Dev Blog - April 1st - Minion battles

Ya i know this is meant as a april fools joke, however... lol :o

This needs to happen!

I suggested something simmilar long ago, and i think its a wonderful idea.
Especially for those kinda slow going days, minion battles < I need this! >

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i dont care if a petition would be in order to actually make
one of the april first jokes into a reality, i really want this idea !

I would want those wind up Viangaa tho....

Joke on SE because every times they do an April Fools Jokes, everyone want it to happens and it the greatest ideas they came up with. Take example for the Relationship between the NPC, people still want that to happens after all this Months. Mass Effect anyone?

Looking forward to 6 months down the line when someone is going through old dev blog posts and then comes onto the forums to make a thread 100% seriously wondering about whatever happened to this content.

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Originally Posted by DefendPopPunk

Looking forward to 6 months down the line when someone is going through old dev blog posts and then comes onto the forums to make a thread 100% seriously wondering about whatever happened to this content.

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Ya i agree with that, however... if they were asking if we would like this content...

my answer would be: THAL'S BALLS YES! :p

anyone agrees?

(Who knows, maybe enough voices of opinions would actually make it happend?)

I can't appreciate it. On one hand, simply because I've no interest in pokémon battles. On the other, elaborate jokes like this teasing us with content that would potentially be awesome, and then have nothing of it actually implemented... not a good feeling. Last year's favour system also sounded awesome... and of course it didn't happen. At all. In any way, shape or form.

Considering how many of the features hold so much hope when announced, and then turn out to be letdowns, on whatever level, I'm not at all sure we need April Fool's being taken this seriously. By the dev team, I mean.

Ok, now we need to push for the wind-up Viangaa. Please make that ugly abomination a real thing, I want it so badly. Put an April Fools event into the game, I don't care, just give me it. http://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/lds/b...01_7-1444.html

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Originally Posted by Marisela

Joke on SE because every times they do an April Fools Jokes, everyone want it to happens and it the greatest ideas they came up with. Take example for the Relationship between the NPC, people still want that to happens after all this Months. Mass Effect anyone?

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Unfortunately, if its an April Fools joke its pretty much guaranteed to never become a real thing.

Watch this actually be a thing in 5 years...

I give 'em 2 years until the Viangaa minion actually ends up being either in the mog station store or as a seasonal/special event item.

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Originally Posted by BreathlessTao

I can't appreciate it. On one hand, simply because I've no interest in pokémon battles. On the other, elaborate jokes like this teasing us with content that would potentially be awesome, and then have nothing of it actually implemented... not a good feeling. Last year's favour system also sounded awesome... and of course it didn't happen. At all. In any way, shape or form.

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It don't sound like Pokemon battles. I mean Pokemon is not a RTS.

I wouldn't see this happening anyway because some minions are accessible only through real money purchase (OST minions, cash shop minions). It'd turn into a pay-to-win if they had actual battle content parameters.

ARE. YOU. KIDDING.

You are, and that's the hell of the thing. I'm beside myself right now. There was a thread about this very thing some months back. I intensely want this to be actual, real, playable content down the road.

Hm. Yoshi-P did slip in a real piece of news among the fake posts last year, but this... it sounds too good to be true.

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Originally Posted by Marisela

Joke on SE because every times they do an April Fools Jokes, everyone want it to happens and it the greatest ideas they came up with. Take example for the Relationship between the NPC, people still want that to happens after all this Months. Mass Effect anyone?

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Unfortunately I think the relationship system would never materialize simply because it would "chain their wrists" so to speak about who they could or couldn't do away with for main storyline purposes. The outrage would be loud and real if someone spent a considerable amount of time courting a NPC only for them to be "killed" or gotten rid of in some way.

this in the gold saucer the catch is the winner keeps both minions *EG*

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Originally Posted by Xieveral

Unfortunately, if its an April Fools joke its pretty much guaranteed to never become a real thing.

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Sadly, this. I know there's been "minion battle" enthusiasts long before this April Fool's joke came out. Now that it IS an April Fool's joke, its likelihood of ever happening just became that much slimmer...

I still find it funny how they think of these cool ideas which people would like and make it a April Fools joke. Instead they invest in other features which people don't like that much and is pretty brain numbing (hunts im looking at you). Overall good April Fools SE even though im sad this will never be a feature which I wish it was.

I like this idea.

I'd never do it, however; I know many people would..much like adding more PVP content... PVE, PVE, MVM. People like it, so why not? It'll cost a raid tier? It'll cost 4 bosses in 6 months?

You are correct. SE can't even make a full raid tier in 6 months(Change this SE....change it) . Let alone fun side content. :(


(Yeah, I did complain about lack of raid bosses per tier despite never completing any, Mostly because not only will what I earn be undesirable next patch, but how I earn it will too)

See: WoW forums.

Blizz Devs post fixes to actual broken mechanics, classes, UI etc and adds in long awaited and requested vanity changes.

All april fools.

It's more a: This is a real problem, so we fixed it for balance. LOL NUH WE DUN, play our borked game.

SE would have trolled better: 'We now allow 5 (or 6) man light parties. All DF require Tank, Heal, DPS, DPS/Support, DPS, DPS. '

I find most replies in this thread of mine very positive! <3

Keep it up people! :D

lol why does everybody have to ruin the joke straight out the gates? Give people some time to get fooled.. before telling them it's for april fools.

Back when they announced Viannga people lost their lids and it was hilarious. Since that everybody just blurts out that it's an april fools joke and nobody gets fooled at all. This could have been a much funnier thread if nobody said it was a joke.

I need those Viangaa minions.

Unless they're sold in the cash shop because to hell with that.

Square

Square please

Please do the thing PLEASE

Spoiler warning:

Next year: Dating sim with a viangaa :)

I was actually hoping this was real, with just the Viangaa minions being the joke. I got reeled in for a minute. I mean, wasn't there a pet battle arena in FFXI? Well played, SE.

I have a love/hate relationship with April Fools day. I always looked forward to seeing what elaborate joke Blizzard would come up with every year and, now, SE is no different. It's fun. But catching up on real news is a complete waste of time.

You know what I keep reading every time I see Viangaa? It reminds me of whorl eater.

Idk about minion mini games. But I would love to see minions kill other minions while we stand around. Like how the kitten and pup fight with each other, but one randomly wins. Someone could have a cute nana bear out, and another person's Odin could kill it randomly. Or the Limsa lady minion could shoot a blue bird dead. Or the fat cat could squash a nutkin. Too violent? /shrug

I want everyone to fight my Wind-Up Sun. I'll just poke it until it's high enough that the other minions cannot reach it. BWHAHAHAAHAHA!

Announcer> In this corner: The Blazing Wind-up Sun!
Announcer> And in this corner: The Fearsome Plush Cushion!
Announcer> Minion Battle... BEGIN!

5 hours later...

Audience member> You all SUCK!

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Originally Posted by Marisela

Joke on SE because every times they do an April Fools Jokes, everyone want it to happens and it the greatest ideas they came up with. Take example for the Relationship between the NPC, people still want that to happens after all this Months. Mass Effect anyone?

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the funny part is that there are mmos with that (swotr being an example.)

but yeah, minion fights. i could do that happily.

Make. This. Happen.

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Originally Posted by LineageRazor

Announcer> In this corner: The Blazing Wind-up Sun!
Announcer> And in this corner: The Fearsome Plush Cushion!
Announcer> Minion Battle... BEGIN!

5 hours later...

Audience member> You all SUCK!

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I'm amazed they stuck around for 5 hours before complaining.

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Originally Posted by Yukiko

Spoiler warning:

Next year: Dating sim with a viangaa :)

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Ya know, I read that waay too fast. I did not see "Viangaa" at first and almost lost it....


I'm lying, I did lose it.