Newest interview (abyssea was a mistake?)

[saevel]

Since the "playstation expert" cant read logs...thats me backtanking Sobek while I'm weak and dont want to feed TP since with 800 HP Tyrant Tusk will clearly 1shot me. That's me shooting down the theory of "all abyssea mobs have regain and are spammy".

It was never all, but the hero's zone super NM's clearly do. It's not nearly as bad as VWNM's but its enough that even if your not hitting it at all it'll still use a TP move. Interesting about Sobek, although honestly we always had him dead in minutes anyway. I'm more thinking about Bukhis and his evilness.

[Nynja]

whats a super NM? anything that requires a key item to pop instead of tossable items?

[Psxpert2011]

Since the "playstation expert" cant read logs...thats me backtanking Sobek while I'm weak and dont want to feed TP since with 800 HP Tyrant Tusk will clearly 1shot me. That's me shooting down the theory of "all abyssea mobs have regain and are spammy".

Ah okay,it's cool, thanks!
Something i know a little about is tanking! ^^ (ah, the old days of PLD tanking are gone forever, sigh) ; ;

[svengalis]

whats a super NM? anything that requires a key item to pop instead of tossable items?

I am not sure what point you are trying to prove. Most people I know don't try to proc red/blue on a NM with their backs turned to it.

[Nynja]

It was never all, but the hero's zone super NM's clearly do. It's not nearly as bad as VWNM's but its enough that even if your not hitting it at all it'll still use a TP move. ... I'm more thinking about Bukhis and his evilness.

Then stop spitting out this garbage about everything having regain when they clearly dont. I think I still have a Bukhis set I need to use, I'll gladly back tank that to prove that too has no damn regain, though I think me and my friends all finished our voyage stones. I'll gladly backtank a heroes "super NM" to prove that that too does not have TP regain. In fact most mobs that people claim to have "TP Regain" actually dont.

Thats my point.

[Zaknafein]

Perhaps you would like to play Dark Souls or Demon Souls? That game is exactly that - challenging and very hard. FFXI is perfect for me now - it has all kind of options and gazilion things to do - and all are doable with very minimal challenge, can be done solo or with small group and a lot less headache. The current playstyle is great - you no longer need big LS to accomplish most of the things in the game. I found Voidwatch is still a challenge for the majority of the players - with a downgrade contents and good accessories.

To be honest I am not looking forward the "go back to the old days" type of content where it takes years to get anything done (which some players called "dedication"). At the same token, I can quit and come back six months later knowing nobody gets anything done since it's not yet a year or more lol - so I don't feel like I get left behind

That is my point entirely. There is zero reason why both groups of players should not be catered to. We all have fantastic gear now. That's what abyssea was all about. A vehicle to accelerate our xp to 99 cap while simultaneously making exceptional gear available to everyone. What SE decides to do with the game once we are 99 is the key. I hold out hope that they lay out two paths to the 99 end game experience.

Take empyreans for example. You had a choice of making them through the traditional method. Or collecting coins solo in an event (that had it worked correctly) could have been the new campaign. A place for you to make suitable progress on your own time. Solo if you so chose. That is hopefully the approach that will be taken. Two divergent paths of end game garnering similar, yet distinguishable results.

That is the best case scenario. It would be just as much of an oversight for the game to swing completely to the casual side as it has been in years past. When end game catered only to hard core players, and subjugated casuals.

[Kimble]

All they have planned for the next 6 months is more VW so yeah, nothing really to look forward to.

[saevel]

Then stop spitting out this garbage about everything having regain when they clearly dont. I think I still have a Bukhis set I need to use, I'll gladly back tank that to prove that too has no damn regain, though I think me and my friends all finished our voyage stones. I'll gladly backtank a heroes "super NM" to prove that that too does not have TP regain. In fact most mobs that people claim to have "TP Regain" actually dont.

Thats my point.

BS, I've had Apandamek chase me for long enough to use two TP moves without anyone hitting him. Long story short is that our brewer's time ran out and we had to hold him long enough for someone to run back and get one for the last few we had left. If these NM's don't have regain then they have ridiculously high store TP or their AI's are programmed to give them free moves periodically.

[Arcon]

All they have planned for the next 6 months is more VW so yeah, nothing really to look forward to.

And new Limbus, Einherjar, Nyzul and the Last Stand and the dungeon crawl system. So you only missed about 84% of the stuff they announced.

[Runespider]

And new Limbus, Einherjar, Nyzul and the Last Stand and the dungeon crawl system. So you only missed about 84% of the stuff they announced.

I doubt they will do very much at all with tweaks to current events, last stand will probably be fail like WoE and the dungeon crawl system will probably never happen. Doesn't even have a freaking name. They still haven't added the "don't lose curor buffs" etc things they promised let alone that kind of stuff.

So yeah, more VW.