+6 INT Augmented Weskit Causes Sky To Fall, News at Eleven

[Mistress Stowastiq]

Yup just FoV20 every day and then logout, be the best character ever

presumably you do some of these events because you find them fun and not because you just want virtual shinies, right?

I was thinking this too. What about the fact that events are enjoyable to do because they are? I suppose it becomes monotonous and boring after so many repetitions to get a really rare drop but for me it is more important to enjoy the process it takes to get the item.

I see this from an outside perspective, admiring those who have the ability to be in group activities and participate in large scale events I will only be able to experience on video, reading about it or from friend's stories.

Fov may give you that one nice drop for less time invested. What about the experiences and camaraderie you gain from sharing a complex event with friends that took planning, involved progression of story line and more skilled execution? Was it only worth the end reward or do people take more from the experience than that?

From my limited perspective, I would think that FOV lacks those things. Perhaps I am still idealistic about this game because I see merit in those rare, difficult to obtain game rewards and would think that they cannot be made obsolete by mere stats.

[Conrad]

The developers are giving us something we want, I'M MAD

[Neosutra]

After this many years, seriously, you have to be used to it.

I am used to it, hence why I didnt buy this add on scenario.

And I'll be damned if I buy FFXIV from SE after this continued retardation in FFXI.

I play now for the friends, not for the shitty designed systems/rewards/time sinks that SE has crapped out for us.

[Cele]

LS member reported a Dragon Harness with +8 acc. Ofcourse I can't screen it atm. :/

Friend just got this from Sky FoV:

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j2...r/ohmylord.jpg

Sup.

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[Max™]

Wow, that's pretty sexy.

Also: in all likelihood God does not like you, in fact he probably hates you, so why not do everything in your power to kill him?

[BRP]

Can someone give me an argument on to why this is bad without sounding like a disgruntled employee complaining about the new guy getting payed the same amount?

[Shinta]

your posts are pretty pointless as well.




My thoughts....

This is great! I also felt people would appreciate something good coming out of augments. All I ever heard before this picture was how useless FOV was, and now that it serves a purpose people bitch... i dont get it.

Making decent items slightly better is great, most just wanted a +1 on the correct stat instead of a negative. Making 5 minutes of work override 12 million gil and a year of Salvage is just stupid. If you could augment the Morrigan's and get INT+6 on it, sure, great, but you can't.

[Jutubyaa]

I play now for the friends, not for the shitty designed systems/rewards/time sinks that SE has crapped out for us.

Aegis, The impervious shield of everlasting! Burtgang in the works..

Sorry to be "that guy", but need to update your sig then bro.

[D44kpunk]

@ all the people that are saying SE is giving us what we want.

Lmfao @ soloable reskinned NMs in the same areas and the same exact items but augmented that are better than items that take work/effort to obtain. Yes this is exactly what everyone wanted!

inb4 all you care about is gear. No but that's what this topic is about so next person to make a retarded post like that bang your head against the wall a few times.

[BRP]

Making 5 minutes of work override 12 million gil and a year of Salvage is just stupid.

Why

[drwaffles]

Never thought I'd be forced to agree with both Daak and Neo at the same time. Lol @ making fun of people for caring about items they worked damn hard for in an MMO. MMOs are all about getting items and building up your character - credit to you if you're able to keep playing purely for the thrill of... well, whatever the hell it is you do in FFXI if you don't give a shit about getting items. Campaign? Clamming? Pankration? Looking down on other people's reasons for enjoying the game, or even going so far as to claim that it's impossible to enjoy the game with mostly item-oriented goals, is supremely retarded.

And don't forget - it's possible to enjoy participating in endgame events/endgame fights and be primarily motivated by gear/character progression. Also, not everyone who cares about their hard-earned gear gets stroppy when it gets outdated; my old character's gear got outdated countless times over the years, and rather than throw a hissy fit and quit the game for two weeks in a whirlwind of e-rage I saw it as an opportunity to set new goals for myself and build further on what I already had. This situation is different, because the FoV augment system is extremely simple content and the rewards are almost exclusively luck-based. You could argue that almost all endgame content requires luck (especially stuff like Salvage), but in order to progress quickly it also involves good leadership, large time investments and a high level of competence from everyone involved.

But yeah, go ahead and call me a moron for caring about items in an MMO, or for apparently unfounded bitching.

[Knyghtmayre]

Did people really think their gear was never going to be obsolete or at least sidegradeable? How long have you been playing this fucking game?

[Ultimagi]

This weskit is not better than Morrigan's Robe. Let me know when you can augment Magic Attack, Magic Accuracy, and Refresh on a Houppelande.

[Tagus]

This could be the best thing to happen to this game in quite awhile. Don't worry ladies, your salvage bodies still look sexy as hell, and the rest of us are just as jealous as ever.

[Shinta]

Why

Why is it stupid? It kind of defeats the entire purpose of playing. If you can just fuck around and get the best shit, then why do anything that takes time? If you're just arguing that you don't like anything that takes time, and want everything to take 5 minutes, I don't know why you play FFXI honestly. There are a lot of games that fit that mold a lot better.

I'm not saying that Wootz should cost 12 million gil, I wish they made it more available. The main content is doing Salvage for the 3 armor pieces, not the gil. And yeah, making it so you can't make Morrigan's +1 but you can make AH armor that is better just lowers the value of any rare items in the game. Do I have to keep explaining? You may disagree, but the point should be pretty clear by now.

[Dimmauk]

That Augmented Weskit > or = to a Morrigan robe?

I didnt see Refresh on that Weskit.

Edit: Beaten by Ultimagi

[Shinta]

Did people really think their gear was never going to be obsolete or at least sidegradeable? How long have you been playing this fucking game?

I don't think anyone really cares about obsolete old gear. But obsolete old gear that takes 5 minutes to get when you just spent a year to get something almost identical doesn't make any sense. Why not put better gear in WotG endgame? Oh right, there is none.

[Rocl]

It all begin with a weskit
Or so the legend says....

[drwaffles]

For the record, I personally don't give a crap about these potentially superior augmented items, but I think the people who are annoyed about this are perfectly justified.

[Ultimagi]

Edit: Beaten by Ultimagi

Actually you were beaten by Max!