INTERVIEW !!!!!!!!!! MAKE IT STICKY OR BURN :P

[Xajii]

Its ugly, everyone has it, and yeah, its just not to be worn unless your exping whatever job below 70 or a SAM.

Edit- Anyone play Dead or Alive 4? WeltallX is gamertag. Lets go! Getting on now

lol @ you saying that haub is inferior piece for WAR,NIN,DRK above 70

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

Its ugly, everyone has it, and yeah, its just not to be worn unless your exping whatever job below 70 or a SAM.

Edit- Anyone play Dead or Alive 4? WeltallX is gamertag. Lets go! Getting on now

Or DD nins or people who keep it instead of hauberk since its pretty much the same or DD plds or...

[Jawas]

Ever go to a GYM around NYC....

The point is about fee's. 2 people can pay the same amount of money, one chooses to work more hours and get more "rewards" and the other only works sometimes a week and complains he has less "rewards" than the person who goes everyday.

The gym "analogy" is so baseless it's not worth discussing; the two comparisions have so many discrepancies it's futile to create an accurate picture using that gym scenario.

Just putting this out there, though... the opposite could be said, couldn't it? One group of individuals logs in, shows up to king camps, consistently claims/kills, spends an hour of EXP to keep buffer or maybe participate in another activity, and logs off. Another group logs in, completes city/expansion missions, consistently participates in dynamis, limbus, enms, assaults, bcnms, popped nms, levels other jobs, etc... yet due to their conflicting schedules can't show up to king camps, and because there is a lack of adequet alternatives to a number of the items the kings drop, they can't attain the potential power the king-only group can even though they're paying the same amount for the service.

That's a very extreme example, but it also underlies the real problem.

What I dont understand is your point. You explain that yes FFXI is more than just king camps, and if your LS is doing Limbus, Dynamis, assualts, BCNMs, and popped NMs your most likely having more fun and being more productive than sitting in DA waiting 3 hours for a possible claim.

For someone to say everyone pays 15 dollars a month and I cant get my LS to camp fafnir, and say they should have equal treatment as someone who is in a LS that does camp fafnir is stupid. Join another LS than.

The issue is this, we have harder mobs in the game that can take more than hour to kill, yet they have drop pools that terrible, and Nidhogg which I have seen killed in under 20 minutes has some of the best gear every made. KB is being killed by gillsellers on most servers, and yet Vrtra sits untouched.

Make the 3 kings harder, since merits have made us stronger, or move the loot table to the harder content. For SE to say that people wanted more HNMs, so we gave them more, but gave them shitty drops DOES NO ONE ANY GOOD.

Also if the 2 1/2 year LS's were done with the 3 kings drops, I am sure they would doing other things, instead they are still sitting there getting their 100th pixie earring, and 100 N.Legs, and 100th D.Feet.

[*Shinzon*]

And theres a reason I only go 2-3 times a month. I dont enjoy going alone while the rest of my ls has to log for work. Secondly I'm not complaining about anything, I was trying to make a point about why an alternative system would provide relief in some aspects to those who want the expierence but are hindered by not being able to do things on their own time. I goto DA when I think its appropriate for instance and I've claimed it myself only once solo and it satisfies me because I know I can claim over the bots and shit.

Again I was just trying to allow you to see another perspective rather than the whole, you need to be here now at this very moment in time or you'll never have a chance at this mob.

[Kitha]

What I dont understand is your point. You explain that yes FFXI is more than just king camps, and if your LS is doing Limbus, Dynamis, assualts, BCNMs, and popped NMs your most likely having more fun and being more productive than sitting in DA waiting 3 hours for a possible claim.

For someone to say everyone pays 15 dollars a month and I cant get my LS to camp fafnir, and say they should have equal treatment as someone who is in a LS that does camp fafnir is stupid. Join another LS than.

The issue is this, we have harder mobs in the game that can take more than hour to kill, yet they have drop pools that terrible, and Nidhogg which I have seen killed in under 20 minutes has some of the best gear every made. KB is being killed by gillsellers on most servers, and yet Vrtra sits untouched.

Make the 3 kings harder, since merits have made us stronger, or move the loot table to the harder content. For SE to say that people wanted more HNMs, so we gave them more, but gave them shitty drops DOES NO ONE ANY GOOD.

Also if the 2 1/2 year LS's were done with the 3 kings drops, I am sure they would doing other things, instead they are still sitting there getting their 100th pixie earring, and 100 N.Legs, and 100th D.Feet.

Jawas, I know you love to argue for the sake of arguing... (it's funny XD) don't want to burst your bubble, but I completely agree with almost everything you've said over and over... the "underlying problem" being that we don't have enough options! I agree wyrms should have better loot pools making them worth killing, I agree the difficulty of fights should reflect the power of their drops, I agree loot tables need to be moved around to more appropriate locations or new HNMs added that reward us with things that reflect the difficulty of the fight... it's the same bloody thing I say over and over again! The time invested and the risk involved HAS to balance the power of the rewards given, and this is NOT the case with SO much content in FFXI.

We're on the same side!

[Jawas]

I dont really enjoy to disagree, I just think this guy is complaining about something he can fix. If your LS game goals and your goals dont mix, than join another LS.

I can say that I am in a HNMLS that wants to camp Kings 24/7, but I would rather sit in Windy and craft or work on chocobo digging, and all I do is stress myself out and stress out my LS cause my goals and the LS goals are different.

The game has so many angles and so many paths to take it is really amazing when you look at it. You play the game everyday and doing something completely different than the day before for hours.

But for you to say its not fair cause you dont have the time or the support to fight a 21-24 HNM is like me saying its not fair cause I spend so much time at 21-24 camps that I cant camp VE cause I have no free time in the game.


I think we have plenty of options now. If we made the Wyrms, Cerberus and Hydra all on the same 21-24 pop timers and moved the gear around I think we could have really nice options, also just make HQ verison of the CoP and ToUA HNMs, God knows SE doesnt have to make new skins for them. Even if loot tables over lapped who cares. Let the LS have the chance to spread out on figure out which HNM they want to camp.

[bercus]

Wow... I have a shitload of messages... >.<

Ok let me post a few more comments, I like that summary from someone in another Forum.

They confirmed the development of a Sea/Sky like endgame zone
They confirmed the development of a new type of battle grounds, possibly similar to dynamis or limbus.
They pretty much assured everyone FFXI will not get an official windower anytime soon, if at all.
They admitted new gobby bags are a 'good idea' and thus will possibly add them.
They said that individual server jumping and switching is something they thought about and are possibly working on
They said they will most likely change the pop timers on the three kings, if not completely change the way are fought.
Admited that Ulli had problems and that they are still trying to think of a way to fix them.
Gave the reasons why limbus/dynamis aren't true instanced zones

Also many people asked me, why I did ask this question

Question 2:

Bercus : This question is about the entertainment side of the game. In the past SE has adapted a cross world feature evident in many games, like Kingdom Hearts, where you work together with Disney. Could SE consider something like this for FFXI so that players can fight against square legends? Like a BCNM, or mini-quest oriented to FF XI culture so that it doesn't interfere with storyline etc…

Sundi : You mean like a Mini Game?

Bercus : Sure, or like an additional Quest or Event, where you fight vs lets say Mickey Mouse (couldn’t think os something better LOL) , something outside of Final Fantasy.

Sundi : Well.. wow.. well maybe..I like it. Maybe you can ask that later in the main Interview, but I would like to see it. This is depends on many things…

I got stuff like this from 2 different people. I personally also did like the Idea, so did Sage Sundi. I dont know why people also bitch about this question. If you don't want something entertaining go back into Dragons Aery or Behemots Dominion.

Hers the reply from the person who first asked me to ask that

When I talked about cross world, I meant also maybe involvement with other games under Square franchise including the earlier chapters of Final Fantasy(ex. Cloud, Sephiroth, Squall, Vincent). Although I must say fighting Mickey Mouse would be fun :D

Anyway, if this was a question you thought shouldnt have been asked. Too bad, I did anyway muahahahaha

Some questions might have picked wrong, can't change that anymore.

I know I gave more suggestions then questions at some points, but actually they know about those problems now AGAIN. The Vice President wanted to keep most of the shit. Iam sure he will make sure that stuff will be solved, not everything but the most shit. He seemed like an ok guy to me. All of them were nice, but yes had no big knowledge about the Game itself.

What I enjoyed right now after I posted the Interview, that some people have NO clue about this game. Iam sure ppl bashing the shit asked about 3 Kings are hardcore botters, cause they dont have to worry about the Claims. It has nothing to do with lazyness, not going 3 hours every day to a King and not getting Claim. THIS HAS TO DO WITH BEEING SMART.

Thanks for the nice responds from almost everyone. I have done Interviews a few times, but never about Game-related shit. Now I do know what to do the next time. For the people who bashed the Interview or did make asshole comment in any other way. How about you do it yourself? Get in contact with them. Get questions together. Get your ass to a place you can Interview them or via Email whatever.

It was my time, arround 24 hours+ I did spend, not yours, you only had to read the Interview.

It's nothing I had to do. It was my own choice to try to kinda "better" the game. If you dont care, then either stop playing the game, or enjoy the game when its so perfect for you or stay out of the Forums.

After seeing the replys on other Forums, I have to admit more Idiots are on other Forums then here....

Also thank you again for all the replies, even for the replies from Ondori and Berticus, I hope you enjoy WoW ^^. But I hope for myself that I will stay here a bit longer. And yes I will not give up yet, cause that is stuff that is fun to me(spamming them ect) Never thought you two would even reply ^^, and I think with the way via Email, we can probably do more then with the Interview itself.

[Kitha]

I think we have plenty of options now. If we made the Wyrms, Cerberus and Hydra all on the same 21-24 pop timers and moved the gear around I think we could have really nice options, also just make HQ verison of the CoP and ToUA HNMs, God knows SE doesnt have to make new skins for them. Even if loot tables over lapped who cares. Let the LS have the chance to spread out on figure out which HNM they want to camp.

They aren't options now though, which is the point... if stuff was done like that, then yes, things would be for the better, albeit not as good as it could be; there's a lot of talent that SquareEnix doesn't utilize. Their artists are skilled, their writers/storywriters produce some amusing and heartfelt work, etc... it just seems like they chose not to perform to their potential (I said something like this a few pages back >_<) Regardless... hopefully SquareEnix takes what Bercus presented to them, and they run with it.

Edit:

Thanks again Bercus =)

[Koul]

I actually would find it interesting if you fought like characters from past final fantasy games or from other games or something... that'd be kewl

granted I'm sure people would be nit-picky little bitches about stuff though

[BRP]

I think the question would of been looked at less negatively if you replaced Micky Mouse with like Kain or Locke. Even I thought it was kind of bad, but I think fighting previous Final Fantasy characters would of made the question look a lot better.

[Eternus]

It isn't that the 3 Kings question was a bad or invalid one. It is a huge problem with this game (yes the botting for claim is a big part of it). The solution BRP eluded to with his graphic might be better for the overall social aspect of the game and reduce lag at camps. If SE is smart in a timesink related way they will make it just as hard to get the drops, but just divide where you get the drops that make up the 3 kings fights by timers on the HNM/NMs and where they are located. They want us to keep playing this game, so keep in mind that it will be a healthy timesink in order to keep their wallets fat. I will just temper my enthusiasm that is all. The drop rate on the rare/ex item to access the BC with the 3 Kings in it or whatever method they choose still won't be forgiving. The question definitely needed to be asked and IMO was the most important one overall end game wise.

People still complain and quit WoW btw, and I think you will see its population go down once a newer, better MMO comes out and is mainstream enough in popularity. I do however favor a better tier of armor, but it would have to be upgradeable from the current sets (like SE has done with others) and it will be tied to a different time sink entirely. Getting relic and Maat's cap isn't a part of everyone's priorities in FFXI. I wouldn't be surprised if they made relics somewhat easier to obtain or less likely to be RMTable through coins.

[bercus]

I think the question would of been looked at less negatively if you replaced Micky Mouse with like Kain or Locke. Even I thought it was kind of bad, but I think fighting previous Final Fantasy characters would of made the question look a lot better.

Yeah I know, I duno why I even said Micky Mouse ....
BUT.. I can still change that for the Email they asked me to send to them so I can get my answers detailed................!!!!!!!

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[BRP]

I think the question would of been looked at less negatively if you replaced Micky Mouse with like Kain or Locke. Even I thought it was kind of bad, but I think fighting previous Final Fantasy characters would of made the question look a lot better.

Yeah I know, I duno why I even said Micky Mouse ....
BUT.. I can still change that for the Email they asked me to send to them so I can get my answers detailed................!!!!!!!

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(submit.... buttton......gfdfgdsgf

Just hit refresh after hitting submit! ;o

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

I don't know about you but I really really want to fight some SNES FF bosses.

[Demetrius*]

bercus is a handsome fellow

[miokomioko]

I don't know about you but I really really want to fight some SNES FF bosses.

ULTROS

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

I don't know about you but I really really want to fight some SNES FF bosses.

ULTROS

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Uncle Ulty REALLY wants you to paint his picture!

[bercus]

Just hit refresh after hitting submit! ;o

What if nothing happens when I do that 10+ times?
>.<

[Zihn]

How about they just change all HNM/NM to pop cliamed/aggro to a random person within range if there is anyone within range... thats the same as everyone using bot except it wont favor neither botters or ping advantages.

Go botters start bashing this as your the only ppl that have reason to do so.

[Khamsin]

How about they just change all HNM/NM to pop cliamed/aggro to a random person within range if there is anyone within range... thats the same as everyone using bot except it wont favor neither botters or ping advantages.

Go botters start bashing this as your the only ppl that have reason to do so.

gogo squad of level 1 claim mules? The more you have, the better your chance at claiming!