Square: What happened with playing Triple Triad anywhere?

I'm trying to play friends at the FC house or in Mist, and no right-click option shows up.

The helpfile indicates:

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The patch notes say otherwise. What happened Square? Why can't we play Triple Triad at our house? :(

They already said earlier that they will be looking into adding a Triple Triad table furnishing. Not 100% sure why it couldn't have been ready at launch, but so be it.

But Triple Triad already generates a table when you play. I don't think the proposed furnishing would have any functionality.

i like the fact that matches are limited to a few spots, it makes it easier to find games with strangers and gives those set locations some traffic. It's awesome to step into a pub and find it filled with real people all gathered for a common purpose.

I set up a corner of my FC Estate specially for Triple Triad and you can't play Triple Triad in houses?

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That sound you just heard was my head crashing through my desk.

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Originally Posted by WellFooled

i like the fact that matches are limited to a few spots, it makes it easier to find games with strangers and gives those set locations some traffic. It's awesome to step into a pub and find it filled with real people all gathered for a common purpose.

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I think it would have been infinitely more awesome to walk around Housing Wards challenging various people at their Estates.

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Originally Posted by Nalien

I think it would have been infinitely more awesome to walk around Housing Wards challenging various people at their Estates.

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That sounds awesome, I agree, but in practice there are hundreds of estates. Allowing the matches there would only dilute the Triple Triad player base. Since there is no duty finder, I think the people that are looking for matches need to be consolidated into just a handful of locations.

Seriously, I'd love to be fishing, and bust out a game against other players around me.

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Originally Posted by WellFooled

That sounds awesome, I agree, but in practice there are hundreds of estates. Allowing the matches there would only dilute the Triple Triad player base. Since there is no duty finder, I think the people that are looking for matches need to be consolidated into just a handful of locations.

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Allowing matches anywhere wouldn't dilute the playerbase, it would simply mean you can play Triple Triad anywhere. People who are "farming" will still gravitate to the NPCs regardless. All this restriction does is prevent the community from enjoying the game anywhere. Rather than going "Hey, want to play Triple Triad?" and just playing Triple Triad, we have to go to a designated area for no conceivable reason. You can't challenge random people you meet while doing other content and you can't have private matches in your home, nor can you work on interesting community driven events. There are plenty of Estates, sure, but something like a Free Company Triple Triad Tournament is something you'd set up and get people interested in for a short time; I recall there being a Free Company that sets up a Maid Cafe around Valentines Day, it would be similar to that.

Still curious about his. Helpfile says "anywhere", and at least we'd like to play in our house or outside in housing areas.

I've been wondering about this for a long time. It doesn't make sense that we can only play TT in specific areas.

Ahah read the help as TOS: "anywhere" means "anywhere we have allowed it"

I was wondering what happened to this too :( Would love to be able to play at our FC house!

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Originally Posted by Zeno_McDohl

Still curious about his. Helpfile says "anywhere", and at least we'd like to play in our house or outside in housing areas.

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Just like real life, "anywhere" sounds far more expansive than it really is. Perhaps the rules of the Mist (and other hosing wards) prohibit gambling (incl. card games such as triple triad) except by prior permission?

Yeah, the game keeps popping up the "Triple Triad matches not allowed in the current area." message pretty much wherever I go. Not that I care much about TT, but yeah, kinda goes against the "do something different" philosophy TT is supposed to represent. Like, being able to spam spells/skills in GS makes much more sense than sitting down on a bench at the Limsa aetheryte, or in the grass somewhere around Summerford, to enjoy the sun and play cards....... /sigh

Playing in housing areas could be fun, or at least inside houses.
To go further: make players choose the "local rules" :D Every week, players living in Mist can vote for Mist's rules for the next week.
Or FC members can change the rule once a day inside their own house. That would make the housing areas more alive, or at least change what they are now: beautiful places to go AFK...

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