Regional Outposts

[Starcade]

That's how it should be. Taking over another nation's front yard very well should be a monumental, nigh-impossible task.

Agreed (one of the reasons that, though I would love to do the other nation storylines, I do not and remain with Bastok (Rank 10).

It really has to be a concentrated effort (which would involve the Japanese, because of the timing of conquest updates) on the last 12 hours or so to just spam the crap out of the zone (trading gear, evoliths, etc.).

[Nepharite]

Agreed (one of the reasons that, though I would love to do the other nation storylines, I do not and remain with Bastok (Rank 10).

It really has to be a concentrated effort (which would involve the Japanese, because of the timing of conquest updates) on the last 12 hours or so to just spam the crap out of the zone (trading gear, evoliths, etc.).

You can change nations to do the story quest, then change back after your finished and have all your OPs back. It saves them for the nation you did them in.

[Zarchery]

Over on Gilgamesh, those starter regions fall into the hands of foreign nations so often that I'm not even that surprised when it happens any more. A week after I captured Gustaberg for Sandoria, someone else capture Sarutabaruta for Sandoria.

[Frasier]

It reminds me of the time when Bastok had lost Gustaberg for 3+ weeks to San d'Oria on Phoenix

[Rosalie]

not that Gustaberg is that hard to take over with SMN burns...

[DukeDudeston]

LOL Well now will be your time, with the server close, a lot of regions might be lost to Beastmen, soo.. get out there and fight for your nation.

But I do agree, the "front yard" OP (as someone else had put it) should always be nearly impossible for other nations to grab, after all, it will suck if you are starting out, and the nearest OP that your home nation has, it miles away. I always see the first OP Supplies run, as a sort of Tutorial of what they are, and how they work.

[Sureal]

i have all ops for all 3 nations

you jelly?

[Rosalie]

i have all ops for all 3 nations

you jelly?

lol... same here, though i only finished up windurst's a month or two ago with gustaberg.

(all the ppl in smn burns seem to be from sandy) :O

[Chronofantasy]

If the new players need those OP then they can team up and take control over these OPs. I've seen other nation take over OPs near the other cities quite a few times during my FFXI career. Fortunately I have every single OP collected from a long time back, but taking over the OPs is all a part of co-operative play. I don't think SE really needs to fix anything here unless they tweak it to make the control gain higher with less work, yet it would be nice if some of the same co-operative play still stayed intact.

[bungiefan]

An LS can coordinate a zone takeover by buying equipment and trading it to the outpost. The high gil value of the Abyssea cruor armor makes it even easier. Just get a group of people to do it and you can all get your outposts for a nation. That's how certain servers have done it for years, do a rotation of the 3 starting zones each week for 2 weeks.