[dev1012] Revamped Monster Placement - SE has officially lost their minds

[Sama]

its official, SE has lost their minds

SE lost their mind when they made Aby and nerfed everything else.

[Starcade]

its official, SE has lost their minds,

It took you this to see it?

This, of about six or seven major changes in this update alone which defy all real compreshension?

[Starcade]

there are still low level players?

I think that's the take-home point here.

When the game stagnated in 2009, it was clear that Square-Enix' modus operandi was to try to get new players in to FFXI to probably recruit them for FFXIV.

This all changed in 2010 with the level cap increase and Abyssea. Now, you are hard-pressed to find a real "new player" anywhere.

[Riggs]

The main problem is SE are not prepared to spend money on a game that they see and as about to be super seeded by 14.

They realised about 18 months ago that 14 was not going to be an instant success and they would need to hold on to the ff11 players until it was ready, as such they made everything very easy and gave people very powerful equipment that is great for holding people's attention short term but not long term.

But that is fine by SE as long term they plan to support 14, as such we get mob pushed in to areas that no one wants as they will not spend the money making new areas or extending existing

[Akujima]

The main problem is SE are not prepared to spend money on a game that they see and as about to be super seeded by 14.

SE lost their minds when they decided to make FF14 an MMO, shifting all of the focus onto that game, instead of making well thought out expansions and tweaking/fine tuning FF11... Properly.

[wildsprite]

14 will never replace 11 in the hearts of many players, myself included, if SE does ever decide to kill XI that's it for me

[Aldersyde]

14 will never replace 11 in the hearts of many players, myself included, if SE does ever decide to kill XI that's it for me

Yup. Never had any intention of going to ff14. I'm not a chronic mmo drifter and the only reason I played ff11 is because it had Final Fantasy in the title. Now that I know about the work that goes into an mmorpg, never again. When ff11 dies that's it for me.

[Komori]

Have people not noticed that it would appear that alot of the new mobs don't seem to aggro? Or at least in some of the areas I've tried. And just bring a high level friend to bodyguard or sneak/invis you like we used to!

The only way you don't have a high level friend in this game now is if your a hermit.

[Akujima]

The only way you don't have a high level friend in this game now is if your a hermit.

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[AyinDygra]

Have people not noticed that it would appear that alot of the new mobs don't seem to aggro? Or at least in some of the areas I've tried. And just bring a high level friend to bodyguard or sneak/invis you like we used to!

The only way you don't have a high level friend in this game now is if your a hermit.

They updated the aggro conditions of a lot of monsters after the strong, reasonable outcry about questing and such. (but while I haven't visited all the new areas yet, reports say they didn't fix them all, like, they say Hororotu ruins still has some bad spots.)

I'm personally interested in seeing what they did to Garlaige Citadel's basement, because I used to run the Escort for Hire quest that took me through the basement (not grouping for that quest to get through the banishing gate, and can't get through that gate solo), so the basement was my only choice. If it's going to take more than 5min to kill all the monsters on the path, they'll be repopping before I can go back and send my taru escort-ee through.

Edit: Tried the escort for hire quest in Garlaige Citadel... For a whole hour, I went in and waited at the first intersection where he decides to go either to the basement or toward the banishing gate... He never even once turned toward the basement path. I think they removed that path from his choices. This annoys me... back to Crawlers' Nest... at least that one has 2 "OK" paths still.