[Feedback] First Month of Endgame Progression / Gameplay Notes

[Gray_Spy]

Everyone probably has these thoughts in some way or another, but just wanted to add to the list of feedback given to the team. Overall, the game is fun and I love the direction the game is headed. There are some things that need to be addressed in one way or another , and hopefully we'll hear something soon. Thanks again for making this game possible and playable !

1 - Endgame / Coil Preparation
Add Variety
Grinding AK and CM are not "fun" when done 6-7 hours straight. Possibly re-visit lowbie dungeons and offer Hard Mode difficulty with equivalent AK or CM rewards to add variety? I grinded this weekend Saturday and Sunday all day to get 1320 points twice (for just two pieces) and that soaked up most of the weekend.

2 - Primals / Duty Finder
Queue System
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has this system, but if you leave a group (during an attempt) it will give you a cooldown. Each time you leave, it becomes more severe (15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week+, etc.). This will make people more conscience and will learn to cope with all players from different levels of experience and play style to complete a queue and not just arbitrarily leave.

iLVL / Group Makeup and Balance
I love that there is an ability to queue cross-realm. Great idea, but there's some things that should be added (iLVL addressed) in regards to variety and availability. It's less-than-ideal to queue with a group of 3 Black Mages or all range DPS/caster DPS. Ideally, would like to see one or so of each class to add increased chances for everyone to get equal distribution of loot. Also, fights like Titan which clearly was designed to be a one-tank fight..Duty Finder should be re-tuned to accommodate this fight.

Dealing with disruptive players
Nobody likes people who rudely cause grief to a group. People who intentionally wipe, or have rude manners should receive infractions or disciplinary action in a timely fashion. Possibly a rating system to show that a player is helpful. I have been personally contributing to groups and people thank me for not calling them a noob in-game and just trying to make solutions to problems and progressing for the groups. Possibly like when completing a Dungeon or Duty Finder Primal, have a menu to rate players, and give feedback.

3 - Misc. Menu Function Issues / UX & UI Issues
Fix Search Comments / Search Function / Possibly Add Filters
I find that the search function is a bit difficult to use. If I could somehow search by players who have comments so I can see if they're looking for a certain group-related activity or more advanced filter (Like, searching for a New Player Titan HM group) would greatly help out and reduce spamming /sh or /yell for groups and other people.


That's all I have for now. Things that really bother me as a player and I think would be constructive to the community. Hopefully we can turn this ship around and make people be more polite and conscience and not a bunch of rudely mannered individuals. Thanks again.


Take care,
Gray Spy

[Sinth]

Welcome to level 50, enjoy your 50 runs of CM... Oh, so you want myth gear? Doesn't matter how often you play or your teams capability, you still have to wait 17+ weeks for a full set.

[Gray_Spy]

Thank you. I have played every grindcore MMO out there just about, but I could see this game appealing to the masses if they added more variety in the grind. I do not mind the gated method they have setup for the gear, because they are still probably trying to figure out how quickly people are progressing. 300 points a week is an ok cap for AK runs, but really if you are doing something like Coil of Bahamut, I think they should be giving bonus points (in addition to cap) per boss kill to make it quicker.

[CompSci88]

You know, there is The Praetorium which can be speed run as fast as CM. However, 2 dungeons to grind Philosophy Tomes are still not enough.

[Gray_Spy]

You know, there is The Praetorium which can be speed run as fast as CM. However, 2 dungeons to grind Philosophy Tomes are still not enough.

I just do not believe there should be speed runs for main quest related dungeons. People really dislike when you tell them to skip cutscenes, probably the most crucial option to be able to select on queue should be "Skip Cutscenes"

[jcw005]

You know, there is The Praetorium which can be speed run as fast as CM. However, 2 dungeons to grind Philosophy Tomes are still not enough.

Praetorium is also much more difficult than CM. You can have a DF group with a couple terrible players and never run into any problems in CM. Ultima Weapon, however, is a non-trivial fight.

[Thunderz]

Dungeons shouldn't be linked to the main story

my opinion... let people enjoy the story and let me enjoy my endgame / grind for gear

[KogaDrake]

Welcome to level 50, enjoy your 50 runs of CM... Oh, so you want myth gear? Doesn't matter how often you play or your teams capability, you still have to wait 17+ weeks for a full set.

or run Coil, the place where you get ilv90 gear from, get a good group clear it and you could be full ilv90 in a few weeks depending on luck with drops. Mythos are supposed to supplement drops from dung so your always progressing, not be the primary way to get loot.. why dont people understand this on these forums. does everyone really just need the gear handed to them, is this what the MMO community has now become?

[Sinth]

or run Coil, the place where you get ilv90 gear from, get a good group clear it and you could be full ilv90 in a few weeks depending on luck with drops. Mythos are supposed to supplement drops from dung so your always progressing, not be the primary way to get loot.. why dont people understand this on these forums. does everyone really just need the gear handed to them, is this what the MMO community has now become?

I'm not asking for a hand-out, but I certainly don't want to run the same instance 50 times over. Some diversity would be nice as opposed to the redundant farming of a single story dungeon. And who are you to determine what which gear is intended for and what it is not? Having a low cap which allows for only one piece of gear every other week regardless of your performance or time spent working toward it is almost as ridiculous as your claim that I am asking for gear to be handed to me.

[ntall1]

Last week I did my 300 myth tomb grind. Then I did Chimera on my relic quest, then they wanted me to do AK again to further complete the relic quest and I was like............ nope. No one wants to grind the same dungeon over and over and over and over and over and over.