Dev Tracker: Discussion (Old)

[Malithar]

Death to Clickandbuy on July 31st, if there's anyone that actually uses it.

[Slycer]

Looooong ass Matsui posts. I'll be translating over the next hour or so.

[Slycer]

Quick comment while translating. Version up is being split (surprise, surprise) into two updates due to various delays. First is July 9, second is "early August." More soon.

[Cairthenn]

Achuka's aura removal mechanic is likely the same. Obviously someone should go play around.

[Toth]

Awesome. Wonder what is getting split. I imagine the GEO and run stuff, new areas, and revie changes are in July. Hopefully skirmish 2.0 can make it too. Sounds like MM and might resort in August?

[Chamaan]

They also still need to reschedule implementing SP2 abilities, so there's a chance that those might get included in the August update. More than likely though they're putting that off even longer than that because they still haven't even discussed those abilities for Geo/Run. But really at this point those are going the way of Cait Sith.

[dasva]

I love how it says to try new things because it's easy to keep retrying the bosses... yeah the few groups that have an easy time retrying the bosses are beating them already. If they really wanted us to experiment and learn more about them they wouldn't have locked the boss room

[Cairthenn]

I mean, we have an functionally infinite test area (I doubt you'll kill it figuring out mechanics, only thing is someone group could show up? lol) with the same mobs, it just requires Bayld.

[Slycer]

I have an incomplete and probably improperly formatted block of translated stuff that I'm posting now. Gotta run for about an hour and I'll finish up later.

[Jem]

So basically

NEWSFLASH - Mob behavior changes as HP lowers and/or if they are in different stances.

Somehow this differs from all our previous XI experience!

[Toth]

Artifact quests not until August?! Screw this game. This is beyond ridiculous.

[dasva]

Artifact quests not until August?! Screw this game. This is beyond ridiculous.

You sound surprised...

[Toth]

I am. These jobs have needed help from the start of delve and while GEO has been able to function okay in the content, RUN has nothing to add. I can only guess there will be no merits as well for the jobs. August will be 4 months since the release of the expansion with only minor fixes to the jobs. it's terrible.

[Gwynplaine]

Not surprised the update is getting split up. It's the same way it happened with the initial update. Lower tier stuff > 2nd update with Delve etc. Going to be the same thing.

Finally thank fucking god we will be able to invite people from across the server like every other mmo on the planet. There is still a lot of new stuff to get into.

[Yubar]

Wait, is the artifact for Geo and Run implied we need to do the limit break quest before we can start on the artifact quest?

[Seha]

A bit sad that the update is split, but as long as something new happens I'll be satisfied. Very curious about the gear from the next naakuals.

[Toth]

Probably. At least it's something unique for the job....

[Damane]

Not surprised the update is getting split up. It's the same way it happened with the initial update. Lower tier stuff > 2nd update with Delve etc. Going to be the same thing.

Finally thank fucking god we will be able to invite people from across the server like every other mmo on the planet. There is still a lot of new stuff to get into.

I am in fear that this drastic change is gonne break something totally different and make the servers crash ¬.¬, I dont know when it comes to FFXI and it spaghetti code I just get panic attacks when they do some fundemantly system changes.

[Draginhikari]

Wait, is the artifact for Geo and Run implied we need to do the limit break quest before we can start on the artifact quest?

AF for GEO and RUN is 99 gear rather then 50-60. So yea Limit Break accrues before AF in that case.

[Malithar]

Reive trophies, opening of the library and some achievement system with it, additional items buyable from Mummers. Interesting additions, wonder what they will be.

I don't mind so much that the update is being split up (I believe Slycer even pointed this out over a month ago when they were in the process of announcing the tons of content they had planned) as long as it doesn't neuter the updates themselves. If they had 5 missions (terribly low, but not exactly out of range of their past updates) planned for this single update, and now its being split up into a couple CSs and a BC in July, and a couple CSs and a BC for August, its going to be annoying. Same goes for quests.

Not terribly happy concerning Skirmish 2 being pushed back, as the weapons whose type drops from the new Wildskeeper Reives will become even less desirable due to col. rate being higher, making the Naakuals that much easier.

Believe someone said it before concerning Geo/Run quest lines. Something along the lines of "I see you've progressed forward with your knowledge of (job). Show me what you've got in a duel!" or some such nonsense. Not overly happy with the AF being pushed back, but meh. Maybe it'll give them time to make it more desirable, or maybe they'll decide to increase the item level on it even further, due to players having access to Bayld t2 and Wildskeeper t2 gear prior to it. TBH, I hope this means the merits will be pushed back as well. They really need to take another look at them and adjust them to be desirable, rather then "well, guess that could help.." as most of them are now.

Anxious waiting for Slycer to get back to see the description on those "Add effects to Reive Trophies" and any other goodies hidden in the post.