I love this game, I really do. I've played it since launch and I have tried to enjoy everything that's come out. I've done Zeta relic and never whined about it since I enjoy a grind, I've enjoyed playing Tripple triad and chocobo racing. I even enjoy doing quest I've missed because I love reading the story and learning that much more about the world.
All that said though, I really enjoy raiding. I love main tanking and going one on one with some of those big bosses and feeling like I'm accomplishing stuff.... But it's kinda rough for raiders and I was wondering if this could be handled a bit better in the expansion or something.
By the time Heavensward launches it'll have been roughly 8 months since the last raid content patch. I try to enjoy everything, but as someone who raids and gets plenty of gear that way, something like World of Darkness doesn't help me much since I have little reason to do it much more then when a friend wants to go or something. I'm not whining about it, I think that content should be there, it helps a lot of players and lets a lot of people get enjoyment out of the game! But for a raider, it's really rough to have not much added in that patch for us, at all.
I'm not saying there's not enjoyment to be had, and I'm not saying the flip side isn't true for people who don't raid, but can we find a better balance then making one side wait EIGHT MONTHS for new content? I mean it might be fine if it took us more then an hour or two to clear a week but it's only four bosses, and the last two don't even have trash! I mean the WoD dungeons atleast get flair and interesting lead ups and laugh time or something, but it's mostly just fights for an hour and then we're done as raiders.
I know it shouldn't matter a ton according to some people. Go play something else or whatever, right? And I can agree with you on that, but that kidna causes cracks to form in otherwise solid groups. Some people don't play as much, some people want to play more, and one side can get upset at the other, I'm seeing it happen all around in multiple groups!
I'm not asking for a huge change, just not eight months for content! Please!
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03-08-2015, 07:08 PMWhiteDragonA plea from a raider to the development team- 8 months is too much
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03-09-2015, 04:41 PMPetiteMalFleur
I think they didn't intend for 3.0 to be pushed back so late. It's unfortunate because I agree 8 months is a really long time. It's going to be hard on a lot of groups who have been clearing. However, they are rebuilding the game. Yoshi-P had his hands tied to what he was able to do this expansion. He had to deal with the current system as it stood. Even our current stat and gear system was simplified from what it was in 1.0. A lot of things were not balanced well and more depth to the infrastructure of the game will make things much more interesting.
I'm hoping the wait will pay off because 4 bosses in 8 months with fluff content in between us a very long time. Hopefully we can all hold our groups together another three and a half months. -
03-09-2015, 08:22 PMServerCollaps
go gold saucer, thats the endcontent till 3.0 :D
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03-09-2015, 09:07 PMReinfeldThis man Knows nothing, Try running Labyrinth of the Ancient or ST again - I promise you'll wipe more than you did even when learning T13.Quote:
Originally Posted by ServerCollaps
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03-10-2015, 01:40 AMServerCollaps
whats the context of your posting?
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03-10-2015, 04:39 AMEdellis^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Quote:
Originally Posted by Reinfeld
LotA is wipe city now. Bosses die in like 2 minutes, but nobody knows the fight so everyone wipes to the simplest mechanics. -
03-10-2015, 04:47 AMMyrhn
I agree completly with you is a lot of time for new end-game raid content. I belive with Heavenward that wont happen again. The thing that happen was that coil was ready before CT was and that made the mess of catch-up patches. I really hope that with the new expansion we will have a more normal way od delivering raid content.
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03-10-2015, 05:14 AMEdellisEgh...it's always going to happen. I personally don't mind the raid situation in XIV right now because i can barely get a party to clear t9 in cactaur, but for true endgame raiders with set times and a good static, there is no type of raid that will satisfy their needs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Myrhn
Heavensward could release with 10 coil-level raid dungeons and by month 2, people will start complaining about how easy it was to play for 5 hours a day and exhaust it. -
03-11-2015, 06:16 PMrazzgrizz3
i aggree with this. there has been absolutely nothing for raiders in this game for a while. and a mere 4 bosses in that much time is just sad. this patch cycle they didnt even bother releasing any ex fights and the savage coils have been seemingly dropped as well with no mention of it anywhere.
our static has been clearing fcob for months now and is pretty much dead with 3 folks leaving just in this week and i myself don't intend to stick around for the coming drought till june either.
i wonder if even the casuals are going to stay subed around til june. what with the ridiculous rng crap everywhere.
well certainly high end raids last longer than your 3 faceroll dungeons and faceroll raid that is cleared day one (yes all that dev time was spent on something folks kill in one run) so they should make it a habit of releasing more of them. i mean look at yourself you are still going back to t9 to this day haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edellis
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03-11-2015, 06:27 PMRufalus
They do as much as they can in the time they have
The only options would be:
(1) Space it out so you get 1 turn every couple of months instead of 4 turns every 6-8 months
(2) Help them multiply their staff and produce more content in the same amount of time by recruiting a few million friends to the game