Something nice to say about the new update.

[Doombringer]

first i'll just address the elephant in the room. R/E/M. i get it, my initial reaction was NSFW to. but i guess i'm willing to see what happens.



Now, something a little more positive, something i think is actually rather important that is being overlooked due to the general flabbergasted-ness of people over the R/E/Ms and the new loot.

Delves loot SYSTEM.

kill nms. nms drop items... but also... killed nms unlock their loot pool for purchase from an npc via plasm. this is the loot system most of us have been wanting for years?

granted nobody has killed a delve boss yet so we don't know if EVERYTHING will be opened for purchase via plasm, but so far so good. we finally have a reward system that requires you be ABLE to kill NMs, but doesn't then rely on a .01% droprate to get you your stuff. (we've always said if we can kill it once we could kill it a thousand times, so why does the random number generator insist we kill it infinity times?)

it seems like just about the best loot system we've had? and it makes me hopeful for the future of the game.

[Kojo]

This is the FFXI equivalent to catching a shiny Magikarp, it's shiny, but it's still a freaking Magikarp.

[Spiritmage]

I found a shiny Hoothoot and caught it!

[Umichi]

I quite enjoy the expansion as an average player i find the ability to challenge myself at my own pace for rewards is fantastic. I also look forward to monstrosity and the Mog island thing.

Edit: they also changed my timepieces music which was awesome!

[Kojo]

I like RUN, I've wanted an FFXI Mystic Knight for years, wish they'd make it take hits better.

[Kojo]

I'm about this|close to posting something that'll get my character banned, but Kojo's crybaby a$$ isn't worth that effort.

Anyway, I've posted a positive in my own thread about the significant modifications in the merit Weapon Skills, which sounds like something worth getting into for those who play various jobs and want to try as many of these as possible.

Of all the people complaining, you come to this rageless thread...to pick me? I'm honored.

[Umichi]

I'm about this|close to posting something that'll get my character banned, but Kojo's crybaby a$$ isn't worth that effort.

Anyway, I've posted a positive in my own thread about the significant modifications in the merit Weapon Skills, which sounds like something worth getting into for those who play various jobs and want to try as many of these as possible.

As a person who mains only one to two jobs (Drg the majority, Whm for the rest and even then somewhat) I never really bothered with the merit ws's until now, Stardiver just never really appealed to me, but since I'm finally halfway through stage 3 on Gungnir I'm wanting to invest in getting stardiver maxed out I'm glad I get to use it on the first merit instead of 3-4 later.

[Kojo]

Is it just me or did they say pretty much nothing about the Deliver NPCs added outside the Mog House on Adoulin?

[Urthdigger]

Is it just me or did they say pretty much nothing about the Deliver NPCs added outside the Mog House on Adoulin?

An issue wherein the additional delivery NPCs are not available even when the emblem is present on the wall of the Courier's Coalition.

I believe they did.

[Kojo]

I believe they did.

Oh, I didn't realize they were associated with coalitions. I overlooked it.