Suggestions to improve Ambuscade

[Olor]

Please please please please add a daily ROE quest that gives a half decent amount of hallmarks for completing an ambuscade volume 2. It's simply not realistic for soloists/lesser geared folks to get a set of +1 armor in a month when groups pretty much universally just do VD. Either that or allow some ability to carry hallmarks over each month. I don't mind working for the gear. I don't even mind working harder to do it solo - but with the points getting deleted every month it makes it impossible/demoralizing. Most of us don't have the playtime to do 150 runs in a month.

Seriously, I'd be fine with trading in hallmarks to get half back in something I could carry over for the month so it would take double the amount of hallmarks to get any item if I could just do it at my pace. Having to play a ridiculous amount of time in one month to get any armor is just not on for me. I really can't emphasize enough that deleting the currency every month is a huge negative for folks with more limited playtime.

At this point it feels pretty pointless to sub as I can't make any progress at my own pace, really.

[Catmato]

Most of us don't have the playtime to do 150 runs in a month.

I'm finding it hard to do the 11 runs for the NQ armor, but I do make sure to get it done every month.

[detlef]

Are you guys still having trouble with this month? I don't think you even need a tank, just a couple of DDs standing together and cure bomb your way through the fight.

[Catmato]

It's not the difficulty of the fight, it's the motivation to play.

[Diavolo]

Ambuscade was practically designed to burn players out and I challenge anyone to argue against it.

[Ketaru]

Ambuscade was practically designed to burn players out and I challenge anyone to argue against it.

While I, for one, see no shame in just going for the NQ set if you're just a casual player (or doing it just enough every month to get a A. Seal, and hoard them until a set you want comes along), this does seem rather accurate. And bodes poorly for the future of the game if this is really what we have to look forward to forever into the future.

EDIT: Stupid smartphone touchscreen sensitivity!

I agree that, if the future of the content is the old gear cycled monthly, there should be no more perceived need to wipe your hallmarks every month. Or, a separate set of points that don't reset monthly should be used exclusively for older gear.

[Olor]

Ambuscade was practically designed to burn players out and I challenge anyone to argue against it.

It's not the difficulty of the fight, it's the motivation to play.

These things.

I am just about done the NQ set and I will push myself to login and finish it, but the event is a real drag at this point.

I am glad this month's battle is solo friendly but yeah I just get so tired of having my progress wiped every month it is demoralizing.

I really liked the event at first but the lustre has worn off as it becomes more and more of a naked grind. Once I have all NQ sets it will be even harder to find the motivation to try to super grind out HQ.

And stopping at NQ is mostly pointless for me because outside of a few slots/macro bits I have stuff that is better than the NQ of most of the sets (not the PLD/WAR/SAM etc set, but I don't play any of those jobs so I didn't have any armor for them really)

But I am doing it because I don't have a ton of 119 armor and some of it may be useful for jobs I don't really play and am not paying attention to.

Dunno... love the game but they need to step up.

[Mxsx]

Maybe not everyone should get everything??? Like casual is casual, why should you get the same as someone who put in way more time? Isn't that the point of being casual?

Everyone sure complains a lot, for content that is easy prey...

I know it isn't the popular opinion... but lets be real... casual's don't deserve the same gear as a hardcore player...

[Olor]

Maybe not everyone should get everything??? Like casual is casual, why should you get the same as someone who put in way more time? Isn't that the point of being casual?

Everyone sure complains a lot, for content that is easy prey...

I know it isn't the popular opinion... but lets be real... casual's don't deserve the same gear as a hardcore player...

I am not asking to "get the same as someone who put in more time" - and I don't see why I shouldn't get the gear if I spend as much (or more time) to get it. Just because I can't spend it all in one month I shouldn't be punished.

I am asking for my progress not to be wiped so I can put in the time in a way that is more sensible for my schedule and in a way that keeps the game fun for me.

I'd even be happy with having to spend twice as many hallmarks to get the item if I can gather those hallmarks at my own pace, as I have stated above.

Like if I could buy an item for 1000 hallmarks that I could trade in for 500 total hallmarks I'd be fine slowly working up to buying pieces.

Or they could stop deleting our spendable hallmarks and let us buy stuff with them - continuing to roll over total hallmarks earned each month? There has to be a way to do it.

I don't think it's particularly unreasonable to wish to have a way to complete the armor set on my own time. I'm not asking for a way to earn gear from 130 level fights here, just a way to slowly pick away at super easy grindy content at my own pace.

The current way would be like having your ancient currency for a relic disappear every month so if you couldn't finish your whole relic in a month you could never get one. It's bad design.

And it makes the game less fun because I don't feel like I can reasonably spend my playtime doing anything BUT ambuscade.

[Dale]

I am not asking to "get the same as someone who put in more time" - and I don't see why I shouldn't get the gear if I spend as much (or more time) to get it. Just because I can't spend it all in one month I shouldn't be punished.

I am asking for my progress not to be wiped so I can put in the time in a way that is more sensible for my schedule and in a way that keeps the game fun for me.

I'd even be happy with having to spend twice as many hallmarks to get the item if I can gather those hallmarks at my own pace, as I have stated above.

Like if I could buy an item for 1000 hallmarks that I could trade in for 500 total hallmarks I'd be fine slowly working up to buying pieces.

Or they could stop deleting our spendable hallmarks and let us buy stuff with them - continuing to roll over total hallmarks earned each month? There has to be a way to do it.

I don't think it's particularly unreasonable to wish to have a way to complete the armor set on my own time. I'm not asking for a way to earn gear from 130 level fights here, just a way to slowly pick away at super easy grindy content at my own pace.

The current way would be like having your ancient currency for a relic disappear every month so if you couldn't finish your whole relic in a month you could never get one. It's bad design.

And it makes the game less fun because I don't feel like I can reasonably spend my playtime doing anything BUT ambuscade.

You don't have to burn yourself out. Just do it consistently - something like 3 ~ 5 fights a day - and you should easily have enough for your entire +1 set before the month is out. Comparing ambuscade to the relic grind is like comparing apples to oranges because the two are on different planets in terms of grinding.

I'll admit it can get repetitive - especially if you try to bang it all out at once. But in all honesty, it's not that much of a grind considering the quality of the gear or items you can buy. That being said: I don't really object to your idea. I would have no problems with SE giving players the option to carry over their points from month to month.