Newest interview (abyssea was a mistake?)

[Glacont]

Your posts, within this thread, are compose with great consideration. I applaud your craftsmenship.

/befriend Sparthos


@GreatGuardian

How is Old Republic? What are the strong aspects? I've been meaning to check it out.

[Atomic_Skull]

wall of text

I'm betting 99% of the people reading this thread are just skipping over your posts because they are so huge.

[cidbahamut]

I'm betting 99% of the people reading this thread are just skipping over your posts because they are so huge.

I'd hope not. They are enjoyable reading and well articulated.

[SpankWustler]

Sparthos, I think you're attributing a lot of thought-out malice towards things that are the result of thoughtless incompetence. Not that the motivation changes the end result, but it's still ridiculous to think that the Development Bros were cackling madly and drinking the blood of infants from the skulls of toddlers while planning out Sandworm or designating Entropy a (horrible) fTP value.

[Randwolf]

"Originally, Voidwatch was designed as content for an alliance of 18 players. If you go in with 18, there will actually be a higher rate of reward than any other content in FFXI."

I've only done it with 18. If he means "reward" as any piece of crap S/E decides to throw in the box (dark steel ingot), then yes, I get 5 "rewards" each time I do it. If he means something worthwhile getting, he's full of crap.

[Olor]

I'm betting 99% of the people reading this thread are just skipping over your posts because they are so huge.

I only skip posts that are brainless, malicious or riddled with errors. Sparthos' posts have none of those qualities.

Crikes I read stuff here to pass the time, so I love long posts.

[Sparthos]

I'm betting 99% of the people reading this thread are just skipping over your posts because they are so huge.

They're free to. Im not holding a gun to anyone's head. :P

Sparthos, I think you're attributing a lot of thought-out malice towards things that are the result of thoughtless incompetence. Not that the motivation changes the end result, but it's still ridiculous to think that the Development Bros were cackling madly and drinking the blood of infants from the skulls of toddlers while planning out Sandworm or designating Entropy a (horrible) fTP value.

The problem is that this incompetence has been going on for years. How many years do you need before thoughtless incompetence becomes malice even if that isn't the intention? It's pretty clear me that some people within the staff just don't care to deal with outsiders thoughts be that for some cultural or personal reasons or perhaps it's just pesky company policy.

It reflects poorly on the company.

Make no mistake, I don't think the devs are evil, bad or maligned individuals and given the chance to meet them I'd probably laugh, smile and take pics with the staff but that doesn't change the fact that the "you're gonna eat those peas and freakin' like it" mentality has been destructive to the game. I've been a fan of SE for years and they get alot of things right (storylines, music, visuals) but boy are they dense on the customer service front and it is wrecking them.

SE had me sold that they'd changed their ways when Abyssea happened but it seems like celebrations were premature and the game is slowly going back to the old ways. I think most people can agree that the simple DO NOT WANT meme sums it up handily.

[Xellith]

This is the kinda thing that makes Shinryu dissapoint.

[Dart]

its like the chinese, just won't die

[Nynja]

Whats all this shit about Brew ruining abyssea? If you dont want to use Brews, dont use them. Some people got bored of doing the same monotonous 5-15 minute fight 50 times over. If someone wants to spend 1.4m cruor for 7 brews and knock off 50 mobs in 30 minutes instead of 50 mobs over 6 hours, big deal. If you could brew Fafhogg after your 10th+++++++++ kill, you know you would. The fight doesnt change.


I can 3box Dragua easy, I've done it, first time was annoying, second time I got used to it, 3rd and 4th and 5th was "k...this is starting to just waste time now for no apparent reason". So I brewed the rest of them down that I needed. Does that mean I'm a shitty player? No, it means I have too much cruor and would rather brew the remaining 45 Draguas down in 15 min instead of 6 hours. Same with Shinryu...I can kill it without Brew, but why bother? I can 3box KO 3 or 4 Shin's in Blunt time with Brew, or I can do one without brew, and possibly wipe because of stupid luck factors (I'm looking at you apoc ray).