WHY are we again forced to do fates for quests

This has done nothing but irritate a majority of your player base JUST STOP ALREADY

I'm really up in arms over this and the fact that they messed up my menu's horribly. However I feel the need to say that this is a repeat thread, why not post in the others?

It's starting good conversations lol, not just the forums eh.

http://i.imgur.com/4swH1nG.png

The Fates and being forced to do them wouldn't be too bad if the wait was reduced to admit it.. maybe later once the content isn't as new increase the timer of it. I've heard people saying it takes a hour for a fate to spawn for the crystal tower quest line :(

FATE's have been the core of almost every single friggin event then they shove it here for CT.
It's pathetic.

C'mon, is it that tough to figure out?

Timed FATEs serve as a virtual valve that allow the devs to control the amount of players who enter CT.

If CT server stress gets too high, guess what... The FATE stops appearing! (queue players: "Oh noes! Theres something wrong/glitched with the FATE timer?!?1!")

It's the exact same reason why housing prices are so high to start with.


Expect server load control gimmicks like these every time the game gets a major update..

In short: Just wait it out.

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Originally Posted by Zantetsuken

C'mon, is it that tough to figure out?

Timed FATEs serve as a virtual valve that allow the devs to control the amount of players who enter CT.

If CT server stress gets too high, guess what... The FATE stops appearing! (queue players: "Oh noes! Theres something wrong/glitched with the FATE timer?!?1!")

It's the exact same reason why housing prices are so high to start with.


Expect server load control gimmicks like these every time the game gets a major update..

In short: Just wait it out.

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Wow that actually makes sense.......good observation!

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Originally Posted by Battlewrench

I feel the need to say that this is a repeat thread, why not post in the others?

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Because I did not look too far into general discussion to see other threads about this and I am upset and thus voicing my upset-ness to people who I do not know in hopes something changes.

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Originally Posted by Pronsolo

Wow that actually makes sense.......good observation!

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Except that its not. The long wait timers are unintended and have to do with other Fates in the area. Hotfix is coming on the 19th to alleviate this, so it has nothing to do with server control.

I agree with the FATEs being used to act as a control valve for the number of people in CT. My issue is that SE refuses to acknowledge it. They did the same thing with the housing costs, to control usage. But instead of informing the player base so we dont waste HOURS waiting to play content they wont let us get into, they lie to us about it.
Again SE, be honest so we can all move on and do other things in the patch. This is getting ridiculous.
New key content in patch:
Housing: unusable due to price control lockout
CT: Unusable due to FATE controlled lockout
PVP: Working as intended

1 for 3 isnt bad right????

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Originally Posted by Zantetsuken

C'mon, is it that tough to figure out?

Timed FATEs serve as a virtual valve that allow the devs to control the amount of players who enter CT.

If CT server stress gets too high, guess what... The FATE stops appearing! (queue players: "Oh noes! Theres something wrong/glitched with the FATE timer?!?1!")

It's the exact same reason why housing prices are so high to start with.


Expect server load control gimmicks like these every time the game gets a major update..

In short: Just wait it out.

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No I'd say the once-a-week loot is plenty to keep people from spamming CT.

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Originally Posted by Roflcoptorz

I agree with the FATEs being used to act as a control valve for the number of people in CT. My issue is that SE refuses to acknowledge it. They did the same thing with the housing costs, to control usage. But instead of informing the player base so we dont waste HOURS waiting to play content they wont let us get into, they lie to us about it.
Again SE, be honest so we can all move on and do other things in the patch. This is getting ridiculous.
New key content in patch:
Housing: unusable due to price control lockout
CT: Unusable due to FATE controlled lockout
PVP: Working as intended

1 for 3 isnt bad right????

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Haven't addressed it yet...

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...01#post1687501

I love how misinformed these forums are.

Pre-patch: WOOOH CHANGE, YEAH OBAMAA! CHANGEEE!
Post-patch: *waiting for fate* KILL MEEEEEEE!

I spent like 5 hours of my life today doing these fates, managed to complete three of them, then got to the fourth and got bronze - no reward, and rage quit.
There were hundreds of players alongside me doing these fates, more than I've ever seen in one place, but for 99% of the time we were just messing around in chat.

http://i.imgur.com/eEvb99O.jpg
baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me, no more!

Yes I indeed saw that they plan to fix them... In the future after they've had their stress test with minimal people actually getting to play the content. If you know what broke, fix it.
It's just like housing, well make it available, just not when we told you we would.

fates take so long to pop... one took over an hour.. another 45ish min.... luckly i had gotten my pup and kitten from aleport quest... kept me occupied