FFXIV Random Complaint Thread: Look forward to it

[Mortilox]

Wait, what.

What? I quit playing before Abyssea and that goblin shit so maybe some of that is outdated

[Gokulo]

Aside of the timer lockouts, how can you say you didn't grind dynamis or salvage.

[BaneTheBrawler]

lol, everything about XI was a grind. what the fuck are you smoking?

[miokomioko]

Also, the only actual "instances" in XI were boss fights, BCNMs, and crap like MMM/Assault/Salvage.

[amentis]

You didn't have to grind them repeatedly for multiple hours day after day.

Maybe I am wearing rose tinted glasses

You are. I don't miss not getting Haidate like, 10 byakko in a row, or not being able to do dynamis or another zone because some other party of fuckfaces was in it already. I'd much rather have SOME ability to get gear upgrades via valor points than being completely at the mercy of drop rates.

[Mortilox]

Doing them once or twice a week didn't feel as much of a grind as repeatedly running the same XIV dungeon over and over.

You also had the choice of which Dynamis you wanted to run.

But I hear people are already speed running dungeons even at the expense of other players just to farm up them seals.

Can't wait until people tire themselves out and become bored

[amentis]

The problem with it isn't the design, it's that SE is fucking dumb and basically only put 1 option in for even remotely efficient grinding. Usually there's multiple endgame dungeons that give similar ilvl loot/equal valor points.

BUT THAT MAKES SENSE FUCK DOING THAT.

[Mortilox]

You are. I don't miss not getting Haidate like, 10 byakko in a row, or not being able to do dynamis or another zone because some other party of fuckfaces was in it already. I'd much rather have SOME ability to get gear upgrades via valor points than being completely at the mercy of drop rates.

But how did you feel when you finally acquired those haidate?

Felt good, no?

But that not being able to enter dyna when someone else was in there was stupid, ya.

[Rocl]

i guess he's saying you could only dynamis once every 3 days, salvage/assault once a day? though you could save up tags/permit and still spend hours per day

[Rocl]

holy posts i missed batman

[Niiro]

Why do I have to click "move online players to the top of the list" EVERY FUCKING TIME I open the LS menu.

[Carth]

Gear wasn't handed to you on a silver platter and relic weapons were a god damn dream to most players.

Starting to feel this, personally. Getting a Relic felt super awesome, then I went into a Praetorium party where everyone had Relic +1.

I hate FFXI, but I'll give credit where it's due.

[Mortilox]

well I guess i played XI long enough to have stockholm syndrome

can't really put it in words.



and can anyone tell me what the fuck happened to alphinauds sister?

[Seravi Edalborez]

and can anyone tell me what the fuck happened to alphinauds sister?

Spoiler: show

She leads you around before/inside Coil or something. I have no idea where she's been the whole time SINCE then but I did skip the one voiced cutscene with them in the uldah bar or whatever.

[miokomioko]

and can anyone tell me what the fuck happened to alphinauds sister?

Spoiler: show

Alisaie reenters the story after you beat Titan (Hard).

Beat. but to be more specific:

Spoiler: show

While Alphinaud is more concerned with the immediate and pressing issues of the Ascians/Garleans/Primals/etc., Alisaie is more hell-bent on figuring out what exactly happened to her grandfather and Bahamut during the events at Cartaneau where they both inexplicably vanished. This is why she frustratingly parts ways with Alphinaud early on; he doesn't share her immediate concern for finding Louisiox, or even her hope that he might still be alive somewhere.

She finds out there are some caves beneath Castrum Occidens in Eastern La Noscea that the Garleans had obviously set up camp right on top of for a reason. After being informed of your recent exploits, she requests your aid and that's where you begin exploring with her, the Binding Coil of Bahamut.

[arus2001]

There needs to be another tier of loot to this game. Mythology armor takes way too damn long to get to be of any use to progression oriented people and coil drops are so full of RNG that we get fucked in the ass that we've yet to see any tank or healer loot period and just get nothing but DRG loot when we don't even bring a DRG. I imagine if coil had more bosses it'd be better but with just 3 shots a week it's ridiculously stupid trying to gear because shit just straight doesn't drop with any kind of usefulness. WoW 10 mans had the same problem but at least you got 10-16 bosses a week to try from instead of 3 and picking up Valor point armor was much quicker than the 12+ weeks required from mythology for the armor alone not counting accessories or relic+1.

Wouldn't complain with them cutting the time required to acquire by half, as the current system otherwise hamstrings you from bringing multiple jobs up to a good point with reasonable time efficiency.

/inbeforeiwantezmodeshithandedtomebymymooglemail

[Tyrath]

Lol @ people who think the original FFXI relic requirements were good.

[amentis]

But how did you feel when you finally acquired those haidate?

Felt good, no?

But that not being able to enter dyna when someone else was in there was stupid, ya.

Not really, because it was just random fucking chance. It's not like haidate not dropping 15 times in a row was a matter of skill or anything, it was just completely random bullshit. I much prefer WoW's token system type thing for tier gear, along with other gear being standard random drop + ability to farm extra rolls that's currently in place. Makes it feel less soul-crushing when your item just straight doesn't drop for weeks at a time.

[Tyrath]

Haidate wasn't even the worst of 11's design. Better than competing against dozens of other groups for a monster that only pops once every 4 to 7 days for a chance at the best body you can equip.

[amentis]

Haidate wasn't even the worst of 11's design. Better than competing against dozens of other groups for a monster that only pops once every 4 to 7 days for a chance at the best body you can equip.

The only good thing about HNM camping was watching Churchill CFH King Behemoth.