Dev Tracker: Discussion (Old)

[Draginhikari]

Never been bothered to get on the test server, but atm it sounds like this all takes place in a lobby type of area, right? Has there been any word if it will remain as such on live servers? Or are we looking at more of a waiting for ally to gather, switch to your mob, and kill some shit around while you wait system?

There is a lobby area accessable from the three nations where you change monster types, apply instincts and so on, the actual combat and fighting takes place in the regular zones that you teleport to from the lobby area. You are able to return to the lobby at any time using an ability while in monster form.

[Byrthnoth]

5:1 on there only being 3 copies of the lobby in the dats or some other stupid shit.

[Kincard]

5:1 on there only being 3 copies of the lobby in the dats or some other stupid shit.

not like they'll need more than that 2 weeks after the launch of this system

do ho ho

[Shenrien]

Inc Fealty Ring Damage Taken -15%

[Chamaan]

Inc Fealty Ring Damage Taken -15%

.5% drop rate from a NM that uses Defending Rings as pop items.

[Kincard]

It'd be funny if they went the Speed Belt Route with DRing, remove EX tag and let 'er rip...

[Toth]

It looks like a lot of fun at least.

[Scythiroth]

I haven't played this game in a while, but I really want to try Monstrosity. =/ The Pokemon obsessed side of me just really likes the idea of something like this in an MMO.

Spoiler: show

Secretly though, I want it to be bad so I don't have to go back.

[Ligray]

Matsui just made a post about August's update which is the 6th in JST, some things are schedule for late August like Skirmish 2.0. Very late adjustments to Abyssea and two posts from Fujito on Mog Gardens and Blackout measures. JP link for lazy: here.

tl;dr summary from pol:

In the version update scheduled for August 6 2013, we will be adding new Seekers of Adoulin missions, introducing the brand-new Monstrosity system, and, at long last, rune fencers and geomancers will be able to obtain their artifact equipment. Additionally, we will be making various adjustments to stats for equipment with item levels, colonization and lair reives, and much more.

Previously, we announced that the August version update would include new skirmishes and that additional adjustments would be made to certain coalition assignments so that bonuses would be granted depending on the distance to the objective. However, these elements will be introduced in an additional version update once they have undergone further testing.

The additional version update will be implemented in late August.

An announcement will be made regarding the details for the additional version update at a later time. We apologize for the delay and will continue to work hard so this content meets its new release date.

[Damane]

i dont read anything about abyssea in your post

[Toth]

Stinks about the delay but they are at least releasing content faster now instead of waiting for months. I think we can all be happy to play with Monstrosity and those other adjustments for two weeks. And yesssss at a date for artifact!

[Bigsyke]

i dont read anything about abyssea in your post

It is in the dev post. Drop rate/costs adjustments and some sort of feet exchange mechanism if I understood it correctly.

[pancakesandsex]

Refreshing the other thread furiously for details on that massive chart.

[Gokku]

So nothing about relics yet eh?

[Kaisha]

and Blackout measures

Can't wait for the day where PS2 FFXI can't even see a full ally's worth of players onscreen in a couple more updates.

Stinks about the delay but they are at least releasing content faster now instead of waiting for months.

I just hope their update Q&A + patch deployment to server/client doesn't take too much out of their development schedule, since they always play catch-up on bug fixes for the following week after each one. Monstrosity will be a fun diversion at any rate. Something to grind on that isn't job-related.

[Byrthnoth]

Yeah, nothing relic related and nothing about the next tier of Fracture as far as I can see.

They are making the appropriate changes to Abyssea to make it easier, which I approve of but am surprised they would actually do. You'll be able to select which NQ AF3 feet you get, etc.

[Kyte]

I think we were all expecting a late August update (a few were pessimistic enough to think it would be delayed until September), so the fact that they really are releasing content in early August is good news indeed.

Yeah, nothing relic related and nothing about the next tier of Fracture as far as I can see.

I'm guessing the next round of Delve won't be until October at the earliest, accompanied perhaps by the new SPs.

[Byrthnoth]

Yeah, unless it's a bunch of stupid shit like two sets of armor and Garrison v2.

[Gokku]

I keep telling people relics will he updated in 2015 lol. I guess in my opinion if they don't have the game "fixed" by 14s release it's going to crush the player base more than the useless rme update did.

[dasva]

Well you shouldn't have really expected more from the next update. I mean it was orginally supposed to be part of the last one so expecting more than they orginally said for the last one is kinda silly. As far as relic update pretty sure going back a bit they said they would finish that before delve which going by how they been doing things will probably be the update after skirmish 2.0. So I highly doubt it will be 2015

Edit: Oh wow a bit of jp dev posts