Vana'diel Tsuushin - Developer Q&A

[pchan]

You could have "HnM" floors drop a linen pouch. If every single NM has the same chance as Salvage's NMs do drop a pouch, then yes, Nyzul farming would be huge source of alexandrites.

[LinktheDeme]

You could have "HnM" floors drop a linen pouch. If every single NM has the same chance as Salvage's NMs do drop a pouch, then yes, Nyzul farming would be huge source of alexandrites.

I don't think it'd be huge it'd technically be the same as a farming salvage run if not the farming salvage run would be better. They both take one tag assault tag to do best way to decide it is if the highest salvage run average route is greater than or equal to the highest nyzule average run.

[The Stig]

When you want to target a specific one, this method isn't really efficient. I died a few time trying to sleep an enemy, but was unable to target it until it was too late.

It wouldnt be too bad if the problem was just to engage a target, but situation where your reaction time has to be fast are common, and thing like this are just plain annoying.

Yeh, which is why in my original post I said in small print:

Although that only works up to a point but it works most of the time ...

It'll work, for sure, but not the way you want it to. A workaround, merely.

[Sho]

You won't be getting that much in nyzul.

Here are the things that could drop Alexandrites :

Doors
Gears


And you don't run into them very often. Unless you guys are thinking all mobs would drop them.

Door on every floor.

They could very well make it a weird drop from Bosses. Won't be the first time they do something out of order, lol.

[Cow_k]

Cotton pouches from every NM in Nyzul, just like Salvage, would make life a lot better =D

[Destinye]

Cotton pouches from every NM in Nyzul, just like Salvage, would make life a lot better =D

Wouldn't people want to waste time killing every NM then even if you're not supposed to?

[ByeByeTasai]

I'm assuming they mean Dynamis AF.

I'll be curious to see if they add that to Dynamis too. DNC AF is the first gender-specific AF, so would they have two different sets of drops?

I've always called Dynamis armor Relic Armor personally, and most of the people I talk to understand this. AF2 just sounds retarded to me.

Nyzul Isle Alexandrites would be good. The rest of the interview seems kind of a waste of time to me.

[ronin sparthos]

Wouldn't people want to waste time killing every NM then even if you're not supposed to?

Thats perfect for SE.

If they added alexandrite to NMs, Ramparts. Chariots and Gears - you'd be put in a position where you'd want to kill NMs on floors where it isn't necessary and want to fight gears on "avoid detection" floors.

That leads to more consolation prizes from the event itself, especially when you kill a boss in 45seconds and it drops shit.

[Septimus]

Interesting stuff. As always, much love for the Elmer.

[Acturus]

That they said "popular events" rather than Nyzul specifically makes me wonder if they plan something for Dynamis and Limbus as well (unless do servers like Odin have crowding issues in Salvage and Einherjar?)

When I read that, I immediately thought "new endgame content" so that players have another distraction...

[Guyverarmor]

Thanks a bunch elmer <3

I would really like to see an expansion pack with the far northlands, and the mithra homelands

Edit: Page claim, fuck yeah!

[Ahnuld]

Thank you once again. Elmer.

[ringthree]

I understand the motivation for people to ask for Alexandrite from Nyzul, but honestly from a development and balance point of view it doesn't make a lot of sense.

Ichor from Einherjar, Tokens from Nyzul, Alexandrite from Salvage. It's spread out evenly and makes sense.

If something was to change and make sense, it would be to separate Salvage or Nyzul from Assaults, then the items could still be unique from their different events, without doubling up in Nyzul.

Honestly, Salvage is much more difficult and much less rewarding per run than Nyzul. Giving to Nyzul Salvage's only other benefit just doesn't make much sense at all. It seems more like an attitude of "I only want to do Nyzul so put everything in Nyzul" but there are trade offs in the game all over the place and people have to make decisions about what they want to do and when they want to do it.

[Necronus]

The amount of players on each server doing Nyzul Isle at the same time has increased greatly, and we had no fundamental solution to this problem. We’re currently preparing some countermeasures to alleviate crowding at popular events.


Countermeasures?

The angel on my right shoulder says: "Instancing"
The devil on my left shoulder says: "Nerf events into oblivion"

[The Stig]

The amount of players on each server doing Nyzul Isle at the same time has increased greatly, and we had no fundamental solution to this problem. We’re currently preparing some countermeasures to alleviate crowding at popular events.


Countermeasures?

The angel on my right shoulder says: "Instancing"
The devil on my left shoulder says: "Nerf events into oblivion"

And the all mighty says "Limited to once a day, but now the bosses will 100% drop a piece of armor. Time inside nyzul increased to 45 minutes."

Side note, you can now do salvage too (and/or other assaults)!

[Faithe]

Salvage perment purchasable by nzyul token please!
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[Jackyl]

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PERMENT!

[Cow_k]

I'm a little sad about the no northlands thing as snowy zones are usually my favorite... but I pretty much figured they wouldn't do it, at least not right now. I imagine it would come across like they were trying to copy WoW or something. /sigh

[Altanass]

don't most nyzul groups run as pick ups, so are there gonna be a lot of arugments with everyone lotting everything that drops (if alex's were added to nyzul) or gullible people tricked to let one person lot everything pretending he'l split it at end of runs D:~ and bs that alex's could only drop in nyzul because they come from alexander, the whole aridijah continent sits on his large ass -_-

the interview questions could have been tailored a bit better, i mean why ask for group2 merits for dnc and sch but not add to the question/be open ended and ask about any other merits eg group3 etc

and boo, no mithra homeland next expansion;;

[Tendael]

I'm a little sad about the no northlands thing as snowy zones are usually my favorite... but I pretty much figured they wouldn't do it, at least not right now. I imagine it would come across like they were trying to copy WoW or something. /sigh

I don't get why everyone is so afraid of WoW. It's not a bad game.