[Poll] What do you think about dynamis ?

[GSDragoon]

I wish Tav was longer, that zone is hella fun.

[Maxxthepenguin]

City runs just put me to sleep. Northlands are a little better but repetitive still. Probably my favorite thing is fighting Hydras in BCD since it's rarely scheduled. I wish CoP time limit was a bit longer though.

Dyna runs put you to sleep, are repetitive, but you wish that some were longer?

[grantlogan]

City runs just put me to sleep. Northlands are a little better but repetitive still. Probably my favorite thing is fighting Hydras in BCD since it's rarely scheduled. I wish CoP time limit was a bit longer though.

Dyna runs put you to sleep, are repetitive, but you wish that some were longer?

I said City runs put me to sleep. And yeah, I would like CoP dynamis to be a little bit longer to get more accessory drops.

[Correction]

Dynamis would be much better if the rewards for killing 'hard' mobs weren't merely time extensions. FFXI never did properly balance the time invested/reward ratio for its events, however, and Dynamis is pretty old.

[Sendra]

It's fun, but unless you do some split currency shit or you're funding the Dynamis yourself, theres very, very little appeal to doing city runs the vast majority of the time. I wish this wasn't so.

[Firedemon]

Where's the option that reads, "Dynamis would be better if the leader didn't disband the LS due to school, and then apply for one of the largest end-game linkshells on the server weeks later."?

Fuck dynamis, too much bullshit to deal with. Other than that it was fun for the first little bit.

[Quicklet]

Original Dynamis was pretty cool when it came out, but it does suffer from a few major flaws that make it boring to do after a while and have been reiterated for who knows how long:

- It's not complex enough. You basically do the same stuff over and over again, save a few runs where you're getting attestations or fragments which doesn't really serve the interest of most people who go to dynamis. A lack of quests / additional goals within dynamis beyond "kill the boss and/or as many mobs as possible" makes it get old quickly as well.

- It's too long / not long enough. Honestly, I don't think 3 hours is too long for an event considering other stuff is comparable (old sky before it was crowded, HNM camps). I think the problems come when you're doing the same thing all the time, added to the fact that you can't save and come back another night. Having something that could provide 6-10 hours of unique content (with some of those being optional/extra) over multiple 1-3 hour sessions would fix this.

- Not enough incentives for people who get their loot. This is a given for most events, but the fact that there is *zero* personal reason for somebody to come to dynamis once he gets his AF2 pieces just makes it harder to sustain an activity that originally required a lot of bodies.

There are other reasons, of course, but the system itself is, what, 3 years old? CoP Dynamis basically made it even less appealing to do. The system would really need a complete overhaul to recapture the original interest it generated, but it's a moot point since SE has moved onto smaller man systems like Limbus, Salvage, Einherjar, Nyzul for endgame content.

[drwaffles]

I'd much rather do a city run than yet another Xarcabard run for more DRG, SAM, DRK and BST AF and yet another Shadow Mantle we don't need or a Shadow Ring for the guy that levelled PLD for his Maat's Cap. Of course I'd prefer to do CoP Dynamis over any Zilart Dynamis, they're so much more enjoyable in almost every respect.

[Reapz]

Starts off cool then after about 30 mins i'm bored, too long.

[Obev]

It will be cool until I obtain a Duelist's Tabard and some Duelist's Boots, then I shall abandon it foreva~r.

[Rocl]

I wish Tav was longer, that zone is hella fun.

word g

even if you got a hydra haubert for your WAR

[Izzy]

Dynamis is still the most fun thing I do in FFXI.

[Izzy]

I wish Tav was longer, that zone is hella fun.

word g

even if you got a hydra haubert for your WAR

His PLD is 75 now!

[Tajin]

Dynamis is still the most fun thing I do in FFXI.

Can I have the phone number of your dealer? Or the bitch that gives you blowjobs.

[#686578]

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[Mirinika]

It's way too long. Especially with the organisation , waiting for people who are late etc. And I'm not a big fan of wiping 7 times in xarc( maybe I should find a better ls huh ?).

[#686578]

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[Isiolia]

On one hand, I enjoy the style of event a lot, and it can be scheduled. Nearly every mob has the potential to drop something great, etc. So it is fun, at least at times.

What I don't care for as much are the time limits. CoP is a bit too low and too much of an all-or-nothing proposition due to the lack of time extensions outside of the boss. Other areas kind of drag on after a while. That being said, at least it makes the organization time "worth it". Spending 30-60+ minutes to watch people trickle in for a 30 minute Einherjar being at the other end of the scale...

The other thing is the randomness of it all. Going 2+ years without seeing a drop sometimes is stupid. Having a no-drop run is also stupid. Something like making all NMs similar to Xarc NMs in that they drop only their job's piece at a greater rate would be good. A secondary reward system to keep people going, like Einherjar's ampules, would also be a good thing.

Either way, I sort of see it like Sky, only with more to get. It's stale, but going nearly always means someone is getting something, it's just a matter of what.

[Teffy]

clicked in here expecting to see a necro'd poll from 2005.

Anywho, tav sucks, rest are good

[Yutuyu]

This poll is a piece of crap. Could be better done if you listed independent ideas and let people check as many options possible. Perhaps something like...

I think Dynamis...
[ ] ...is a good event
[ ] ...is an OK event
[ ] ...is a terribly designed event
[ ] ...is very boring now that I've done it so many times
[ ] ...needs higher drop rates in Northlands.
[ ] ...needs to have its drops in another event to make it non-mandatory.
[ ] ...is too long.
[ ] ...needs a low man verison.
[ ] ...is fine other than CoP Dynamis

Then let people check what they agree with. Remember, it's possible to think Dynamis is cool and still think that it's boring, too long, et cetera. Just because it sucks for you doesn't make the event shitty or need fixing, it might just mean you've conquered it and done it too much and should do something else.