[dev1047] Thoughts/Feedback on "Legion"

[Krashport]

The point of legion is not to “complete” the battle, but to see how many monsters can be defeated in the given time. As such, the difference caused by changing the number of participating players is that the number of monsters defeated (≒number of loot items) will change. There will be no inconvenience in game-play due to a lack of participating players.

So its more like The Swarm.

[Alhanelem]

This assumption is wrong. There are people who want to do events with more than one alliance. In any event, I believe it was stated the difficulty scales depending on whether you enter with one alliance or two. So essentially, it IS built for 6-18 people, and also built for 18-36 if you have that.

Really? I don't know anybody who's excited about the idea of needing at least a full alliance to get anything good from this.
The assumption is accurate. Just replace the implied "all" with "most" if it makes you happy.

Also, the difficulty only scales up over 18 people. It doesn't scale down below 18 people. You enter with 6, it's still designed for 18.

there needs to be a third option for 12 or somthing less than 18 people because I fear it will be difficult to participate in this with

Also of concern is that a "Kill as much stuff as fast as you can" event is going to exclude all but the most top tier DDs and support classes for them. Just how well do you have to perform to be rewarded in a worthwhile way?

[Mahoro]

Really? I don't know anybody who's excited about the idea of needing at least a full alliance to get anything good from this.
The assumption is accurate. Just replace the implied "all" with "most" if it makes you happy.

Perhaps you don't know anybody personally, but people in this thread have already expressed their excitement. So now you know.

Also, the difficulty only scales up over 18 people. It doesn't scale down below 18 people. You enter with 6, it's still designed for 18.

there needs to be a third option for 12 or somthing less than 18 people because I fear it will be difficult to participate in this with

Also of concern is that a "Kill as much stuff as fast as you can" event is going to exclude all but the most top tier DDs and support classes for them. Just how well do you have to perform to be rewarded in a worthwhile way?

It doesn't scale down below 18, but people on the test server have already reported being able to clear mobs with much fewer than 18. And since this is point system content, I imagine an ally of 12 can still walk out with some Legion points for their efforts. Time will tell.

[Tanakisnumberone]

plz keep in mind Tanaka-san's vision for this event, Alhanelem. we hope to have this event where big ls will participate and work for the leader or designated member one at a time. this is the true spirit of ffxi and tanaka-sans vision

[Alhanelem]

^
I don't think this is going to end well.

[Coldbrand]

I already like this troll.

[Sparthos]

Guys impersonating a SE employee, why hasn't he been banned.

[Tanakisnumberone]

Guys impersonating a SE employee, why hasn't he been banned.

i'm sry u must b confused? maybe my comment stating "we", i mean't we, the players ^^. I am just a big fan of Tanaka-san, plz don't confuse this

[Glamdring]

finally, an event that's like old Dynamis! armies of players, difficult opponents, no stupid !! proc systems, and (apparently) desireable rewards! I be happy as a clam. You even fixed the stupidest issue of Old Dynamis... that only 1 group could go to the zone, but without making people fight over mobs.

Now the only issue i'll have is the same one I always did in Old Dynamis. As a Bard I always had to scream about Target control to the alliance, they would ignore it and I got to ask a whm for a raise, seeing as how I'm usually the main sleeper (ain't much resists light-based sleep). Least getting XP now is such a joke I can afford the deaths.

[Tile]

What i want to know is how Many groups can go in Legion at the same time, and how often you can do it.

Is Legion update going to be like alot of the others, where everyone rushs to try it and it gets overwhelmed, kicking groups out or causing massive connection problems. making them close Legion down after 1 hour to fix everything.

is it only going to be 1 group per room and 1/2 the server is going to be waiting outside spamming the NPC for 10 hours trying to get inside.

once per day after jp midnight? every 3 days like dynamis used to be and Limbus still is. or as long as you have gil you have a way inside