Remove 3+ man requirement for lvl 75 content.

[Xilk]

I think salvage is the only event which would have demand for solo farming.
I think SE will wait for the player responses on Neo-Salvage before they will even consider changing the requirement for old salvage, though I think they should have changed it already.
I might go farm salvage actually. I'm sure I can get other ppl to get me in the door. I can solo it after that, no problem

[Raksha]

Here's a suggestion:

If the "cost" of doing an assault is 3 assault tags, then why not let me enter solo by using 3 of my own assault tags?

I would really like to take my whm mule with me but since since i'm trying to make a compromise between rationality and ultra-retardedness, i'm willing to give a few things up to meet you guys half-way.

My post from a different thread.

[CapriciousOne]

I think the real reason they won't change it from requiring 3 people is that it would put more load on their pseudo-instances. Consider this: Entering Nyzul with one party of three people fills up one of their instances, three people entering alone fills up three of their instances, and they only have a limited number of them to put people in.

This is a problem because (as I understand this) the game doesn't instance things as neatly as many newer games do, but you actually need a separate section of a huge zone for each instance, and when you've run out of new sections to put a party in, the next party that wants in needs to wait for one of the current parties to finish.

It is unfortunate, but probably not too strange, considering the server software for FF11 was made a very long time ago. Can't blame the devs for making a server before certain technologies were thought of.

If I'm completely wrong about this, feel free to correct me. I won't be mad.

My only problem with that is SE always has excuses and I feel we are giving them more of them with this one. Any technology firm worth their weight in gold always tries to find ways to in upgrade, intergrate, modernize their old technology with better more robust existing technology as much as humanly possible. Somehow I just don't get the feeling they even bother too much myself.

[Kari]

If only FFXI had a matchmaking system, so everyone who wanted to do a certain event could be grouped together in a list for easier party forming. [Not necessarily forcing everyone into a party. Game has too many jobs to auto-group.]
/seacom isn't enough. /yell isn't enough.

[deces]

If only FFXI had a matchmaking system, so everyone who wanted to do a certain event could be grouped together in a list for easier party forming. [Not necessarily forcing everyone into a party. Game has too many jobs to auto-group.]
/seacom isn't enough. /yell isn't enough.

That would of been a fantastic idea 6 years ago before all the server crunches in refection of SEs failures.

[Vagrua]

There is no reason that content set at level 75 shouldn't be allowed to be low manned. Salvage and Assault should allow 1-2 people to meet the requirements as that is all that is needed to complete them.

I would have Captain rank by now if it wasn't for those restrictions along with working on a Mythic.

[saevel]

There is no reason that content set at level 75 shouldn't be allowed to be low manned. Salvage and Assault should allow 1-2 people to meet the requirements as that is all that is needed to complete them.

I would have Captain rank by now if it wasn't for those restrictions along with working on a Mythic.

Salvage specifically is done that way due to zone limitations. If SE opened it up to one person going in a day for 100min it would instantly become overcrowded just like Dyna did. You would see a horde of THF's and BST's standing outside the remnants furiously trying over and over again to get a reservation and into the zone. Unlike dyn where the entire zone is shared each person would get their own salvage zone and there simply isn't enough of those to go around. Having a three man requirement prevents it from becoming a daily solo-for-gil-event for EVERYONE on the server like Dyna is now.

The proper answer from SE would be to update their client, F*CK the PS2 and create real dynamic instancing instead of this pseudo reservation slots per zone BS. Then we could all go in and not lock each other out, but until then SE isn't going to reduce the member entry requirements.

[scaevola]

3 man requirement is necessary or you would see 10x more thread where people complain that the gear is too easy to obtain. As long as it's not 18 or 36 man requirement, it's good. The only objection I would have is doing a mythic, but for this you can build 2 gimps characters that would help you go in assault/salvage/ w/e, that's not exactly what the average player is looking for though.

While I understand why people three-box in general, I choose to read this as you suggesting people spend $40 a month to run assault.

Oh pchan!

(srs though the fact that it's most likely impossible to make a mythic without two extra accounts is an Actual Problem and is by itself reason enough to get rid of the restriction)

[Arcon]

Salvage specifically is done that way due to zone limitations. If SE opened it up to one person going in a day for 100min it would instantly become overcrowded just like Dyna did. You would see a horde of THF's and BST's standing outside the remnants furiously trying over and over again to get a reservation and into the zone. Unlike dyn where the entire zone is shared each person would get their own salvage zone and there simply isn't enough of those to go around. Having a three man requirement prevents it from becoming a daily solo-for-gil-event for EVERYONE on the server like Dyna is now.

Right now it's the same thing, only that one other person d/cs at the start. Also, Salvage zones have more than one instance, several groups can be in the same Salvage zone at the same time.

[Llana_Virren]

You're missing the fact that server load is reduced by having a single instance which is shared (Dynamis) versus loading multiple instances of the same zone (Salvage). 1x man enter will increase those zones to the point where you have more glitches and more *itches about it glitching.