Getting very very tired and frustrated with just 8 man content

i'd really welcome some 4+ man content as for the current state of game.
with 2.0 and hopefully more interesting content we'll get 8+.
just getting tired of needing a group of 8 to kill weak mobs in a dungeons that i could easily do with 4, or just run past them, but then being in need for more people for just the boss.makes no sense.
requirements just suck at this point of the game, i'd rather welcome more content like strongholds where i can decide with how many ppl i will go, and which bosses will be possible to defeat with that setup.

It'll certainly be nice if they'll eventually add content for groups larger than just 8 people

It is a bit annoying not being able to have an alliance.. best thing that can be done for now is letting people outside of pt join in (excluding zones that limit number of party members for instance). Otherwise it takes up time doing the same event multiple of times.

I'd like 16 man content. But not a lot of it, make super awesome, super rare items drop from it. Maybe 1 or 2 things in the game per level cap that even require an alliance.

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Originally Posted by Uriko

The game needs more 2-4 man content before 8+man. As it is, there's a huge gap between what a small party can do compared to a larger one. Obviously not expecting massive dungeon raids, but content deliberately aimed at ~4 man parties would be a nice change and something to do for all the small linkshells (considering some LS are just a couple of friends).

8+man stuff could be great but I think the priority needs to be on low-mid size parties (and obviously continuing 8-man stuff for the bigger LS out there).

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So much this.

There's too much "8man or bust". It's nice to see Dzemael Lowered for 4-8 man, but still it's not exactly BALANCED for 4man.

I remember seeing current 8man content being adjusted and phased into lower man content; however, I'd like to see some pretty top-end current content aimed at a 4man base or so.

isnt hamlet defense coming next patch is what tc is asking for? even gather and craft classes can take part in it.

but i could be wrong , i dont know what hamlet defense is about lol.

Whats the point when we can only see 20 people on screen at any time x.x.

Funny over the last 2-3 days I have had a problem getting 8 people to make a group.

Perhaps its mainly because people are more interested in only getting their AF still I dunno but even so, not eveyone has an active LS of 100 members.

If you have that many people make two groups.

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Originally Posted by Sehro

isnt hamlet defense coming next patch is what tc is asking for? even gather and craft classes can take part in it.

but i could be wrong , i dont know what hamlet defense is about lol.

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I would agree, I think Hamlet may allow for large groups to join together in fighting but it may work off as more of a worldwide thing and not a self contained instance fora shell, so it may not be the same thing. But of course groups that can be more organized may find themselves having an easier time getting through task then those that may go in blindly.

As for why there is so much 8 man content atm. it's the perfect middle ground. Adding 16+ man content just isn't that wise at this point of the game, at least not until the population is settled in the server merge. While your shell may have more people, what point is it to make 16 man content when you still have people shouting to start a party for 8 man content.

On the plus at least only a small amount of content is restricted to once a day (Ifrit/moogled is I"m not mistaken) and things like dungeons can pretty much be done as many times as possible. It'll balance itself out soon enough though just like above with Hamlet, it could act as a hub for large groups to play together without having to take turns.

what they need to do is remove the pt size restriction from entry requirements, not everyone needs full 8 pt to complete the content