Stop locking paintings

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02-15-2018, 02:58 PM
zaverxi

Stop locking paintings

Please make it like ARR sightseeing log where you can unlock paintings as you find the vistas and record them.

NOT EVERYONE CAN DO JUMPING PUZZLES.

Because of those 3 jumping puzzles locking my sightseeing log completion, I can't buy ANY Stormblood pictures.

It's bad enough that new one is so obnoxiously placed in the middle of the Aertheryte plaza.

I've put in well over 20 hours trying to get the big one done and can't do it. And then I'd have to jump off and HOPE I land on the other one? That's ridiculous.
02-16-2018, 02:57 AM
Wintersandman

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Originally Posted by zaverxi

I've put in well over 20 hours trying to get the big one done and can't do it. And then I'd have to jump off and HOPE I land on the other one? That's ridiculous.

Give it more time. I think it took me 30 hours the first time I did the tower. Then probably the same for the lamp post. I got so good at the tower I could get up it in less than 10 minutes.
02-16-2018, 03:30 AM
Vidu

Even in ARR that was only a thing for the first 20 (?) - for the second batch you had to unlock all vistas aswell.

The paintings can be sold/bought on the marketboard aswell - or be bought by a friend/someone who has it unlocked. Its a nice way to have some income for those people who can do jump puzzles but dont care about crafting. I didnt bother with the sightseeing log since ARR, so I had a friend buy me the new stuff.
Case and point: paintings can be traded, you can get them even without unlocking them.
02-16-2018, 01:55 PM
Frizze

Do i need to go back and look at the SB sightseeing log again? Ive done peg tower, and ive purposefully avoided leap of faith so far. Whats the third jumping puzzle? Or is he referring to the overly simple one in rhalgrs? And jumping puzzles arent even new to sightseeing. Some of the earliest ones involved jumping puzzles, just shorter ones then they are now. I remember having a bit of trouble getting on top of a certain light post near a certain waterfall.
02-17-2018, 02:17 AM
Wintersandman

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Originally Posted by Frizze

I remember having a bit of trouble getting on top of a certain light post near a certain waterfall.

The log in North Shroud. Ixali Logging Ground I believe....
02-19-2018, 11:23 PM
Rofel

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Originally Posted by Vidu

Case and point: paintings can be traded, you can get them even without unlocking them.

Are the 4.0 paintings tradable?
02-21-2018, 06:12 PM
Kingmanath

Yes they are.
02-22-2018, 06:09 AM
TaleraRistain

Yeah I wish they didn't have these platforming features in the sightseeing log. Those aren't the easiest things to do on a mouse and keyboard.
02-24-2018, 10:50 PM
Rosenoire

On one hand, I agree: unlocking the log entry should allow you to acccess the paintings.

On the other hand, the paintings are so hideous I don't feel like I'm missing anything. Why are they all sepia-toned? It's awful.
02-25-2018, 07:31 PM
Tizzy_Tormentor

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Originally Posted by zaverxi

I've put in well over 20 hours trying to get the big one done and can't do it. And then I'd have to jump off and HOPE I land on the other one? That's ridiculous.

Me and my friend eventually got it by using the Eternity Ring.

I make my way up the tower, my friend rings to me, I jump down but miss, so I ring up to them, we do a roulette waiting for the rings cooldown to reset, then they jump, get it, I jump and miss, so I ring to them and boom, vista achieved.
02-25-2018, 07:58 PM
Culfinrandir

I agree with this. The jumping puzzle should be excluded from the required tally to unlock the paintings. I can't do jumping puzzles anymore & certainly don't have 30hrs spare to spend trying to jump up a tower. I got all the weapons, ribbons & materia in VII, guardians in VII, weapons in IX & X etc so I'm not afraid of grinds or puzzles. It just seems like the jumping puzzles are as good as worthless in XIV so I'm not going to bust a gut doing them.
02-25-2018, 08:08 PM
KDSilver

If you don't want to spend time to do the jump puzzle that's your choice.
But don't complain of not having the reward behind it.
02-25-2018, 08:56 PM
Jellybums

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Originally Posted by Tizzy_Tormentor

Me and my friend eventually got it by using the Eternity Ring.

I make my way up the tower, my friend rings to me, I jump down but miss, so I ring up to them, we do a roulette waiting for the rings cooldown to reset, then they jump, get it, I jump and miss, so I ring to them and boom, vista achieved.

Thanks for this tip :D.
02-26-2018, 09:53 AM
Culfinrandir

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Originally Posted by KDSilver

If you don't want to spend time to do the jump puzzle that's your choice.
But don't complain of not having the reward behind it.

Erm, I think you misunderstand the situation. Every sightseeing picture is locked behind those jumping puzzles, it's unnecessary because the rest of the vistas are unlinked, so shouldn't be locked in that way. Only Stormblood behaves like that, not the previous sightseeing pictures.
03-05-2018, 09:12 AM
Vidu

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Originally Posted by Culfinrandir

Erm, I think you misunderstand the situation. Every sightseeing picture is locked behind those jumping puzzles, it's unnecessary because the rest of the vistas are unlinked, so shouldn't be locked in that way. Only Stormblood behaves like that, not the previous sightseeing pictures.

Thats not true.
You cant buy the second ARR-set if you havent completed all of them. (I believe it does not apply to the first set? Since I have completed all of them I cant check anymore though)
I havent completed the full HW-set and I cant purchase a single HW-painting.

So this isnt anything new or surprise and considering the paintings are tradeable, I dont think its that much of an issue either. They're the reward for completing the sight seeing log - if thats not to your taste... the MB is your friend. (Or you find a real friend who unlocked them and buys them for you)