For anyone wondering this is what the new events look like

[Vivik]

Did 15 colonization reives last night with a group and they were pretty easy. If you show up to one without a healer or support of some kind then you're doing it wrong. Reives are stupidly easy with competent people.

[Zumi]

As a Paladin with Ochain I don't have much problem with reives at all.

[Karbuncle]

Did Reives with a small group of people, a DNC, a WHM, a SAM, a DRK, a THF, and me... Half the night i was on THF, the other half, PUP.

Died 1 time in the ~13 or so Battles i participated in, and that was because i got Final Sting'd for 1,400 DMG. I did notice a lot of dead people at a Point near the Grasshopper reive, that was because most of them were awful and no one was killing grasshoppers, just kinda afkzerging the Tree, so they died.

Its not hard, it just takes coordination, and people actually working together. In campaign if i fight someones mob they usually just run off when i get hate (And i laugh and follow them cause im a fking 99THF/DNC with a Mandau, I can solo the entire fking wave)... In this, I hid behind an Ochain PLD and he tanked and I killed, TEAMWORK. BRORAINBOW.

Just from tonight alone I've gotten about 27,000 Bayid, I'm really enjoying the content. It feels more fluid and fast-paced compared to Campaign... The rewards right now are pretty solid, and I'm sure they'll release more in the future.

I know I'm saving up for some a good bit of the armor.

(also - I think the Healers/buffers getting sh*t for exp is a current known issue... They forgot people on those jobs aren't always dualboxed mules)

[SpankWustler]

(also - I think the Healers/buffers getting sh*t for exp is a current known issue... They forgot people on those jobs aren't always dualboxed mules)

The way I understand it, healing and support was giving literally nothing before due to a bug. Now, that's been fixed so healing and support gives the "proper" amount: almost nothing.

I really hope I'm wrong.

[Jaall]

They will adjust that more, just give them time. These are the first few days of a release that had no beta, so gotta expect some kinda leeway and adjustment time. From the amount of maint on the new zones already at least we know they can and will change it they just need to balance it correctly which can be hard with a community like this - being so demanding but so moody when something doesn't go their way. Not referring to you at all cause mages getting bayld etc is essential for Rieves to work well, just referring to a few others on here who seem to deem everything a failure because FFXI need strategy again and isn't a walk in the park.

[Delfi]

Well so far I like everything I see with the Seekers expansion, so far I have not come across a single mob that I could not solo, sure they take a bit more work than we are used to but still very much doable. SE had said prerelease time and time again that the emphasis would be more on defensive playstyles than zergs and that is exactly what I see so far.

[Caketime]

Reives look like so much fun. I took one look at the OP and now I can't wait to participate, corpses everywhere is usually a good indicator of hella fun.

[Einhejar]

The way I understand it, healing and support was giving literally nothing before due to a bug. Now, that's been fixed so healing and support gives the "proper" amount: almost nothing.

I really hope I'm wrong.

It's still pretty terrible compared to what a DD gets.

On the other hand, the missing part of the equation are the GEOs. One of the reasons I can think of for the claustrophobic nature of these reives is so GEOs can hit everyone with their fields with rather little effort. I can think of some buffs and debuffs that they have that would come in really handy.

[Obysuca]

The only problem I'm having with Reives now, is actually finding one lol 300 people in both zones (No one in the others, so theres reives there but not enough people), an alliance or two at each of the reive spawn point, so my only option is to just sit there waiting x.x lol

[Luvbunny]

Yes they have one hour respawn, so have fun AFK. With the reives points all over the map and there is no way to know the exact location, this is very frustrating since you could run around for 30 mnts trying to find one. Or finding one but cannot do anything due to only 3 people are there. This is bad game design. Abyssea, Voidwatch, Meeble and all the neo stuffs have clear objective. Campaign at least have an exact location and mobs where you can go and do the activities. Reives is a total crap where you run around between two zones wandering to find one that is not already beaten or wait an hour for it to respawn....