[Dev 1131] Link system.

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Originally Posted by Synthesis

well I hope this will skip solo players. :(

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It seems it will. If they call based on player's strength, a PC at or below the target mob's rank likely won't call for help.

This looks interesting.

But my first thought was: so if I'm running around and accidentally get toad aggro, the toad might call a buddy to help get me? Just peachy. I am hoping that mobs will only call for reinforcements when you overpower them by quite a lot, like in a party. I suppose that in the future they plan to have solo players fight mobs that are actually around their rank, rather than 5-10 ranks above?

I think it'd be a royal pain to catch "multiple aggro" when running through dangerous places. No big deal for most melees I guess, but it could be an issue for mages.

Suddenly, I am even more excited about the DoL stealth ability! :p . . . can you imagine getting double sticky-tongued into that mess of toads near Bald Knoll? xD

It's not that I'm against the linking idea, I in fact support it. I just find it baffeling to think that somehow the game wants me to make sense of the goblin over yonder somehow cares about the ewe I'm trying to take down with my party.

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Originally Posted by Jynx

It's not that I'm against the linking idea, I in fact support it. I just find it baffeling to think that somehow the game wants me to make sense of the goblin over yonder somehow cares about the ewe I'm trying to take down with my party.

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Every monster in Eorzea will have to stick together now, especially when us Eorzeans are going to commit mass genocide after these changes come into effect. :D

pretty sure this is first step and later with player feedbacks they will start adjusting which mobs will link or not depending on players argument why it should or should not link. It's easier to put it in for now and make minor changes with mini patches; at least that's my guess.

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Originally Posted by Reinheart

pretty sure this is first step and later with player feedbacks they will start adjusting which mobs will link or not depending on players argument why it should or should not link. It's easier to put it in for now and make minor changes with mini patches; at least that's my guess.

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I think so too, they are not dumb:)

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Originally Posted by Mort

I think so too, they are not dumb:)

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But according to a few select members of these forums, they believe that they can do a better job at fixing this game up than the so-called 'ignorant' programmers in SE....hmmm....

I sobered up and still agree with Jynx. That's called staying power.

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Originally Posted by Jynx

It's not that I'm against the linking idea, I in fact support it. I just find it baffeling to think that somehow the game wants me to make sense of the goblin over yonder somehow cares about the ewe I'm trying to take down with my party.

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Because that ewe you're killing is that goblin's best friend!

We get plenty of stupid combinations of monsters in Random battles in all other RPGs. I'm happy they're bringing the concept of a random battle back.