It's coming: Update 12/18/2006

[Credos]

(Also, see Assaults, Besieged for that little extra bit of sugar.)

Assaults are nice, but I kind of wish they'd add more items to be purchased with points. Not a bad moneymaker, I guess, but it would still be nice to spend those points on gear you'd want to use, and I think most people got all that months after the expansion released.

While I agree that much of the gear from Assaults isn't all that super, the items that are there are great for some jobs. The Paluwan(yes, spelling is fucked up on that one) body is pretty damned good for many melee jobs aside from heavy DD, the Yigit set has its places for BRD, BLM and possibly other jobs as well, and the Amir set I'm sure has a place somewhere (I think PLD/NIN TP Burn on some pieces).

I think that we all should just stop expecting to have King Abj or other Zilart gear obtainable from quests that involve doting inanimate objects.

[Norelco]

and the Amir set I'm sure has a place somewhere (I think PLD/NIN TP Burn on some pieces).

That's sort of what I'm going for until I can think of something better to do with my assault opints. Don't forget the breath damage set bonus...wonder how much that kicks in for.

[ircgeek]

(Also, see Assaults, Besieged for that little extra bit of sugar.)

Assaults are nice, but I kind of wish they'd add more items to be purchased with points. Not a bad moneymaker, I guess, but it would still be nice to spend those points on gear you'd want to use, and I think most people got all that months after the expansion released.

While I agree that much of the gear from Assaults isn't all that super, the items that are there are great for some jobs. The Paluwan(yes, spelling is fucked up on that one) body is pretty damned good for many melee jobs aside from heavy DD, the Yigit set has its places for BRD, BLM and possibly other jobs as well, and the Amir set I'm sure has a place somewhere (I think PLD/NIN TP Burn on some pieces).

I'm not at all saying the items currently there are worthless, just that anyone who's been ranking up probably has all the items they'd want out of the current available items, and it would be nice to see a new belt or earrings drop in every now and then.

[Credos]

(Also, see Assaults, Besieged for that little extra bit of sugar.)

Assaults are nice, but I kind of wish they'd add more items to be purchased with points. Not a bad moneymaker, I guess, but it would still be nice to spend those points on gear you'd want to use, and I think most people got all that months after the expansion released.

While I agree that much of the gear from Assaults isn't all that super, the items that are there are great for some jobs. The Paluwan(yes, spelling is fucked up on that one) body is pretty damned good for many melee jobs aside from heavy DD, the Yigit set has its places for BRD, BLM and possibly other jobs as well, and the Amir set I'm sure has a place somewhere (I think PLD/NIN TP Burn on some pieces).

I'm not at all saying the items currently there are worthless, just that anyone who's been ranking up probably has all the items they'd want out of the current available items, and it would be nice to see a new belt or earrings drop in every now and then.

I agree; most of the weapons are pretty much garbage. Although I doubt that they will be adding any new items to the existing assaults, I always wonder about that sixth desk in Aht Urgan. Perhaps this will be where the new "Engame Items" will be housed?

[Isiolia]

They shoulda just made all the Assault weapons attack 2-3 times along with their existing stats >_>

[Credos]

They shoulda just made all the Assault weapons attack 2-3 times along with their existing stats >_>

Assault ONRY would be the only requirement. -.-

[ircgeek]

I'm not at all saying the items currently there are worthless, just that anyone who's been ranking up probably has all the items they'd want out of the current available items, and it would be nice to see a new belt or earrings drop in every now and then.

I agree; most of the weapons are pretty much garbage. Although I doubt that they will be adding any new items to the existing assaults, I always wonder about that sixth desk in Aht Urgan. Perhaps this will be where the new "Engame Items" will be housed?

The problem I see is that no one will want to do these anymore once they hit Rank 10. Some of the items are worth a little money, although I've seen the prices drop (and why not? Assaults are fairly accessible to everyone). Most activities in the game are created to keep people coming back for a long time... BCNMs require orbs that you have to save up for, and HNMs/Dynamis have low drop rates on the good items. In addition, you never get enough drops for everyone who wants one, whereas Assault basically rewards everyone (although it's paced).

I just don't see people doing these much when they buy everything they want.

[Isiolia]

They'd just have to put in items that people would come back for over and over. XP/merit scrolls maybe?
Some really great high end items would help, but what'll get people doing Assaults indefinitely would be cheap EX consumable/enchantment items, maybe in the 1-2k point range.
High end XP rings maybe, ReRaise III hairpins, stacks of really good food...or maybe NM pop items XD

[JoOeetheplatypuS]

QUIT PREMATURELY BITCHING

Goddamnit

We could be having fun speculating but instead we're making ourselves hate the game we play. How does that make sense.

In before somebody says 'no its SE who makes us hate the game rabble rabble rabble'

[Credos]

I'm not at all saying the items currently there are worthless, just that anyone who's been ranking up probably has all the items they'd want out of the current available items, and it would be nice to see a new belt or earrings drop in every now and then.

I agree; most of the weapons are pretty much garbage. Although I doubt that they will be adding any new items to the existing assaults, I always wonder about that sixth desk in Aht Urgan. Perhaps this will be where the new "Engame Items" will be housed?

The problem I see is that no one will want to do these anymore once they hit Rank 10. Some of the items are worth a little money, although I've seen the prices drop (and why not? Assaults are fairly accessible to everyone). Most activities in the game are created to keep people coming back for a long time... BCNMs require orbs that you have to save up for, and HNMs/Dynamis have low drop rates on the good items. In addition, you never get enough drops for everyone who wants one, whereas Assault basically rewards everyone (although it's paced).

I just don't see people doing these much when they buy everything they want.

Keep in mind that we haven't seen the rank 10 items yet. I have a strong feeling that we are going to be getting some pretty sick ??? items will be coming from them.

[Miji]

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Goddamnit

We could be having fun speculating but instead we're making ourselves hate the game we play. How does that make sense.

In before somebody says 'no its SE who makes us hate the game rabble rabble rabble'

Truth is here. ^
Everyone needs to stop bitching or quit if the game makes you so unhappy.

[Wulfgang]

it'll be Tele-Holla >> Sky and take about 30 seconds.

Getting the Tele-Holla takes about 2-3 minutes in most circumstances, 3 minutes savings is better than nothing I guess.

Im hoping that if/when they add the new ToAU missions, they are fucking impossible or at least challenging (ie. CoP 6-4). Im capped on the missions and the hardest part about them thus far has been merely waiting for ww^^ midnight. Makes me worry that ToAU endgame is going to be of the same caliber. Although, ZM's with a posse of a 75's are equally easy in retrospect, who knows.

It's beyond me why SE doesn't read these forums. You don't need to appease the people who want Haidate to drop in stacks from Bubbly Bernie, but there are some reasonable trends here.

[Credos]

QUIT PREMATURELY BITCHING

Goddamnit

We could be having fun speculating but instead we're making ourselves hate the game we play. How does that make sense.

In before somebody says 'no its SE who makes us hate the game rabble rabble rabble'

Truth is here. ^
Everyone needs to stop bitching or quit if the game makes you so unhappy.

I'm happy with FFXI, thats why I continue to play. But I don't see how discussing some of the lackluster items of Assault constitutes bitching.

[ircgeek]

I'm happy with FFXI, thats why I continue to play. But I don't see how discussing some of the lackluster items of Assault constitutes bitching.

Some people get overly sensitive if you remotely question the Lord Almighty S-E.

I expect the Rank 10 items to be something worthwhile, but that doesn't say much for Assault - once you hit Rank 10, you'd have no reason to return to Assault unless you want some cash off the items.

[Septimus]

They'd just have to put in items that people would come back for over and over. XP/merit scrolls maybe?
Some really great high end items would help, but what'll get people doing Assaults indefinitely would be cheap EX consumable/enchantment items, maybe in the 1-2k point range.
High end XP rings maybe, ReRaise III hairpins, stacks of really good food...or maybe NM pop items XD

Those are some very good ideas.

[Miji]

QUIT PREMATURELY BITCHING

Goddamnit

We could be having fun speculating but instead we're making ourselves hate the game we play. How does that make sense.

In before somebody says 'no its SE who makes us hate the game rabble rabble rabble'

Truth is here. ^
Everyone needs to stop bitching or quit if the game makes you so unhappy.

I'm happy with FFXI, thats why I continue to play. But I don't see how discussing some of the lackluster items of Assault constitutes bitching.

Hmmm. You call it discussion, but it's really a bunch of people bitching and moaning. There are probably 10 different threads here that have 5 pages or more "discussing" how lackluster Assault rewards are. It's okay to question SE, but all some of these people can do is complain incessantly. Those people should save everyone the trouble and leave the game.

[niisse]

40 seconds??!??!! But I want it nooooooooow

no more flash fried buffalos for you.


Anyway, ill wait and see what happens. Perhaps those new armous will just be the same stats as ebody, abody etc but avaliable from a different source. No progression as such, just more places to aquire some gear a different way.

Mission wise.. yeah something fun prs.. although the plot is getting more amusing. No mentions of that here thou.. so perhaps we can look foward to more bannings thrown on as a bonus when they patch the game.

[zoobernut]

They'd just have to put in items that people would come back for over and over. XP/merit scrolls maybe?
Some really great high end items would help, but what'll get people doing Assaults indefinitely would be cheap EX consumable/enchantment items, maybe in the 1-2k point range.
High end XP rings maybe, ReRaise III hairpins, stacks of really good food...or maybe NM pop items XD

Those are some very good ideas.

those indeed are great ideas. i would do assault non-stop just for a rr-3 hairpin/earring/gorget/something. the other items would be great too.

[NynJa]

im gonna sound negative as shit, but who cares...

you know if they make any consumable rare/ex rewards from assault, you are aware they're gonna be from apprisals, and we all know how often you get rare/ex shit from appraisals...............

[Doombard]

Yeah some new enchantment items would be pretty cool, as long as the enchantments were worth a shit. ie: The lvl 70ish weapons with enchantments: stone.