they always do double EXP when I'm on vacation?

[Ligray]

Two posts one the JP side, a minor followup to 99 RMEC and adjustments to Reives from Matsui.

[Eanae]

Really hope they straight up double the number of plans dropped. A perfect run could complete a piece in 2 runs...

[Slycer]

Posted the updates. RMEC is nothing new, just a confirmation of their path forward. Reive stuff is interesting. Wasn't really expecting them to stagger the battles in tiers and make the easiest ones soloable. Will be a nice change, though. I'm guessing the new Reive battles in the added areas will still be larger scale battles.

http://www.bluegartr.com/threads/112...=1#post5729803

[grevenilvec75]

We will raise the level cap of adventuring fellows and allow them to be called in Seekers of Adoulin areas, and we are also examining other ways of allowing solo/small group participation such as hiring NPC mercenaries.

Ornery Dhole readies Asuran fists! Would pay money to make this happen.

[TummieGaruda]

As a subsequent adjustment, we will be introducing mechanisms to allow NPCs to compete in Lair Reives and Colonization Reives. We will raise the level cap of adventuring fellows and allow them to be called in Seekers of Adoulin areas, and we are also examining other ways of allowing solo/small group participation such as hiring NPC mercenaries.

Campaign 2.0?

[Toth]

I like the changes, that's for sure. This also gives Reives more uses considering how dead they are now....

[pancakesandsex]

Dropping this here, hoping it will get some traction.

Basically I'd like to see them allow you to receive bivouac supplies from the frontier stations rather than town to allow you to teleport to the zone before you receive the KI. As things get farther and farther from adoulin, bivouac supplies are going to get more and more unreasonable to actually complete.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...656#post437656

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[Eanae]

Well looks like its back to Bayld saving until next update. Those are some good cost reductions finally.

[Slycer]

Dropping this here, hoping it will get some traction.

Basically I'd like to see them allow you to receive bivouac supplies from the frontier stations rather than town to allow you to teleport to the zone before you receive the KI. As things get farther and farther from adoulin, bivouac supplies are going to get more and more unreasonable to actually complete.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...656#post437656

Give me all of your likes.

Once they make the reives soloable in the areas nearest towns, I don't think it will be THAT unreasonable. Also, if they did this they would obviously also drastically nerf the amount of bayld/exp you receive upon completion from like 6000+ to probably less than 2500. I'm kind of on the fence about this, but I'd like to see how their planned changes play out first, as far as how much longer the bivouacs last compared to now, and what amount of gil is required and how that works.

One thing they should do, though, is make the buff from that NPC outside Courier's which offers movement speed for a nominal bayld fee carry outside of town and be maintained through battle.

[Jeryhn]

Well, seems like a good thing I saved Colkhab for last with that Bayld cost adjustment. Though if they're scaling the cost to buy KIs for the current Naakuals down, could also mean new Naakuals would cost the current amount... or scale higher. It sounds like they're severely nerfing the strength of the mobs that pop in Reives overall (except maybe Naakuals). Combined with the changes to evaluations, it may make it possible to make Bayld very quickly.

I just want to know how high I'll have to get a coin weapon to unlock its WS...

[Malithar]

Almost feels like this update is going to bring just as much new content as the launch of Adoulin itself lol. We've got so far:

New Naakuals
New areas
Skirmish II
Can only assume new Coalition ranks to buy the new Bayld gear
Coalition assignment reward adjustments
Reive adjustments
Biv upkeep adjustments
Naakual KI major cost adjustments (wonder if our current cost reduction will stack?)
1 handed stat fix
Pet job updates through grips/polearms/jugs
Geo/Run AF and merits
New ranged ammo
Coulda swore I read somewhere that Mog Gardens and Monstrosity was coming too, but can't find the post
Can assume new quests/missions to coincide with new everything else

And prolly more I'm forgetting.

With Matsui's content map ranging from lvl 1-20, and his intention to fill out all of the different lvls with content, as well as horizontal growth for certain key lvls, I'm really excited to see them adding so much with an update. Hopefully each one keeps this lvl of content and adjustments in the future so we're not left with any updates containing a handful of quests/missions and a few minor adjustments. New things to do (or being able to do old things much easier) is a good way to keep the player base active in Adoulin.

[pancakesandsex]

Once they make the reives soloable in the areas nearest towns, I don't think it will be THAT unreasonable. Also, if they did this they would obviously also drastically nerf the amount of bayld/exp you receive upon completion from like 6000+ to probably less than 2500. I'm kind of on the fence about this, but I'd like to see how their planned changes play out first, as far as how much longer the bivouacs last compared to now, and what amount of gil is required and how that works.

They are going to keep adding zones though. You're already hoofing it across 3+ zones to get to these things, and if even the ones in the starter zones are decaying now, NOBODY is gonna go out 3+ with enough frequency to keep them up, adjusted rate or not.

[fantasticdan]

I just want to know how high I'll have to get a coin weapon to unlock its WS...

99?

Someone should create an OF topic about unlocking ws with 90+ emps thou. Having to start from scratch with a coin weapon to unlock cdc/hi/etc. after using the ws for years on the 90 emp would be super retarded.