Tetra Master as a minigame in FFXIV:ARR

I think SE made a big mistake trying to sell Tetra Master as a stand-alone game. It wasn't strong enough on its own to make it, and it would have been so much better if it were included into FFXI as a minigame to pass the time.

Think about it, you have a game where cooperation with a party for a lot of the content is key, but no everyone's schedules are the same, so now and then you find yourself having to wait for a long time. If you and maybe a couple of friends are going to be waiting for a while, why not pass the time by sitting down and playing a hand or two of cards?

It doesn't even have to be Tetra Master. You could make a completely different game, or you could dust off Triple Triad if you really wanted. (I'd probably never play it, though, because Triple Triad was too random. I get enough RNG bull-crap with boss battles.)

Yes and agreed, not for an extra sub and accessed in-game as well as outside of it through a browser.

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Originally Posted by Mjollnir

Yes and agreed, not for an extra sub and accessed in-game as well as outside of it through a browser.

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Well, I think we'd want our cards to be tied to our characters, so maybe have an app that you can play with people on.

I'd be totally for it. It would be fun to see card tables at certain outposts. I think being able to sit down and play a game of cards with some stranger adventurer's is a total plus in the direction of proper immersion.

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Originally Posted by Keisuna

Well, I think we'd want our cards to be tied to our characters, so maybe have an app that you can play with people on.

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Definitissimely what I was getting at! :) Oh to have some input into my FFXIV character while on the move! <3

Hm... Tetra Master as a minigame in ARR...


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Tony Stark and I approve of this idea.

Could I refine the Wandering Minstrel card into Darklight gear?

No to tetra-master.

Yes to triple-triad.

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Originally Posted by Thebard

No to tetra-master.

Yes to triple-triad.

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i agree, i did not understand how tetra master worked in IX so i never played it (except whn you had to challenge cid).
Triple Triad however was simple and lots of fun.

Yes to Triple Triad for sure. Tetra Master was a little too convoluted for my taste... Triple Triad was fun and simple in comparison. Tetra Master was good but it isn't much of a "mini" game D:

The random element of the card battles in Tetra Master made it inferior to Triple Triad.

Still, I wouldn't complain if either game made it in.

Such a better idea than blitzball.

Triple Triad FTW! Loved it, hate Tetra Master though.

I wouldn't mind tetra master or triple triad.

I never really had a problem with tetra master. For me it was ridiculously easy. But then again, I always had ease with such games. I love brain food, lol. Triad was a bit simpler, but not as challenging for me really. I liked tetra better. But both games are cool. I wouldn't mind either one making it into ARR.

Did anyone here play Tetra Master when it was on playonline? I can remember trying it but never doing anything significant with it.

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Originally Posted by SkyeWindbinder

I wouldn't mind tetra master or triple triad.

I never really had a problem with tetra master. For me it was ridiculously easy. But then again, I always had ease with such games. I love brain food, lol. Triad was a bit simpler, but not as challenging for me really. I liked tetra better. But both games are cool. I wouldn't mind either one making it into ARR.

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Nobody likes a smart ass.

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Nobody likes a smart ass.

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Nobody likes a dumbass, either.

If I'm not going to be liked either way, I might as well be smart! :) lol

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Nobody likes a dumbass, either.

If I'm not going to be liked either way, I might as well be smart! :) lol

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Actually people do like a dumbass, they vote for them by the million all the time.

I'd like a new original game (but not fucking parley), though I agree that having a collectable side-game would be neat and fun.

But for the record, Tetra Master > Triple Triad.

Yeah I'm fairly certain that if/when we get a card game it won't be TM or TT, it will be original.

Something in the line of tetra Master, where you could get important cards by loot from NMs. Some would be Good but average just like Dodo in FFXI, those could be Khimaira or Dodore, and you could win those either by fighting or playing. But some others could be extremely hard to see, like Bahamut, and a random owner rarely use it.

Sounds pretty cool to me.

Tetra Master was not hard to understand. If you skipped through the tutorial, maybe. Then again, who would skip a tutorial on how to play a card game they've never played before?

Well, there's a lot of good and bad to both Tetra Master and Triple Triad, but whatever they do, I really hope they make it so that you can get rewards for it outside of the card game. Even if it's something small like potions or whatever.

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Someone is butthurt.

Also, there's already a thread for this.

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Tetra Master was not hard to understand. If you skipped through the tutorial, maybe. Then again, who would skip a tutorial on how to play a card game they've never played before?

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*raises hand*

Thank god for the arrows in the corner of the cards lol

+1'd for tetra master. I think Tetra could be included very near release but like the Golden Saucer I'm a sucker for the little meta games in games and stuff. So dont stop XD

Triple Triad!