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[Spira]

the level of difference in story telling between older quests and new ones, and then new quests amongst themselves can be so random... I think sometimes its just whether the developers want to spend more time on making the quests or not...
i remember it used to be with old quests that most of them dont even come in CS form but just text...
then it slowly evolved into CS for bigger quests.. then it was just basic actions and emotes, and now its like a compulsory thing everywhere and all action packed and stuff..

i think the 3rd team did communicate with the first 2 teams but didn't do enough or aren't that familiar with online game mechanics to have figured out the whole bottlenecking thing... but for what its worth it achieved its purpose in injecting life into relatively dead core areas.. this, along with FoV. next thing you know the next expansion will probably bring people back into ordelles/gusgen/shakrami or some other zones that nobody goes to anymore.

Personally, i am quite disappointed by the calibre of the CS because I was expecting it to be on par with at least CoP quality CS... I had hoped for it to bring back ToA/WotG quality CS to the old areas.. but it failed to do that. quite honestly, a single leg of the nation quests, the 2 quests.. from any of the nations from this patch, beat the quality of CS for ACP flat. the disparity is really that huge... but i saw it coming the moment I watched the CS in lower jeuno.

but seeing as the team now has experience maybe it will improve for the next expansion..
cos the main 2 teams have also been improving a whole lot since the games release.. each expansion's CS surpasses the previous ones

[Gunitsoldier]

Lol, you don't have Summoner I guess.

Activate BP in YYR>put DA/crit or whatever new ACP stats on before the bp goes off = win.

Meh, not worth it imo. FYI , I am SMN75.

[Kipling]

Why are you so fat *^_^*

Read my sig.

Meh, not worth it imo. FYI , I am SMN75.

>_____________>; Are you one of those summoner's who full times one set of gear?

[Gunitsoldier]

Read my sig.



>_____________>; Are you one of those summoner's who full times one set of gear?

I don't actually, I just think my BST or PUP could use this body better than my SMN

[Kipling]

I don't actually, I just think my BST or PUP could use this body better than my SMN

Ok, you made it sound like changing gear to enhance the bp wasn't worth it.

[Gunitsoldier]

Ok, you made it sound like changing gear to enhance the bp wasn't worth it.

I have plenty of macros for SMN for that stuff lol , feel like I'm the only doing it when I see other SMNs

[Isawa]

Nothing wrong with that. There are donation items in some MMO (normally the free ones) and in a way it can be seen the body as one. Just that you're getting some mission/quests and a few fights included.

Lol, I was agreeing with him. I doubt I'll ever get Hydra body and this fits my needs just fine. I did enjoy the fights as I said before, one of the few hard BCs I can remember as of late outside of CoP before they fixed it. I will probably help a friend run through it in a week or two, I'm looking forward to tanking the last boss this time around.

[Cow_k]

If you look at other downloadable content for other games, I'd argue that this $10 expansion pretty much hits the mark. Look at games like fallout. They have 2 'expansions' that last around 4-6 hours each for around $10. How about $10 for 3 hours or so from the Mass Effect add on. How about we look at the prices of most Arcade style games on PS3 and 360? Penny Arcade lasts around 8 hours and originally cost $20-$25. Braid, which lasts around 4 hours or so cost $20. Perhaps you should be arguing that all add on content is too expensive.

I spent about 6 hours finishing it last Saturday, and as I stated before, I'd argue the BC was cool enough for the 10 bucks. I haven't felt that pumped in FFXI in a long time and the ending sequence wasn't too bad either. Also, I rather enjoy my PLD body.

The thing that gets me more is how people are happier about paying 10 bucks for inventory and have no problem with it, but yet they complain about this mission pack that has some actual content and say that it should be included with our fee. Ridiculous.

[Kipling]

I have plenty of macros for SMN for that stuff lol , feel like I'm the only doing it when I see other SMNs

Lawl, my smn blinks almost as much as my pld. D;

[The Q]

I shouldn't be surprised by the amount of people who mash enter through cutscenes, but I am.

[Kaiyoko]

What happened to the drama Q_Q

[Stiker]

Right after I bought the add-on I came into LS saying that I just RMT'd a new body piece for my PLD. So worth $10? I'm going to say yes in this case.

Now, I will say I was slightly disappointed knowing how quick I can be done with this when I finally have the time to get down to it. However, seeing as I don't have too much time to play currently, I was also somewhat relieved as well. If we are going to compare this to monthly fees...for the amount of content I am able to currently play through in a month, this is a rather good deal for me personally for just $10.

I think filling the missions with a majority of fetch quests was another dumb move, but then again, this is their first shot at it -- so who knows, maybe it'll get better. Random rewards are nice, but not worth it to farm.

But still, it amazes me that everyone takes SE's words as absolute truth at this point. These are the same people that routinely say in interviews that AV/PW are tested successfully with an 18 person ally. These are the same people that time and time again tease something and fall short. And now we are shocked that they completely botched their time estimations on this content? Seriously?

As far as buying the other add-ons, yeah I'll likely buy them. Truth be told, I like additional missions because they are a nice diversion from what I usually do in the game. Also, I am going to assume each add-on will have a reward at the end to try to justify the add-on cost. All that combined, it isn't a bad $10 investment IMO. I've bought downloadable content that has been far worse.

[DAKPluto]

Lawl, my smn blinks almost as much as my pld. D;

I had to explain to a SMN in my linkshell why getting the -4 BP delay was a bad thing....

he has YYR.

[Kerberoz]

Why do people feel the need to lick SE's proverbial cock and balls every time they release some shitty content? You know they don't care that you're sucking up, right? You're not going to get FFXIII: Cell Phone d'Etat any earlier if you kiss their ass enough.

It's shitty content. The story is laughable; a third-grader could have told it, albeit with more misspellings. No new zones, only 3 new pieces of armor which will be the new Walahra Turban in a week, and some keys you can gamble with! Awesome!!!!!

It's a scenario, not an expansion? Who the fuck cares what they call it? It's not worth $10, whether you name it the holy grail or a pile of moogle shit.

"Q_Q go quit if you don't like it" is as fucking stupid as the good old redneck "If you dun like A'Mer'Ka den git out boy!"

[byte]

If you look at other downloadable content for other games, I'd argue that this $10 expansion pretty much hits the mark. Look at games like fallout. They have 2 'expansions' that last around 4-6 hours each for around $10.

Yeah because it's not like Operation Anchorage had huge, completely new areas, fresh NPC models/enemies, weapons, tons of new items with completely new models and almost a new game in itself or anything.. right? (Not to mention the base at the beginning before you enter the simlation). All SE had to do was slap some targetable spots on the ground using existing graphics in an existing area to fight existing mobs. Sorry but uh, no comparison.

[Gunitsoldier]

I had to explain to a SMN in my linkshell why getting the -4 BP delay was a bad thing....

he has YYR.

Hahahaha

[Tempyst]

Why do people feel the need to lick SE's proverbial cock and balls every time they release some shitty content? You know they don't care that you're sucking up, right? You're not going to get FFXIII: Cell Phone d'Etat any earlier if you kiss their ass enough.

It's shitty content. The story is laughable; a third-grader could have told it, albeit with more misspellings. No new zones, only 3 new pieces of armor which will be the new Walahra Turban in a week, and some keys you can gamble with! Awesome!!!!!

It's a scenario, not an expansion? Who the fuck cares what they call it? It's not worth $10, whether you name it the holy grail or a pile of moogle shit.

"Q_Q go quit if you don't like it" is as fucking stupid as the good old redneck "If you dun like A'Mer'Ka den git out boy!"

ITT: Agree with my opinion or you're a moron, now with 200% more ad hominem and strawmanning

[Kaiyoko]

I had to explain to a SMN in my linkshell why getting the -4 BP delay was a bad thing....

he has YYR.

-4>-5 DUH! Don't you know maths?!?

[S N K]

I had to explain to a SMN in my linkshell why getting the -4 BP delay was a bad thing....

he has YYR.

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...715081628a.jpg
*facepalm

[Faithe]

I think this is all just personal taste. In my opinion my 10 bucks is totally worth it. Then again I can hardly care, is only 10 bucks, I can smoke that I wouldn't care. I guess for burger flippers, $10 is a lot.

First, for Tekki, I completely see where you are coming from. But I don't think SE is the one that ruined the mini-expansion for you. I mean look, you got relics, which mission in FFXI isn't easy for you to beat? Just stand your galka ass there and that's all you need to do to win the game. Yeah, I know, you haven't even started the expansion yet but if I put myself in your shoes, I probably feel the same way. What's the point? There is no motivation. You sir have beat the game.

This probably goes to all the complainers out there. Really, where is the motivation of doing the mini-expansion? Is not like they didn't tell you there won't be new maps. Yeah, it takes one month, for the average player. Not power houses with 5+ 75 characters, l33t gears, 1 billion mules, and ten billion relics. Then again, they really made it easy for us. I mean I wonder what happen if we didn't have level sync equipments, wouldn't that be spiffy for this expansion like CoP?

CoP wasn't hard, the mission was like this. What made it hard was the preparation. How much meds did you use before the nerf? How many meds did you use afterward? How many set of equipment did you go through before the nerf? Heck a month ago I helped with one of my linkshell buddy with O/U fight and we went in with five and won it with any meds or sweats.

And overall about the item collecting. Isn't that what RPG is about? Show me one RPG game where you didn't have to go collect so on so to some lame NPC to get some reward. They all got it, this is no different.

Nevertheless, I'm not done with the expansion and I'm taking my sweat time to enjoy the cutscene. Sorry for those who "dat mined" the dialog and read the cliffnotes. SE didn't ruin the expansion, you ruined it yourself. =D

Oh and yes, this expansion is probably going to take more than a month for me to finish and I'm going to enjoy my +7 pet attack +7 pet accuracy equipment when I finally get it.

Completely worth it and better than any past expansion rewards. fuck rajas, I have my own custom rajas now.