I feel like Delve just made 90% of the Adoulin content irrelevant

[Kojo]

Bayld gear is irrelephant!

[Camate]

Greetings,

Below is a comment from Producer Akihiko Matsui in regards to the recent version update.

With the release of the end of April version update, we've implemented Delve and have completed the battle content that was planned for the launch of Seekers of Adoulin.

I feel that the flow of content that we planned where players would take on higher tiers of content (content level) by progressing in stages is not going as smoothly as we'd like.

Specifically, I would like to adjust the fact that it's difficult to do colonization reives and lair reives in small numbers, as well as the fact that it is difficult to start Skirmish.

For the time being, Delve (the boss battle) has been set as the highest content level.

With this current state, I feel priorities should be placed on implementing and adjusting content for low-man or soloing more than adding further higher tier content, and I would like to work hard while heading in this direction so that a larger amount of players can enjoy the game.

[Kojo]

Greetings,

Below is a comment from Producer Akihiko Matsui in regards to the recent version update.

To be honest, he should probably focus on pleasing the rabid, ravenous masses and work on updating Relics, Mythics, and Empyrians, figuring out how to patch said upgrades in later.

Here's a tip for Matsui; Players .dat mine, you want to please the players, whip up upgraded relics and throw them in the .dats, even if they cannot yet be obtained. Also, never use lack of manpower as a reason.

[Umichi]

I think there is a concept behind delve the developers either didnt tell us or got lost in translation. it seems delve was intended for higher tiered up players but all players of the game can compete at different levels and play sat the same time for the same rewards essentially... the fighters are fighting and the colonizers are doing their thing and we all get rewarded for it cause the stuff is everywhere. there are different ways of aquiring the same lewt based on how fast you wanna go thats how fast its gonna be.. i know i won't be getting that OP Drg lance anytime soon and im already building relic lol

[Zumi]

They went with the WoW philosophy this time around. When you release an expansion there is a gear reset. With weapons that have 100 more damage on them no use even using our old r/m/e stuff. All your old stuff and old content is no longer relevant as well.

They never done this before with other expansions which is why some people are upset by it.

[Umichi]

and FYI only some players .dat mine. the amount of players represented on the forums is only a percentile of the amount of people who play the game... If SE is trying to bring players back wouldn't it make sense to make sure the people who don't min/max are pleased while giving the harder people all the rediculous OP shit their hearts desire? Isn't that the essence of FFXI and most ff series?

[Kojo]

I think there is a concept behind delve the developers either didnt tell us or got lost in translation. it seems delve was intended for higher tiered up players but all players of the game can compete at different levels and play sat the same time for the same rewards essentially... the fighters are fighting and the colonizers are doing their thing and we all get rewarded for it cause the stuff is everywhere. there are different ways of aquiring the same lewt based on how fast you wanna go thats how fast its gonna be.. i know i won't be getting that OP Drg lance anytime soon and im already building relic lol

I'll probably finish my Apoc, then if they have stopped screwing relic owners over I'll either start Ragnarok, or quit after I've played with Apoc a bit.

[Umichi]

They went with the WoW philosophy this time around. When you release an expansion there is a gear reset. With weapons that have 100 more damage on them no use even using our old r/m/e stuff. All your old stuff and old content is no longer relevant as well.

They never done this before with other expansions which is why some people are upset by it.

plenty of gear resets on this past. cap release was a gear reset, abyssea was a gear reset. FFXI term of a gear reset differs from other MMO's

[Umichi]

so many different ways to play a job have been introduced over the years lol but min/maxers imho crushed all that.

[Kojo]

plenty of gear resets on this past. cap release was a gear reset, abyssea was a gear reset. FFXI term of a gear reset differs from other MMO's

Pre-abyssea items are still- WERE still useful at 99, either because they were simply great items, or they could be augmented to keep relevance.