Dynamis Reborn!

[Volkai]

I know I will take fire for this but I don't care.

It's about time that SE woke up and smelled the WOW coffee. There's a reason why Blizzard makes billions on it's games and SE doesn't. It's called "playability".

Look at SE's player base shrinking, shrinking, melting OH what a world. And there's one BIG reason for it. The time it takes to do anything worthwhile in the game. I have been playing this game for 8 years, and frankly I'm applauding SE in it's latest efforts (even though it is quite literally a day late and millions of dollars short).... to make this game more time effective and easier to play, so that good ol' welcome message we recieve when we log in (you know the one, don't forget about your friends family or work).... actually isn't the great SE lie for once. Relics being done in record time! YAY. Currency prices dropping through the floor! YAY. It's about time.

I do agree with some things that have been posted here though. Please SE, make Dynamis instanced, like BCNM's. Do not make it a free-for-all. At least keep SOME of the difficulty in this game so I don't have to deal with 10 year mentality players monopolizing areas of Dynamis. Keep it enjoyable among friends but by all means, make it more accessible. Please don't make me feel that when I walk into Dynamis I just walked into a Kindergarten class.

I guess that's all I have to say about it. Fire at will at me folks.

Okay.

If I wanted to play WoW, a game with little challenge where it takes no time to do anything 'worthwhile', I would be playing WoW instead of FFXI.

I play FFXI instead of WoW because in FFXI it takes time and affort to make worthwhile achievements. Because these accomplishments are more challenging, they are also more rewarding. I achieve a greater sense of accomplishment from each achievement I perform in FFXI than I ever would in WoW.

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i may be wrong but i put the tag in an apposit section when i first opened the thread ;_;
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[Lushipur]

i really liked if someone skilled in programming (im just an old cobol programmer lol) will say this clearly:

ffxi do not use real istance like WoW and never will.
asking for dynamis istance is foolsense.

for every istance of dynamis they have to create a new zone.
ffxi have a limited number of zone they can implement and we are near the cap.
unless they totally change the way ffxi handle zone id, this will never happen.

this is why every istance-like event (nyzul, bc, mmm) have little map that can be stored in a single bigger map.

[Serafyn]

Ah...ok my mistake wasn't quite sure how they were doing that system. Just didn't want people opinions going unheard! = )

@Lushi
I've thought the same thing, but in order to make Dynamis viable and not pure insanity...would be to instance it.
I just couldn't see Dynamis being open to anyone, you need a team that will work together and do each job. It's way too group oriented to have random people come in and out. If they honestly do that it's going to end up like someone before said...Another Eco-Warrior or Garrison, or hell even WoE.

[PizzaTheHut]

Unless the exp is almost as good as Abyssea I doubt it'll change much in participation...

[Ashido]

Well Reguardless , a Hourglass kinda kept any outsiders from randomly entering the zone , i think at minimal this new KI should be .... one that your able to obtain specifically while wearing a certain linkshell ( Kinda like a KI bank ) , you can only obtain said KI while having the Perl equipped and if you ever get kicked via /break your ki fades to nothingness or some stuff. Having a "Key" to enter the "door" that is the markings helps control things , like zone performance . There are quite a number of unskilled / uneducated people when it comes to things like dynamis and will basically bog down a decent group if random person x enters "OH LEWK ITS A STATUE!" and spaws 8 mobs which in turn aggro 5 more stats and a NM , granted for a steam roller of a dynamis crew this is no problem but for your small low man group doing it because little jimmy wants a Valor Coronet ( though outdated ) and some random guy enters and messes their plan up and causes little jimmy to have a emo rage quit and going to WoW.

[Gadanae]

Okay.

If I wanted to play WoW, a game with little challenge where it takes no time to do anything 'worthwhile', I would be playing WoW instead of FFXI.

I play FFXI instead of WoW because in FFXI it takes time and affort to make worthwhile achievements. Because these accomplishments are more challenging, they are also more rewarding. I achieve a greater sense of accomplishment from each achievement I perform in FFXI than I ever would in WoW.

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Volkai, I respect your opinion, and maybe what I said was a tad bit misunderstood. As I said in my post, I hope SE keeps some of the difficulty in the game, because just like you, this is the reason I play FFXI and not WOW.

But there has to be a balance to the difficulty. Up until now, frankly, getting a relic in Dynamis is stupidly difficult. People without the proper connections (or butt kissing, or their own personal rotating gil seller website account) didn't have a prayer to get a Relic even close to done in an "acceptable" amount of time.

Do I think that people should be able to crank out a relic weapon in a week? Hell no, that would be going WAY over the line. But taking years if you don't kiss the rear of a linkshell leader? I have never done it nor will ever do it. Elitists suck, period.

Relics have been promised by SE to be upgraded so they will be the best of the best again. And frankly making it a more level playing field to obtain a relic is a dam good thing imo. I just hope they don't make it into Abyssea-Dynamis.

[Volkai]

Volkai, I respect your opinion, and maybe what I said was a tad bit misunderstood. As I said in my post, I hope SE keeps some of the difficulty in the game, because just like you, this is the reason I play FFXI and not WOW.

But there has to be a balance to the difficulty. Up until now, frankly, getting a relic in Dynamis is stupidly difficult. People without the proper connections (or butt kissing, or their own personal rotating gil seller website account) didn't have a prayer to get a Relic even close to done in an "acceptable" amount of time.

Do I think that people should be able to crank out a relic weapon in a week? Hell no, that would be going WAY over the line. But taking years if you don't kiss the rear of a linkshell leader? I have never done it nor will ever do it. Elitists suck, period.

The Dynamis LS I am in votes as a group to sponsor a relic upgrader. Usually someone who has already put a notable investment into starting their relic. That person gets half the currency drops, and both a discount and first grab on 100piece drops. We've made several relics this way, which have gone to members who worked hard to get their relic, not gilbuyers or asskissers. The other half of singles currency goes to people who come for it instead of armor, while remaining 100pieces are sold to fund the LS's runs. We have a pretty good system going.

Relics have been promised by SE to be upgraded so they will be the best of the best again. And frankly making it a more level playing field to obtain a relic is a dam good thing imo. I just hope they don't make it into Abyssea-Dynamis.

Relics are supposed to be rare, and the province of the most dedicated players, as well.

[Kerfuffle]

I still say this is there way to recycle something old to use for us to lvl from 91-99. My money is on seing an abyssea type zone with lvl 100+ mobs. Maybe some chests and umm a reworded way to say "atmas"

[Corres]

make nm's like animated weapons or so only popable for your alliance every 72 hours. keep that pattern for the relic weapons at least. currency will get easier to obtain but getting the most important items isnt gonna be still that easy.

[Gadanae]

The Dynamis LS I am in votes as a group to sponsor a relic upgrader. Usually someone who has already put a notable investment into starting their relic. That person gets half the currency drops, and both a discount and first grab on 100piece drops. We've made several relics this way, which have gone to members who worked hard to get their relic, not gilbuyers or asskissers. The other half of singles currency goes to people who come for it instead of armor, while remaining 100pieces are sold to fund the LS's runs. We have a pretty good system going.


Relics are supposed to be rare, and the province of the most dedicated players, as well.

I applaud your linkshell on their system it does sound very good. But unlike you, the majority of players in this game do not have such a wonderful linkshell as your own. I AM a dedicated player, and have sacrificed blood, sweat and tears for every linkshell I have ever been in. Yet I do not own a relic because the MAJORITY of linkshells are ran by leaders who get themselves and their cliques what they need and desire and who cares about anyone else.

A Relic should be rare, I agree. But it should not be unobtainable if you do not have the right connections, or a wonderful linkshell such as yours. Can't wait to gather a couple friends and go make a relic, just us. Gonna be great .