Animus Book FATE's

It is a truly depressing day when you've waited 5 hours for a Zodiac Braves book FATE to pop, and fail to achieve completion because it gets so overrun with players that you get Silver instead of Gold.

If you're going to require a Gold rating to get credit in the book, then the FATE should spawn MUCH MORE FREQUENTLY. I suggest a 1 hour cap for ALL of the FATE's in the books to spawn. This would not only alleviate the amount of time players feel like they have wasted should they fail, but also reduce the likelihood that a FATE will be overrun by reducing the number of players that will accumulate in the time between spawns.

Try being a tank who's had to wait for Taken multiple times because a group of 7 white mages came along and Holy'd the crap out of everything, and only getting a silver rank because no real AoE for Paladin. But I made it past the books a while back now, and while yeah it's a pain in the arse to have to wait for a fate multiple times, your best bet is just to make a PF group for it. Hell, I did that and my last 4 books went by in only a few days.

The point is that if they make these changes would alleviate the stress no matter which class you're playing.

They've already made the alex farming from fates a bit easier, I don't really see them making yet another stage easier as well.

Making something easier does not always mean it's a good idea.

Credit is distributed amongst all party members, meaning if you party up with those participating in the fate, you can easily gain a gold status. Even summoning a Chocobo and having it heal you will earn you more credit due to healing aggro in addition to your dps.

I read somewhere yoshi p is planning on making these FATES on a seperate timer from the regular FATES.

On the fates like Taken or Giant Seps, that have horrible horrible horrible timers I usually go into pf with a "Giant Seps party, come wait and do nothing with me" and usually I get a few ppl in and we sit and chit chat while we wait, it makes it a bit more tolerable. Another bad thing is the fact that no one ever wants to hold a fate which is particularly painful with these fates.

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Originally Posted by thunderbreak

I read somewhere yoshi p is planning on making these FATES on a seperate timer from the regular FATES.

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That's a good idea. I hope it does happen, especially because Animus FATEs are also included in the daily Hunt requirements so those without decent AoE are competing with more than just Animus questors.

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Originally Posted by MicahZerrshia

Another bad thing is the fact that no one ever wants to hold a fate which is particularly painful with these fates.

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"holding" a fate once it's started is nothing more than wishful thinking - the mobs/boss aren't going to sit down and wait for you to roll up, even if the players want it to.

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Originally Posted by XiXiQ

"holding" a fate once it's started is nothing more than wishful thinking - the mobs/boss aren't going to sit down and wait for you to roll up, even if the players want it to.

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It -is- as simple as stepping outside the FATE's radius to reset it. It's also important to realize that once you've claimed a large-monster FATE, you're going to get full credit. So you don't need to DPS check it, as most people seem to think is necessary. If someone calls out for it, it's not hard to cut them slack.

Due to personal reasons I've not been able to camp for FATES recently (more than a few hours anyway) and it's taken 2 months (no exaggeration) to get Air Supply in North Stroud.

When it did pop yesterday I found Phecda right in the middle of the mobs and air stones so couldn't use AoE. As a Scholar on my own that made things harder. I think the Atma/Animus FATES need to be reviewed as to the spawn rate and also to ensure nothing like Hunt Monsters will hinder the progress when they do appear!