Sage Sundi Interview Details

[tiberion02]

i dont even care who gets the items, you guys who are like "GIVE " <insert me/my job/my class/myself here in some form> " STUFF OR YOUR GAME FCKING SUCKS!!!" should check yoselves

i just want hard mobs to drop stuff, for your effort to be worth it if you will

/amen

[layoneil]

It gets kinda depressing doing events for everyone else in the LS getting pimp items except you. But thats just me.

simplest solution is to just level another job.

[Not Kuno]

Leveling a job just to get items is stupid.

[layoneil]

Leveling a job just to get items is stupid.

than level it for other reasons in addition to getting items.

[Genosync]

Bert, Ondori:

From what I read about some 'endgame champion' or whatever, does this mean that you've formed some actual contacts with people that you can get information from inside Square's departments? Would be great to definently have a line in for information.

[rahskala]

Why are you coming to a forum(focused on the end game community) and saying we should go to hell?

Sorry, I guess I didn't word the original post well and you misunderstood. Blame it on the fact that it was 1:30 in the morning.

The point I was trying to make is that, generally speaking, it is more in SE's best interests to have an expansion focused on solo/casual content rather than dedicating it to expanding the endgame. Personally, I'd much rather see them expand the endgame to make it broader, and give people more stuff to do...as would almost everybody who reads these forums, since we're the kind of people who are at that stage of the game already. Unfortunately though, we aren't as large a group as the people I think SE will be trying to 'hook' with the next expansion are: the not-as-hardcore players who don't have the time or desire to totally dedicate themselves to a game, and just want to have fun. SE probably took a look at WoW and said "Hey, we want some of that". I don't blame them, but it's still a bit of a disappointment for us endgame folks who are hoping for "a new home" as the interview put it.

[Sekkite]

I don't understand why they're hellbent on boosting mages. DO they not realize how underpowered melees are in 8/10 situations?

Well, think of it this way.

If they somehow manage to balance end game in this upcoming expansion(A.K.A. hell freezing over) to the point where mages could get new gear and not be more horribly overpowered then they already are, then go for it. But they better not add amazing mage gear off of new HNMs if those new HNMs are poppable unless the fix FafHogg, King Behemoth, and Aspid to be poppable or something close to it.

[Andarvi]

how about they fix drg.

[Anderian]

how about they fix drg.

Dragoon is broken!!??


I think what Sage Sundi meant when he talked about focusing on mage jobs, was that they're trying to come up with new spells / ablities for them to make them each mage job a bit more unique, rather than making a shitload of OMGWTFBBQTARUS mage equipment.
See, every melee class has rather wide array of different weapons to choose from, but mage classes usually just use elemental staves (which are crafted >_>).
So maybe they'll make wyrms drop scrolls for spells that can't be found anywhere else? Like Gravity II or Refresh II or something? :D

[Not Kuno]

So maybe they'll make wyrms drop scrolls for spells that can't be found anywhere else? Like Gravity II or Refresh II or something? :D

My theory from way back when was that they'd add a Wyrm for every element, and they'd drop tier5, tier4 -ga and higher level enfeeble scrolls. So like if you kill Tiamat maybe you'd get the Plauge spell and Firaga4 to drop. Or maybe one Jormungand kill would yeild Jubaki: Ni, Paralyze2 and Blizzard5. Now that's good loot.

[NynJa]

So maybe they'll make wyrms drop scrolls for spells that can't be found anywhere else? Like Gravity II or Refresh II or something? :D

My theory from way back when was that they'd add a Wyrm for every element, and they'd drop tier5, tier4 -ga and higher level enfeeble scrolls. So like if you kill Tiamat maybe you'd get the Plauge spell and Firaga4 to drop. Or maybe one Jormungand kill would yeild Jubaki: Ni, Paralyze2 and Blizzard5. Now that's good loot.

If SE does that, they will only do Stone/Water/Aero/Fire V, so everyone who merited ice and thunder to max get fucked over.

[Andarvi]

jubaku: ni yes plzzzzz.

could you imagine thundaga V tho? dear god the sky would have to get dark and bolts strike the ground or some shit.

what i wanna know is how the dev team beat jailer of love.

[Raineer]

So maybe they'll make wyrms drop scrolls for spells that can't be found anywhere else? Like Gravity II or Refresh II or something? :D

My theory from way back when was that they'd add a Wyrm for every element, and they'd drop tier5, tier4 -ga and higher level enfeeble scrolls. So like if you kill Tiamat maybe you'd get the Plauge spell and Firaga4 to drop. Or maybe one Jormungand kill would yeild Jubaki: Ni, Paralyze2 and Blizzard5. Now that's good loot.

Make these types of scroll drops ra/ex and fucking sign me up.

[Andarvi]

yeah if the scrolls werent rare/ex it would be reaaaally gay. RMTs would be buying them for ridiculous prices and then brag about how good they are, like when noob blms in the 50s get ancient magic.

[Daahan]

how about they fix drg.

i was hoping ondori would have asked hiim about this

[rooster]

I'm trying my hardest to get my questions answered for our community...

But questions like 'are you going to fix drg', has been asked and isn't answered. I have a feeling that before each of these events, they know what they are going to answer. The questions dont really matter, they have decided what they will say is 'New'.

Some of these questions at these events are soooo silly it's just stupid. Almost every person there was asking questions like,

"My monk is doesn't have a lot of new stuff to look forward too, when are more monk stuff coming out?!"

"What level are you?"

"64"

"Ok get lvl 75 then.... "

one person asked about paladin, monk, and any job that they play... What it all comes down to is that you need to lvl other jobs and enjoy other parts of the game, not dwell on if 1 job is going to become superman in the next few months.

at any rate... i'm prompting for more of these interviews, and i hope that i'll get them.

[Xrave]

The Jailer of Love is actually SE's answer for Drg's being useless.

Put in Drg's for WS's and their wyvern's breath stops the regen rate! (would be hillarious if true)

The Drg items that JoL drops is the clue

[Genosync]

If that worked, I'd have a heart attack.

[Endo]

yeah if the scrolls werent rare/ex it would be reaaaally gay. RMTs would be buying them for ridiculous prices and then brag about how good they are, like when noob blms in the 50s get ancient magic.

Yeah some blm called me a nub because I did not have quake to burst. I was hurt, and then he commented on my lvl 36 HQ int rings, and I almost cried, but then I realized that he missed the burst every single chain and I felt much better about my gimpness.

On topic .... I am hoping that they add diffrent gear that is rare/ex for for blm and whm. In all reality blm and whm share the zenith line of rare/ex and thats it. Dalmatica is worthless for a whm and blm. The legs are worthless for a blm and taru whm. I like the crown becasue there is not other option (besides af2) everything else can be bought. I do love my genbu shield but I rarely am allowed to melee anything (nor will my 612 hp allow me). So I would like to see blm higher tier spells drop (rare/ex of course) and I would like to see another option besides a nobles for end game whm. Also can I get another club please? Maybe a club or shield that has +cure potency? Would be lovely to be able to party with a club and shield.

I also think you guys did a good job with the interview. I agree though it would be nice to speak to actual devs. Maybe popable fafnir would be sweet but I don't see that happening. Just moving the abj to KS fights would be a big boost at least for my ls.

[Heian]

one person asked about paladin, monk, and any job that they play... What it all comes down to is that you need to lvl other jobs and enjoy other parts of the game, not dwell on if 1 job is going to become superman in the next few months.

Yeah good call about leveling another job. PLD was my first, working on NIN after CoP (Both Static'd), but even taking another tanking job to 75 is much more enjoyable for a couple different reasons now. I have more fun leveling and doing BCNMs on my NIN because I leveled PLD to 75 and tank EndGame NM/HNM with PLD. I think alot of PLDs level NIN afterwards because of the different style of tanking.

I also found that my Tanking on PLD has improved after playing NIN. I don't know maybe I am just rambling now, but there are some jobs that are broken in some ways. I just think people wanted to see some more PLD gear become more accessable, or maybe just even better drop rates. SE, I feel, kinda ignores PLD. By that I mean we do not get boost or Nerfs. They just leave us alone.

Oh and yeah its not fun to merit PLD, kinda hard when no one wants to level with a "MP Draining job" guess WHMs were only ment to cast Haste and Erase in FFXI.


EDIT: Also thanks Bert, Ondori, Bik and Peng for going out of your ways to set this up and post all the info. Hopefully there is a "future in the future." It seems more and more events like this will make them realize what is going on. To me it seems like a PR stunt to see what the NA base wants / is like.