Suggestions: Quality of Life Stuff and other suggestions

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Originally Posted by Babekeke

Simply having the confirmation window should be enough.

Do you want to do this? >> Yes!

Where do we stop to prevent stupid people from being stupid?

Do you want to do this? >> Yes! >> Are you sure? >> Yes! >> Really sure? >> Yes FFS!

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Agree... everything seems to cater to the stupid people. Most of the responses from community team on here are basically cut and paste "we can't do X because what if person Y chooses it by mistake". FFS, when do people have to learn to stop and read before spamming the button?

So you want people to stop and read what the answer is, but you want it default to yes because you don't want to stop and select yes? It takes exactly as much time either way, but your way everyone's going to waste a ton of points on stuff they unintentionally said yes to.

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Originally Posted by Louispv

but your way everyone's going to waste a ton of points on stuff they unintentionally said yes to.

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Why are you talking to the NPC if you don't need to use the points? If you don't know what the NPC does, then you should be reading it. The wish for it to default to yes is because for most of these systems, we have to do it over, and over, and over... How many times will it take for someone to learn if they unintentionally (IE, spammed) used their points? Typically speaking, we have to click yes farrrr more often than no.

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Originally Posted by Louispv

So you want people to stop and read what the answer is, but you want it default to yes because you don't want to stop and select yes? It takes exactly as much time either way, but your way everyone's going to waste a ton of points on stuff they unintentionally said yes to.

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Yes, I want people to read the text... at least once, so they know what the NPC is offering. After that, they will know whether it's something they want or not.

I'll give you an example. I have 100k+ conquest points, and really nothing to spend them on, so I make liberal use of warp/reraise scrolls. Every time I go to purchase one from the gate guard, I have to navigate the text to get to the point where I want to purchase the scroll (for a lousy 10 points btw) but then it defaults to "no", so I have to move the cursor to "yes" and select it. With the lag in port jeuno, it's just extra frustration, and time, and a chance for ME to mess up, and choose no by accident, forcing me to do it again. I play the game and understand the NPC's and their offerings from reading the same text over and over since 2004. Why should SE cater to the new person who just wants 99 and elite gear nao?

This IS the quality of life thread isn't it? This change would improve the quality of the game for me, which is why I suggested it. Although at this point, I'm so used to mindlessly changing to yes, if they changed it, I'd probably be mindlessly be changing to no for several months before I got used to it lol.

Why are you doing this in a zone you know is laggy? That and there are that many people afking near the exit on your server?

It's not a tough concept to grasp. Port Jeuno is my preferred home point, thus, after using a warp scroll, I pick up a new one right away where I spawn. This task gets repeated between 1-10 times per play session depending on what I'm doing, and I'm simply stating it's annoying to have to navigate the menus the way they are now. The shadow reign retrace scroll vendor is even worse, but I use that one far less frequently.

Yet you can easily just use a HP crystal to go somewhere else that is less lag heavy and still pick up the warp scrolls. Though why you are needing 10 warp scrolls every time you log in is beyond me and you are probably making things harder on your self by being so dependant on them. I wouldn't mind it if some of the yes/no we're set to yes. Like the do you want to leave the staging point ones. Or the ones that actually do have a double confirm where the first one probably could default to yes.

Unfortunately SE has said no because of the people who tend to just spam the enter button. Though I kind of feel they're afraid that part of the game will just explode Michael Bay style if they allowed this and they just don't want us to know about it.

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Originally Posted by Ramzi

It's not a tough concept to grasp. Port Jeuno is my preferred home point, thus, after using a warp scroll, I pick up a new one right away where I spawn. This task gets repeated between 1-10 times per play session depending on what I'm doing, and I'm simply stating it's annoying to have to navigate the menus the way they are now. The shadow reign retrace scroll vendor is even worse, but I use that one far less frequently.

Yes, I want people to read the text... at least once, so they know what the NPC is offering. After that, they will know whether it's something they want or not.

I'll give you an example. I have 100k+ conquest points, and really nothing to spend them on, so I make liberal use of warp/reraise scrolls. Every time I go to purchase one from the gate guard, I have to navigate the text to get to the point where I want to purchase the scroll (for a lousy 10 points btw) but then it defaults to "no", so I have to move the cursor to "yes" and select it. With the lag in port jeuno, it's just extra frustration, and time, and a chance for ME to mess up, and choose no by accident, forcing me to do it again. I play the game and understand the NPC's and their offerings from reading the same text over and over since 2004. Why should SE cater to the new person who just wants 99 and elite gear nao?

This IS the quality of life thread isn't it? This change would improve the quality of the game for me, which is why I suggested it. Although at this point, I'm so used to mindlessly changing to yes, if they changed it, I'd probably be mindlessly be changing to no for several months before I got used to it lol.

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My only questions for you are What type of system you playing on that is causing so much lag to play the game of FFXI? What is your internet connection like, what the speed your getting from your service provider and what type of connection does the company your getting internet from provide?

I'll give you an example: Back when I played on ps2 with the system being outdated as it was while still playing FFXI on it would lag considerably a lot throughout the many years I've played with the game on my console and then the Hard drive just stopped working after a time and this was the 2nd time I had paid 100 bucks for the whole game ffxi pact simply because I couldn't find the Hard drive sold separately from the included all in one game pack and it was the only way you could get the hard drive at the time for that console and I probably bought the game four times not including the expansion pacts and add-ons. twice for ps2 thus $200.00, once for a desktop for 5 buck's limited time offer by Steam and pretty much stopped working after a few months then the ps2's 2nd Hard Drive went out and took probably a good 2 to 3 years break, maybe less after that happen while in the middle of playing ffxi both times. Now I returned back with a new alienware laptop system in 2013 and installed seekers all in one addition from SE shop site which was another repurchase of the game.

well getting way off topic but getting back to what we were discussing was that the lag your having trouble with while playing ffxi besides it adding to the additional frustration of being able to move the selection buttons easily without a fault among other things im sure your not mentioning your lag is causing troubles with while playing the game since this is part of the experience I used to have playing on a console system or a pc that was obviously wasn't working well enough to play ffxi on, Granted sometimes its the FFXI servers are at the faults for it to happen. When I switched to my laptop to come back to the game, must of been about jan/feb 2014 I noticed I didn't have the same problems of the lag like i did on ps2 and boy would it lag when I played on the console system that was unbearable.

I actually like the option no system put in place now but even I at times wanna make it to be layzier easy selectable by wishing it was set to yes, its just that when they used to have the system in place that was automatically yes once at the time, SE had gotten a ton of complaints thrown at em which is what recall for there reason to make full fail proof. Like for instance I recall times i'd read through it and still some how manage to make a wrong selection or id be getting rushed by others to get going and then it would also happen but then i'd be like: Oh. Shoot! or Darn It!! how did I managed to do that after reading it even. Just some insight to why it's in place now and for few years now.

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Originally Posted by Ramzi

It's not a tough concept to grasp. Port Jeuno is my preferred home point, thus, after using a warp scroll, I pick up a new one right away where I spawn. This task gets repeated between 1-10 times per play session depending on what I'm doing, and I'm simply stating it's annoying to have to navigate the menus the way they are now. The shadow reign retrace scroll vendor is even worse, but I use that one far less frequently.

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Use Ru Lude Gardens Mog house as Home Point instead... Then you get 1 of your warp scrolls for free per day from artisan. And then it's free to warp to any other Home Point in Jeuno anyway!

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Originally Posted by Camate

/checkparam command
In the event we were to address every stat in the game for /checkparam it would churn out a very lengthy log message, so we will not be able to address every single one of them. However, the system was made so we could display more stats, so if there are some you feel particularly strong about, please let us know and we can look into adding them.

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Not sure why replies are turned off in the posted thread, but wanted to re-echo the addition of a base +MAcc check. I'm aware you can't go into details through the command due to MAcc varrying on a per skill basis, as well as the Int/Mnd/Chr calculations. However, a base check would go a long ways to help understand..

A) How much +MAcc one needs to reliably enfeeble/nuke NMs, similar to how we're now able to say 950+ Acc and you're capped on x NM
B) The effects of Indi/Geo Focus and Indi/Geo Vex and how detrimental mobs -MAcc effects are
C) The exact effect +MAcc Skill found on ilvl weapons, as there's been debate if it sways between 1, 0.9, 0.8, etc, or if it is simply an additional form of +MAcc that is 1:1

Thanks~

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Originally Posted by Malithar

Not sure why replies are turned off in the posted thread

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Camate moved the thread into the General Information subforum instead of General Discussion, I sent a report to have the thread moved but I guess only the nonexistent mods can see.

there should be a little consideration onto the /names command.
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A type of /names like command, which disables your character name, and no one else's character name.

Been playing 11 for years, I'm pretty sure I don't need a reminder of my own character name when in cut scenes and doing events. Generally speaking, I think having the name above your own character is a little bit unnecessary, and a simple command just to remove your own name would be a lot better.

I don't want to see my own name during cut scenes, and have to remember to /names off before a cut scene so that I can't see my name, then after watching said cut scene, need to /names on so that I can carry on playing. A nice command just to be able to hide your own name would make that just a little bit easier.

Biggest request I have for checkparam is magic accuracy. Magic attack bonus would be nice too, though.

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Originally Posted by YosemiteYogorockBlondelle

My only questions for you are What type of system you playing on that is causing so much lag to play the game of FFXI? What is your internet connection like, what the speed your getting from your service provider and what type of connection does the company your getting internet from provide?

I'll give you an example: Back when I played on ps2 with the system being outdated as it was while still playing FFXI on it would lag considerably a lot throughout the many years I've played with the game on my console and then the Hard drive just stopped working after a time and this was the 2nd time I had paid 100 bucks for the whole game ffxi pact simply because I couldn't find the Hard drive sold separately from the included all in one game pack and it was the only way you could get the hard drive at the time for that console and I probably bought the game four times not including the expansion pacts and add-ons. twice for ps2 thus $200.00, once for a desktop for 5 buck's limited time offer by Steam and pretty much stopped working after a few months then the ps2's 2nd Hard Drive went out and took probably a good 2 to 3 years break, maybe less after that happen while in the middle of playing ffxi both times. Now I returned back with a new alienware laptop system in 2013 and installed seekers all in one addition from SE shop site which was another repurchase of the game.

well getting way off topic but getting back to what we were discussing was that the lag your having trouble with while playing ffxi besides it adding to the additional frustration of being able to move the selection buttons easily without a fault among other things im sure your not mentioning your lag is causing troubles with while playing the game since this is part of the experience I used to have playing on a console system or a pc that was obviously wasn't working well enough to play ffxi on, Granted sometimes its the FFXI servers are at the faults for it to happen. When I switched to my laptop to come back to the game, must of been about jan/feb 2014 I noticed I didn't have the same problems of the lag like i did on ps2 and boy would it lag when I played on the console system that was unbearable.

I actually like the option no system put in place now but even I at times wanna make it to be layzier easy selectable by wishing it was set to yes, its just that when they used to have the system in place that was automatically yes once at the time, SE had gotten a ton of complaints thrown at em which is what recall for there reason to make full fail proof. Like for instance I recall times i'd read through it and still some how manage to make a wrong selection or id be getting rushed by others to get going and then it would also happen but then i'd be like: Oh. Shoot! or Darn It!! how did I managed to do that after reading it even. Just some insight to why it's in place now and for few years now.

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I kind of wish they'd make all the "yes" and "no" options the same in every single prompt in the game. If they want to set the default to "no" sometimes, that's fine. But don't make it where sometimes "yes" is on top, and "no" is on bottom, but reverse it in other places. This, to me, is a huge UI issue. It'd really be nice if I could know that ANY time I am responding to someone that the "yes" is always going to be in the same place.

One real quality of life issue is exiting NPC text. Some you can just cancel talking to. Others you need to listen to them blather on then end the conversation by choosing a menu item. If you accidentally hit the wrong menu option when spamming enter to get through the useless text, then you have to go through it all again. I'd like to be able to press the cancel button on all normal NPC conversations.

Hello, everyone!

I just wanted to stop in to share a bit of news about Bastion battles. We’d like to look into revamping this system a bit since there are occasions where if players are not defeating monsters it will take a long time for a Bastion battle to begin. While I don’t have a specific time period to share at the moment, we will be looking into this for the future.

Please stop punishing your vanilla players and add a time-remaining effect to all buffs and debuffs so that people who don't use 3rd party software can see it as well.

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Originally Posted by Xerius

Please stop punishing your vanilla players and add a time-remaining effect to all buffs and debuffs so that people who don't use 3rd party software can see it as well.

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So much this.

I've recently taken Corsair to 99 and while I love the job, I don't like having to guess when a buff is about to wear off.

For me, this is a top priority.

I just wanted to stop in to say that I have never been a fan of swapping gears and even more so on several gears too. Where as i'd rather have one gear set that could handle the multitude of tasks that so many gears swapped out to in such a lil time by a majority of the player base now holds or going to be even more so after the september update.

I have never found this to be fun in that fact it also takes up even more space but rather wishing it was set this way to be allowed more concentration of the huge task or fight at hand with out adding in the side track of multitude upon several multiple gears to be swapped.

I'll admit this change in ffxi has dampened my spirit a bit of the wanting to play the game a lot of the times as well, along with those who cheat it to make it up to 37 or more gears swappable easier in a matter of seconds and when I heard about the gear swapping book set of macro's set only for gears coming in september, my original thought at the first second of hearing this was sheesh I think i'm quitting the game since its becoming an even more gear swapping type of game but then I was like well I'll see what its like if I can even handle it this way.

{Now I was wondering how many would rather keep it at a multiple gear swaps filling up a multitude of spaces or would you rather a gear set taking up less space for each job be created that could do the same as the multitude of tasks to which the multitude of swapping all of those does???}

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Originally Posted by YosemiteYogorockBlondelle

I'll admit this change in ffxi has dampened my spirit of the wanting to play the game a lot of the times as well, along with those who cheat it to make it up to 37 or more gears swappable easier in a matter of seconds and when I heard about the gear swapping book set of macro's set only for gears coming in september, my original thought at the first second of hearing this was sheesh I think i'm quitting the game since its becoming an even more gear swapping type of game but then I was like well I'll see what its like if I can even handle it this way.

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What change? FFXI has ALWAYS been about swapping gear for JA/spells/WSs, except for in it's extremely early days when most gear had few if any stats. You mean the change that they're adding the ability for everyone to easily swap gear? If so then, and I usually don't tell people this, but you should prolly look for a different game.

Gear swapping is pretty much the only highlight as far as tackling battle content and maximizing your self that FFXI offers. Other games have rotations, tier gear, character builds, etc. FFXI is very gear intensive to reach a job's max potential. If the idea of swapping pieces is that bothersome, specially when SE hands you a simple system to do so, then this is not the game for you.

As for your question, I prefer it as it is for the most part. I wouldn't mind if certain aspects were curved a bit. Like, getting the on use boost from AF/relic to JAs is a given; if you have the piece and you can be bothered to swap, you will get the effect. In a way, for less used pieces, I wish you could convert it into a KI that always effected the JA so that it's one less swap/piece of gear you gotta bother with. Turn in your Pummeler's Lorica +1, get Pummerler's Essense KI: While your main job is Warrior, your Berserk duration is enhanced by 14 seconds. Things like that. Gear that must be continuously worn during the effect (like Pummerler's Mufflers) should remain as they are however.

Also, time of day based items, like Gessho's ammo piece, are rather annoying. It's a solid TP piece, when it's working. But with in-game macro ability, it's rather cumbersome to bother using.

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Originally Posted by Malithar

What change? FFXI has ALWAYS been about swapping gear for JA/spells/WSs, except for in it's extremely early days when most gear had few if any stats.

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Yes, I was referring to the extremely early days but I was also in linkshells that didn't grind me on that fact I was only wearing one set of armor weather it was artifact or a relic set for the one job I had at the time which I played for many years and they did not get upset about it but most I would change out was between 2 staffs, I also recall this to be around the level 75 cap days and being in sky linkshell's as well. You kind of did contradicted yourself on the ffxi game always being swappable when you stumbled upon about the very early days of ffxi and there for not always as being entirely true!! ;-0

This was also true back then the gears you had didn't make you to seem like the greatest player like it does now or it was so much about the gears as it is now as well. ;) :cool:

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Originally Posted by YosemiteYogorockBlondelle

I just wanted to stop in to say that I have never been a fan of swapping gears and even more so on several gears too. Where as i'd rather have one gear set that could handle the multitude of tasks that so many gears swapped out to in such a lil time by a majority of the player base now holds or going to be even more so after the september update.

I have never found this to be fun in that fact it also takes up even more space but rather wishing it was set this way to be allowed more concentration of the huge task or fight at hand with out adding in the side track of multitude upon several multiple gears to be swapped.

I'll admit this change in ffxi has dampened my spirit a bit of the wanting to play the game a lot of the times as well, along with those who cheat it to make it up to 37 or more gears swappable easier in a matter of seconds and when I heard about the gear swapping book set of macro's set only for gears coming in september, my original thought at the first second of hearing this was sheesh I think i'm quitting the game since its becoming an even more gear swapping type of game but then I was like well I'll see what its like if I can even handle it this way.

{Now I was wondering how many would rather keep it at a multiple gear swaps filling up a multitude of spaces or would you rather a gear set taking up less space for each job be created that could do the same as the multitude of tasks to which the multitude of swapping all of those does???}

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If this game can't swap gears you'd just engage, click WS button every 1000 TP and pop JA every 3 min when it's up.

It's really not a lot to do compare with other MMO with more intensive JA rotation, running, dodging and jumping.

This game NEEDs gear swapping so we have more stuff to do during the battle, or else there's no point playing this game unless they revamp the battle system entirely.

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Originally Posted by Afania

If this game can't swap gears you'd just engage..

It's really not a lot to do compare with other MMO with more intensive JA rotation, running, dodging and jumping.

This game NEEDs gear swapping so we have more stuff to do during the battle,.

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Whaaat!! There is all ready plenty to keep your mind occupied on during the battle unless your using a tool like windower that sets most of the stuff you do during battle to automatic which is something I have been hearing a lot about on the game and in the forums here.

I will repeat something else I have said before too in a post just below yours. ;-)

This was also true back in the younger to slightly more older days of the ffxi game that the gears you had worn didn't make you out to seem like the greatest player like it does now or it wasn't so much about the gears that made the player great as it does now.

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Originally Posted by YosemiteYogorockBlondelle

Whaaat!! There is all ready plenty to keep your mind occupied on during the battle unless your using a tool like windower that sets most of the stuff you do during battle to automatic which is something I have been hearing a lot about on the game and in the forums here.

I will repeat something else I have said before too in a post just below yours. ;-)

This was also true back in the younger to slightly more older days of the ffxi game that the gears you had worn didn't make you out to seem like the greatest player like it does now or it wasn't so much about the gears that made the player great as it does now.

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Gearswapping is the only interesting mechanic ffxi has over other mmos.

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Originally Posted by YosemiteYogorockBlondelle

You kind of did contradicted yourself on the ffxi game always being swappable when you stumbled upon about the very early days of ffxi and there for not always as being entirely true!! ;-0

This was also true back then the gears you had didn't make you to seem like the greatest player like it does now or it was so much about the gears as it is now as well. ;) :cool:

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Let me make it clear, as you seem more than capable of gleaning what you wish from a post, rather than what was said. "The extremely early days" referred to when you'd level up into gear without stats or with mostly stats that had very little if any barring on your performance. Get that new Banded Mail? Sweet, now you've got...a few more def. How about that Royal Footman's Vest with that amazing +5 ice resist? Things of that nature didn't matter. But even back during those times, having swaps for basic acc/att sets helped a lot. I remember it being quite clear in Dunes parties who bothered to have a +Acc/Dex swap and eat appropriate food (gogo Jack O'Lanterns/Mithakabobs!).

Just because you joined an LS that settled for your sub-par willingness to swap gear doesn't mean it made you good. It hampered your ability, and thus what you could be relied on to do. As more gear has come out over the years, it's added more and more that makes a character able to do more. You might not think much of say, a 445 HP Stoneskin, but when you barely survive with that up + a -DT set, that sets you apart. Same for someone who swaps into a set for just enough MAcc/stacking Mnd to get a good potency out of Slow or Paralyze, though those haven't aged well with the game. Doubly so for melees that know how/when to alter their gear for acc/att/-DT/haste and WS sets.

Since you felt the need to repeat some nonsensical statement that surely validated your point, I'll repeat: This doesn't sound like the game for you. There are literally dozens if not hundreds of other MMOs on the market where you can stick to one gear set and be set. This is not one of those games, and I doubt many if any who continue to play want it to turn into such. Just look at the ilvl adjustments for your proof, those adjustments alone were a major hit to the system.

Is there any way Nyzul Tokens can be added as an exchangeable item for the AMAN currencies?

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Originally Posted by YosemiteYogorockBlondelle

Whaaat!! There is all ready plenty to keep your mind occupied on during the battle unless your using a tool like windower that sets most of the stuff you do during battle to automatic which is something I have been hearing a lot about on the game and in the forums here.

I will repeat something else I have said before too in a post just below yours. ;-)

This was also true back in the younger to slightly more older days of the ffxi game that the gears you had worn didn't make you out to seem like the greatest player like it does now or it wasn't so much about the gears that made the player great as it does now.

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Compare with games like FFXIV or WoW or any action RPG, FFXI really have not much to do, even if you don't use windower. I own over 40 gear sets, and I don't use windower in XI. But I still play FFXI a lot better than XIV simply because I can't dodge/memorize boss moves. FFXI also has no PVP, unless you want to play absolutely perfect you can beat most of the content with avg reaction speed with no tools.

I honestly can't think of many MMO that requires less reaction speed and button click speed than FFXi tbh.

Also are you saying FFXI shouldn't have gear swap so players don't "stand out" because they have gears? Cuz that's exactly what MMO's about. MMO is about competition and standing out. If you design a MMO that doesn't let player stand out in some way then it probably won't sell well. Most MMO even has PVP and ranking and such.

Since FFXI already require less reaction speed than games like WoW, it's only logical to have more gears and let players stand out that way.

If you think that's seriously a big issue you can't tolerate, then maybe the entire genre of MMO isn't for you. Cuz I don't know any successful MMO with even less action element and competition element than FFXI.

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Originally Posted by Afania

FFXI also has no PVP

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First off PVP, Lets break that down to its true meaning Player verse Player. Yes, FFXI has had an PVP in game for far to many years as far as I can remember which is called Brenner and Ballista for an example. Granted its been untouched and severally outdated, I still remember a time when folks used to come together and gather for such events in the areas of the time slot they were being provided at the time of the oldest days in ffxi.

I know there are still others here that have those grand old memories of old times past and think they might step up and reply to this with hey yeah I was one of those players of lost times gone by now. ;-)

Happy huntings!! :-)

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Originally Posted by Malithar

Let me make it clear, This doesn't sound like the game for you. There are literally dozens if not hundreds of other MMOs on the market where you can stick to one gear set and be set.

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I'm sorry i'm not gonna go into any other games and one MMO is enough and i'm not into playing multiple games myself so I will just stick with the one mmo game that I have stuck to playing for many years even if my social life still dwindles from it but yes I have read that one particular statement before you enter the game multiple times before playing the game which makes a clear statement about it! i'm sorry if this offends you in any way as well! Good Luck in your Travels! ;-)

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Originally Posted by YosemiteYogorockBlondelle

First off PVP, Lets break that down to its true meaning Player verse Player. Yes, FFXI has had an PVP in game for far to many years as far as I can remember which is called Brenner and Ballista for an example. Granted its been untouched and severally outdated, I still remember a time when folks used to come together and gather for such events in the areas of the time slot they were being provided at the time of the oldest days in ffxi.

I know there are still others here that have those grand old memories of old times past and think they might step up and reply to this with hey yeah I was one of those players of lost times gone by now. ;-)

Happy huntings!! :-)

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Brenner/Ballista isn't "real" PVP. It doesn't satisfy player's desire to play better without a proper ranking/reward system nor official tournament.

Not to mention the job ability didn't balance based on Brenner/Ballista.

You can play this game without gear swapping. You just won't be as effective as the players that do. You won't be helpless either, as long as your set is good. If you're okay with that, good.

I don't do much gear swapping myself. I could never really garner enough interest to figure it out. I have a Chakra set that I'm pretty proud of, but oddly that's like the one thing most Monks don't care enough to gear swap for. I also have a Cursna set for my WHM. But I get by. I seem to accomplish the goals I set out to accomplish, and I have fun.

(I'll move this to a sep thread if ppl think it'll be noticed better)

There exists since CoP a solo ENM that (rare drop) drops a special piece of R/EX gear for every job until ToAU. It's called Pulling The Strings, 60 cap.

...Unfortunately it has been long forgotten. I'd like to see Dancer, SCH, GEO, and RUN added to it, it's just a itchy thing that I can't beat it on GEO just to say I did! I used it to practice cure timing on whm back in the day (WHM was the first job I beat Maat with, I did it the Maat Mashee method, Repose didn't exist back then) and it's a crying shame it's been forgotten so darn long.

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Originally Posted by Elizara

(I'll move this to a sep thread if ppl think it'll be noticed better)

There exists since CoP a solo ENM that (rare drop) drops a special piece of R/EX gear for every job until ToAU. It's called Pulling The Strings, 60 cap.

...Unfortunately it has been long forgotten. I'd like to see Dancer, SCH, GEO, and RUN added to it, it's just a itchy thing that I can't beat it on GEO just to say I did! I used it to practice cure timing on whm back in the day (WHM was the first job I beat Maat with, I did it the Maat Mashee method, Repose didn't exist back then) and it's a crying shame it's been forgotten so darn long.

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I have remembered about that old battlefield from time to time and in the recent times of remembering without trying it out yet is that I have been wondering it's now possible to call forth trusts upon entering it?

With the solo ENM, prolly not, it was designed to be soloed before trusts existed (I can find my vids of Pulling the Strings if you're curious for whm, blm, smn, and thf) but the other ENM in the area, prolly.

Also btw, as for another suggestion; I'd like to see the controller support updated for the PC version of this game a tad if that's at all possible. For years, people have been complaining about the triggers on Xbox 360 controllers not working without some serious monkey business/using unofficial drivers. And now..There's a homebrew wrapper for the Dual Shock 3 that uses the Xbox 360 drivers..that works beautifully except for one slight problem. The L2/R2 buttons are not recognized in FFXI because it is xinput, not directinput like FFXI likes, which means one has to use xpadder to yoink them back. (I assume that's the root of the Xbox 360 trigger problems too). Could that be fixed, please?

Someone probably suggested this already, but how about an ancient currency trader in Jeuno...?

we should be able to /shout, /yell, /say and access the menu while we are dead just as you can in FFXIV

also we should be able to see a list of EVERYONE in the linkshell and who joined and who left, just as we can do so in FFXIV.

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Originally Posted by Elizara

With the solo ENM, prolly not, it was designed to be soloed before trusts existed (I can find my vids of Pulling the Strings if you're curious for whm, blm, smn, and thf) but the other ENM in the area, prolly.

Also btw, as for another suggestion; I'd like to see the controller support updated for the PC version of this game a tad if that's at all possible. For years, people have been complaining about the triggers on Xbox 360 controllers not working without some serious monkey business/using unofficial drivers. And now..There's a homebrew wrapper for the Dual Shock 3 that uses the Xbox 360 drivers..that works beautifully except for one slight problem. The L2/R2 buttons are not recognized in FFXI because it is xinput, not directinput like FFXI likes, which means one has to use xpadder to yoink them back. (I assume that's the root of the Xbox 360 trigger problems too). Could that be fixed, please?

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I too would like better controller support. I found out that x360wc drivers for the Wireless xbox 360 receiver can work well for configuring FFXI, but those break how the controller works in other programs, such as Awesomenauts and Steam Big Picture mode. So if we could get xinput support that would be fantastic.

Game Devs:

Are there any plans on making mythic building while solo any easier? I appreciate the solo entry for assaults and nyzul, but an area of frustration is Einherjar. Are there plans on allowing Einherjar to be accessed solo? Also, would there be a way to have players buy one key item (similar to the prismatic hourglass) so as to not keep spending 60,000 gil per entry?

Hopefully this will be seen. I appreciate the more-solo-friendly direction the game is going, since it let's me work on goals that have been on my radar for years without having to recruit extra bodies for minimum entry requirements.

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Game Devs:

Are there any plans on making mythic building while solo any easier? I appreciate the solo entry for assaults and nyzul, but an area of frustration is Einherjar. Are there plans on allowing Einherjar to be accessed solo? Also, would there be a way to have players buy one key item (similar to the prismatic hourglass) so as to not keep spending 60,000 gil per entry?

Hopefully this will be seen. I appreciate the more-solo-friendly direction the game is going, since it let's me work on goals that have been on my radar for years without having to recruit extra bodies for minimum entry requirements.

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Last I heard they said no to any changes to einherjar.

All right I'll go ahead and make the suggestion, we should be allowed to equip stuff from not only our item & wardrobe storage but our mog satchel, sack, and case. I understand if it can't be done without having it equip from the storage and safe but at least try to since you guys have to push back increasing the macros for it. And maybe increase the regular macros if you would.