Wake up, "Seekers" is failing

[Hawklaser]

The thing is, they are always making new stuff instead of fixing whats broken, when are they going to actually say...

Hey guys, we made enough content now, the player base is not beating it to fast, we can finally sit back, relax, and fix the issues we have created while putting in a few of the things we haven't got around to yet which have been put off.

Never, do you know why? We beat every piece of content in the game in a matter of weeks, I cant think of a single thing that took us more than a month for someone, on some server, to beat, and after the first victory, it only gets easier. So they keep making new content, trying to make it so that once everyone beats the content we don't just hit a dead end, the problem is, while they do this, nothing gets fixed, and if they continue, nothing ever will.

This is one reason some other online games have some patch cycles that only focus on re-balancing content. As need to set aside time for things like that or they don't get done, or they have a team set aside to work on those issues alone. Though often times, those re-balancing patches are often number tweaks and bug fixes. SE's problems stem from two main things. So many effects are shrouded in mystery or hidden which leads to the bugs not being found. Then they either have things so convoluted in their coding that they can not make simple tweaks for Quality of Life adjustments easily, or they do not allocate much, if any, time and resources for addressing issues on a consistent basis. As to the code being convoluted vs time/resource allocation, I'd say it is more likely the latter seeing how quickly some adjustments do come when they think something is unbalanced or not working as intended.

[Daemon]

This is one reason some other online games have some patch cycles that only focus on re-balancing content. As need to set aside time for things like that or they don't get done, or they have a team set aside to work on those issues alone. Though often times, those re-balancing patches are often number tweaks and bug fixes. SE's problems stem from two main things. So many effects are shrouded in mystery or hidden which leads to the bugs not being found. Then they either have things so convoluted in their coding that they can not make simple tweaks for Quality of Life adjustments easily, or they do not allocate much, if any, time and resources for addressing issues on a consistent basis. As to the code being convoluted vs time/resource allocation, I'd say it is more likely the latter seeing how quickly some adjustments do come when they think something is unbalanced or not working as intended.

I think because SoA was not carefully mapped out and in my opinion seems rushed that they are trying to add on to it, adjust it to relieve some of the complaints, arguments, disappointments, bad reviews, loss of interest, front page headline on Jay Leno, Parody broadcasted on SNL, Seth Macfarlaine critique on family guy, Kenny got killed again....

[Vladislav]

July 9th tommorow , SE promised us update , will see if Seekers raise at least from "lv 1 to lv 15" lol . Really tired of reives that blocking all paths 24/7.

[Daemon]

July 9th tommorow , SE promised us update , will see if Seekers raise at least from "lv 1 to lv 15" lol . Really tired of reives that blocking all paths 24/7.

Well looks like a big update, guess ima have to dig thru some PS3 games to keep me occupied for the next day or 2 given that I've never had luck to even get past login screen during update....

D:Patch.txt error

[Vladislav]

Well looks like a big update, guess ima have to dig thru some PS3 games to keep me occupied for the next day or 2 given that I've never had luck to even get past login screen during update....

D:Patch.txt error

Ic , well i still missing NNI gear so doing runs atm , this only event i really satisfied atm D;

[Detzu]

Sounds like the circular logic I see all over our server, love how shouts for Delve are almost always for Delve weapon DDs only.

People are always talking about DDs, but having a great DD is a million times easier than having a great mage. You wanna do Delve? Level SCH BRD GEO WHM pimp them and go to town. You'll even get in JPs parties if you're good enough.

[Hawklaser]

People are always talking about DDs, but having a great DD is a million times easier than having a great mage. You wanna do Delve? Level SCH BRD GEO WHM pimp them and go to town. You'll even get in JPs parties if you're good enough.

I think it is about the same chance for having both, just some are easier to notice the difference in. Like for me it is a lot easier to spot the differences betweeen a good and great Nin than it is to see the difference between a good and great PLD. Same goes for DDs vs Mages. Harder to spot the difference between good and great DDs, while easier to spot it in mages if you know what to look for. I usually don't factor in gear into this judgment unless gear is really unusual, because someone that is great at a job will still be noticed even if they don't have the best gear.

[FrankReynolds]

People are always talking about DDs, but having a great DD is a million times easier than having a great mage. You wanna do Delve? Level SCH BRD GEO WHM pimp them and go to town. You'll even get in JPs parties if you're good enough.

Yeah, That sounds fun. Pimp out whm so you can pimp out <Insert DD job> and then never get invited as anything but whm again. With the exception of the obvious fact that most people don't like playing those jobs, that makes perfect sense.

[Zumi]

Not only that, but like I said in another thread - there's the fact of dwindling player numbers in addition to events like Legion and now Delve bosses not being pickup-friendly, aswell as the death of larger event-specific linkshells due to just about everything being lowmannable since the level cap increase. All this contributes to the majority being unable to do endgame reliably and with a decent success rate. Makes me wonder if SE really knows what's actually going on in their own game at times.

Pretty much spot on with what I think. Stuff like delve bosses being so inaccessible to pick ups to most of the player base just doesn't give me a reason to play anymore.

[Tamoa]

Or, you can always cough up 50mil gil (or more) to a linkshell that does Delve bosses.


Yeah right.


Edit: I'm actually thinking that making this forum was a mistake by SE. We were invited to give them feedback, our opinions and ideas - but in the end our opinions and ideas are largely ignored. I don't know about everyone else here, but the feeling of being ignored hasn't exactly strengthened my faith in the dev team.