Ambuscade! 1 NPC, 100 players

[Kitsurubami]

Is this how its going to be forever? no one at SE saw 1 NPC and 3 battle fields being an issue?

[Moppet]

Is this how its going to be forever? no one at SE saw 1 NPC and 3 battle fields being an issue?

Been stuck trying for a while now. I'd assume this will be an issue since it's set up to be a daily activity. Hopefully they notice.

[Sirmarki]

Logged in, tried 3 times, couldn't get in, gave up, logged out.

This is why server merges cant be a thing as of yet....

[Diavolo]

Logged in, tried 3 times, couldn't get in, gave up, logged out.

This is why server merges cant be a thing as of yet....

This problem you are talking about would occur on a server with 4 people playing on it. Let's try not to be overly dramatic now.

[Sirmarki]

This problem you are talking about would occur on a server with 4 people playing on it. Let's try not to be overly dramatic now.

How have you come to that conclusion?

[Diavolo]

How have you come to that conclusion?

That's just the way the game handles the "instanced" fights, Ambuscade included - only a few players/parties can enter the same battlefield at any given time, after which everyone else is left waiting for those players to exit. So the problem outlined here would have sprung up regardless of how populated your server is.

I am hoping any further content created for FFXI plays to its strengths, the open world, and not to its weaknesses. There are plenty of wide open zones with practically no activity whatsoever that are screaming for a little attention, might be nice if they got a little of that before it was all said and done, especially now that mounts have become a thing.

[Castanica]

Is this how its going to be forever? no one at SE saw 1 NPC and 3 battle fields being an issue?

You don't seem to understand the concept of "new"

When they added the NPC companions there were upto 100 person waiting lines, you know how many were waiting in line a week later? Once the novelty wears, people will stagger their daily attempts or just not do it at all.

[detlef]

You don't seem to understand the concept of "new"

When they added the NPC companions there were upto 100 person waiting lines, you know how many were waiting in line a week later? Once the novelty wears, people will stagger their daily attempts or just not do it at all.

That fellow quest only needed to be completed once. Ambuscade is an event with terrific drops that can be entered by groups as small as a single player. I guess you don't seem to understand how those aren't comparable.

Aside from that, if you're after that Are's set I think you can't really afford to wait it out; you have to hit it before it rotates out.

[Castanica]

That fellow quest only needed to be completed once. Ambuscade is an event with terrific drops that can be entered by groups as small as a single player. I guess you don't seem to understand how those aren't comparable.

Aside from that, if you're after that Are's set I think you can't really afford to wait it out; you have to hit it before it rotates out.

Everything they ever added was spammed for the first week, you really think there will be 50 people at the npc in a week? People have the mindset they need to get everything asap, you really don't.

[detlef]

Everything they ever added was spammed for the first week, you really think there will be 50 people at the npc in a week? People have the mindset they need to get everything asap, you really don't.

Ares set might not come back for another 5 months. Are you suggesting that players just wait till September to spam for their gear?