Artifact Armor 4 idea

[Francisco]

I think you don't play, seriously. What you describe is the state the game you WISH.

No, I described the game for what it is. Anyone with two friends can do anything worthwhile in FFXI right now with reasonable effort.

Since 2006 the entire game is almost entirely low man friendly (sky,limbus,salvage,assault,MMM,bcnms..).

Basically what I said... pretty much anything can be obtained through those events with ease - permitting it actually drops or the NM shows up (lolBees).

Major lack of grind ? ARE YOU KINNDING ME ? 75 dragua scales, 50 chloris bud, 50 ulhuadshi, realllllllly ?

You're changing words around now. I said "lack of a major grind", not a major lack of grind... there is a difference. I wouldn't call an empyrean a "major grind", with the exception of harp/shield. Even still, those are not even close to being on par with the work required for a relic or mythic.

No claiming issues ? Are you joking ? Some NM like that tiger in uleguerand are perma claimed and most 10' repop NM are camped 24/24.

All relevant NMs either have multiple sources for the seals they drop, multiple pops or can have their KIs gold boxed.

Noone is excluded from relic ? I think you are smoking to be honest because even with a party of 6 you are looking at one month of daily grinding to get a relic....

Learn to use reading comprehension before you argue a point. I said no one is excluded from NEW CONTENT - in the way they were excluded from OLD CONTENT due to claiming (which excluded people from kings), cost (which excluded people from relics), and absurd requirements (which excluded people from mythics). Really Pchan, if you can't read properly, don't bother arguing.

They have never released long time events except for relics.

And mythics.

Look it took you 6 months to get just full AF3+2,

Wrong, and stop trying to change the subject, Pchan. You're the one who quit in June 2010 because you were mad over abyssea. You're the one who berates people for never having a relic, even though you also never had a relic. You're the one who ran around "Ash*ttea" for months in full usukane ("the dream will never die!")... or do you deny it?

it's about the same time to get a full salvage set back in the day.

There is no rough estimate on how long it takes to get a full salvage set, especially back in the day. It could take 1 month with luck, or two years with terrible luck. AF3+2 can be done in 5 days - if you do one piece per day, which is very reasonable. You could do more pieces in a day, sure - but I'm thinking more towards casual, "let's not sit here for 10 hours" style play.

[Godofgods]

My idea...

[MarkovChain]

All relevant NMs either have multiple sources for the seals they drop, multiple pops or can have their KIs gold boxed.

All KI are faster to get from the NMs. You don't have one chance every 10 minutes for many KI. Abyssea is dragon's Aery II but this time it's against the whole server.

[Francisco]

All KI are faster to get from the NMs. You don't have one chance every 10 minutes for many KI. Abyssea is dragon's Aery II but this time it's against the whole server.

You can completely avoid camping Amun and Gukumatz, etc, if those are the NMs you're referring to...

Also, you don't need to obtain a KI every 10 minutes to participate in the content.

I've done about 75 Ulhuadshi (2 empyrean's worth) and about 30 Itza-moth things. Probably killed Tunga three times in the process, and Amun six or seven times. The process was easy. (Especially coming off of 2 Emps worth of Chloris, and 30+ Glavoids)...

[Economizer]

All relevant NMs either have multiple sources for the seals they drop, multiple pops or can have their KIs gold boxed.

Fistule comes to mind.

[hiko]

fistule can be the worst empy NMs when you have competition.

[Luvbunny]

Static, no random please. And let our mules be able to hold AF items and augmented items.

[Greatguardian]

I'm not sure I understand mules needing AF. AF can be stored, so it's not a space issue. People want to skip over AF quests on their mules or something? Does that make any sense at all from a lore standpoint? The AF quests are generally lots of fun anyways.

[hiko]

Static too except they can't take a single day. I'm not sure why you all think you are going to get the static gears quickly. .

i'd rather spend 50 hour of playtime working on my static aug than spending 2h to get item to try random and get crap then repeaty it X times.
static case after 25h I know i've done half the work
random case after 25h i'm exactly at the same point than when i started

[Malamasala]

The development team is currently looking into introducing relic equipment +2 in the form of synergy augments and would love to hear any feedback you have in relation to this system based on the below information.

Random Stats vs. Static Stats
Please let us know if you prefer static stats or random stats when adding your stats via synergy.

I will go into the specifics of the plusses and minuses later, but I’m pretty sure it’s along the same lines that you already have in mind.

Strength of the stats: Random > Static
Can obtain item with high stats, but spend time: Static > Random

Regardless of whether the stats attached are random, the whole idea is that it will give job-related enhancements. For example, there won’t be any “Enhances Berserk effect” on white mage relic equipment.

1. Random Stats Approach

・In order to get the best stats, you will have to repeat the process many times
・The amount of time spent and the stats received aren’t necessarily equal
・Have a possibility of getting the item in a shorter amount of time than static stat items
・There will be room to get higher stats than static stat items

2. Static Stats Approach

・In order to get good stats, time must be spent working towards completion
・Depending on the stats, the time needed will be adjusted
・Can predict the time needed to obtain the item
・Won’t be able to add the stats of your dreams since it is static
・Will be able to store your equipment

With all the above in mind, please let us know which system you prefer!

In regards to items not being able to be stored once augmented
We’re currently weighing the following two possibilities:

1. Make it possible to send relic equipment and enhanced relic equipment via delivery system
2. Make the stats static

Dear armor design team. Who plays this game? Me or you? Who should set the stats on armors, me or you?

Answer. Choose your own augments like in the first three mini expansions. Any other options are inferior and only serve to annoy customers until they rage quit for their 5th job specific armor with incorrect stats.

Have a nice day.