Reward your older players

[Niro]

I have been reading through the forums and it seems that alot of players have some of the same concerns that I do. When the original players did the original battles and mission sets, the game was much harder. The players that put in the work and stratagized to beat the battle where rewarded for their efforts. Now the new players with the level cap increase are able to easily obtain the items that the older players worked so hard for.

What if a system was put in place to give parameters for fights.

for example the ark angels fight. They could put a set of parameters when entering the battlefield to let the group choose.

If they choose to do the battle with the original difficulty setting they would obtain the original item that was granted. If they choose to take the uncapped version of the battlefield then the item they recieve would be slightly dumbed down.

If they chose to fight the battlefield with the original intended level cap and without any dumbed down version of the battlefield then they would earn the item that the original victors obtained for the same difficult battle. If they chose the dumbed down version they would get a lesser item but would still get the mission credit for the win.

This seems like a way to give the original players who put in all the work their just rewards while allowing the players that feel the original battle is to hard to still complete the mission.

One other idea is to add a system of experience to the items obtained.

Maybe the raja's ring should gain +1 to each stat for each year the item has been in the players inventory... just an idea but something needs to be done to reward the people that have been playing the game for 8 years.

[Fiarlia]

I'm sorry, but I think this is a horrible idea. And I've been playing since NA PC launch day (October 2003, if I recall correctly).

Just because I, or anyone else, has played the game longer doesn't mean we're entitled to more. Nor does it mean that those who don't go through the same challenges as us don't deserve nice shinies. Times change, the game changes, big whoop. I'd much rather they go make new content, or revise older content (in a way that benefits everyone) than waste time and energy of the development team doing something like this.

[Greatguardian]

I'm sorry, but I think this is a horrible idea. And I've been playing since NA PC launch day (October 2003, if I recall correctly).

Just because I, or anyone else, has played the game longer doesn't mean we're entitled to more. Nor does it mean that those who don't go through the same challenges as us don't deserve nice shinies. Times change, the game changes, big whoop. I'd much rather they go make new content, or revise older content (in a way that benefits everyone) than waste time and energy of the development team doing something like this.

^ +1 to all this, same playtime. I really don't mind if other people are allowed to get Duelist's Chapeaus and junk in a couple of weeks. More power to them if they go out and do it. It doesn't make my stuff worth any less. The value of an item with regards to the effort I put into it hasn't changed.

[Luvbunny]

The game is much better now with all the recent adjustment. What the original FFXI was lacking is options. Now you can have the easy mode, where most of the stuffs are accessible to almost ALL players, OR you can still do the hard mode - translation: you can duo most of the stuffs, which still be challenging (meaning: a big huge deal of time sink due to mobs die very slowly). So there is your hard mode, already in place in the game. However most sane folks would take the easy, fun, and a whole lot more accessible way to obtain items. The ones who crave challenge can solo or duo the rest of the game for that extra "self inflicted" hard mode.

[Randwolf]

The ONLY thing I would like to see for long-time players is perhaps some extra items to choose from during the anniversary celebrations. Something like 6 - 8 years, 3 - 5 years, and 1 - 2 year categories. And nothing insanely great in the higher time categories. Just some cool token you could wear showing off how long you've been playing.

If they did add various categories for battle-mode, then all those with items would already have the base-mode (uncapped) item.

[Fiarlia]

The ONLY thing I would like to see for long-time players is perhaps some extra items to choose from during the anniversary celebrations. Something like 6 - 8 years, 3 - 5 years, and 1 - 2 year categories. And nothing insanely great in the higher time categories. Just some cool token you could wear showing off how long you've been playing.

Ok, this idea is actually fairly decent. In fact, I kinda like it.

[Luvbunny]

Yeah an anniversary token where you can trade to the Moogle to augment your gears of choice (including AF1-3).

I think they should add this where you battle BCNMs, get points, trade points for an augment key, trade it to the Moogle where you can add up to 3 augments to any gears of your choice.

They can also add base items (armor, accessories), you get it via bcnms, then do more bcnms to get points, and start adding augmentations to the base items (add 5 defense, max to 20 bonus defense - add evasions, attack etc). The current synergy is a bit too complicated. By letting you use points to trade to augment item, it will make it more easier.

[Fiarlia]

Yeah an anniversary token where you can trade to the Moogle to augment your gears of choice (including AF1-3).

I think they should add this where you battle BCNMs, get points, trade points for an augment key, trade it to the Moogle where you can add up to 3 augments to any gears of your choice.

They can also add base items (armor, accessories), you get it via bcnms, then do more bcnms to get points, and start adding augmentations to the base items (add 5 defense, max to 20 bonus defense - add evasions, attack etc). The current synergy is a bit too complicated. By letting you use points to trade to augment item, it will make it more easier.

What, no? Then it's back towards being biased to older players.

We're talking about just some silly event gear (like Halloween has Pumpkin Heads, Treat Staffs, Pitchforks, Easter has Egg Helm, Ammo Eggs) that's purely cosmetic. You wouldn't actually wear it while fighting. It'd be more for showing off than anything else, which I think is a fantastic idea. Even works to the advantage of JP's who played before NA release, giving them something to look super special.

[katoplepa]

The ONLY thing I would like to see for long-time players is perhaps some extra items to choose from during the anniversary celebrations. Something like 6 - 8 years, 3 - 5 years, and 1 - 2 year categories.

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[Randwolf]

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I'll assume it's sarcasm since you left out the part about it not having any real value.