All Worlds Maintenance (Sept. 11)

[Camate]

Greetings,

The development team is aware that there are times when you cannot participate in content so easily and without worry, and I’d like to let you know future countermeasures we have planned to address this.

1. Significantly reduce repair fees and the cost of dark matter
   While the focus will be placed on high-levels, we will be significantly lowering the overall fees for repair and the cost of dark matter.
   
   
2. Addition of item level requirements for high-level dungeon participation
   We'll be adding a requirement to participate in high-level dungeons and hard mode primal battles that will make it so you need to have equipment above a certain item level equipped to participate. To coincide with this, we will be implementing a system that will display the average item level for your gear in the character window.
   
   
3. Addition of a party recruitment window
   We'll be implementing a bulletin board type of system where you can recruit party members that are only on your world. When recruiting, you can indicate the dungeon you would like to do, the roles you are looking to recruit, the levels, etc. (We'll be announcing the details soon.)

We will be addressing #1 after the maintenance tomorrow, and #2 and #3 will be implemented after patch 2.1.

[xRitzx]

[*]Addition of item level requirements for high-level dungeon participation
We'll be adding a requirement to participate in high-level dungeons and hard mode primal battles that will make it so you need to have equipment above a certain item level equipped to participate. To coincide with this, we will be implementing a system that will display the average item level for your gear in the character window.

I like the idea for PUGs but not for parties you make with friends. Skill and teamwork are more important than gear. If I'm missing gear for a dungeon but can complete it with free company members, I would really rather not farm useless gear for 10 hours or whatever just so I can do the dungeon easier.

[CrstyCaptin]

Greetings,

The development team is aware that there are times when you cannot participate in content so easily and without worry, and I’d like to let you know future countermeasures we have planned to address this.

1. Significantly reduce repair fees and the cost of dark matter
   While the focus will be placed on high-levels, we will be significantly lowering the overall fees for repair and the cost of dark matter.
   
   
2. Addition of item level requirements for high-level dungeon participation
   We'll be adding a requirement to participate in high-level dungeons and hard mode primal battles that will make it so you need to have equipment above a certain item level equipped to participate. To coincide with this, we will be implementing a system that will display the average item level for your gear in the character window.
   
   
3. Addition of a party recruitment window
   We'll be implementing a bulletin board type of system where you can recruit party members that are only on your world. When recruiting, you can indicate the dungeon you would like to do, the roles you are looking to recruit, the levels, etc. (We'll be announcing the details soon.)

We will be addressing #1 after the maintenance tomorrow, and #2 and #3 will be implemented after patch 2.1.

These are great, but a few suggestions;

1) Make it so that there's a repair window similar to a materia window where you can repair all items at once that are repairable by your current class.
Ex: I'm on GSM and I open up the repair window. All items are listed, with check boxes next to them. I can check the ones I want to repair or hit the 'repair all' button to repair everything that's repairable in my armoury box with GSM.

2) THANK YOU. Probably not an issue, but might want to look into minimum stats (both str/int/dex and def) as a secondary check since some ilvl gear is arguably worse than the lower ilvl gear.

3) I'm assuming this can be for DF stuff and non DF stuff, ie chimera/hydra, etc.

[echogame]

1. Significantly reduce repair fees and the cost of dark matter
   While the focus will be placed on high-levels, we will be significantly lowering the overall fees for repair and the cost of dark matter.

\o/!!!! GLORY HALLELUJAH.

[Neasa]

Guess those whiners will have even less to complain about regarding gil now.

And aww, no more all-AF pick-up groups!? >.> Thank gawd.

[misterrpg]

Greetings,

The development team is aware that there are times when you cannot participate in content so easily and without worry, and I’d like to let you know future countermeasures we have planned to address this.
[list=1][*]Significantly reduce repair fees and the cost of dark matter
While the focus will be placed on high-levels, we will be significantly lowering the overall fees for repair and the cost of dark matter.

Oh great. Now the game is going to be even more "casualized".

[DarksteelHurricane]

Oh great. Now the game is going to be even more "casualized".

Repair costs increase dramatically at high levels compared to your characters current levels, if they are indeed your highest. By far and away, repair costs use more gil than anything I do in game.

[DiamonteZ]

Oh great. Now the game is going to be even more "casualized".

Someone get this kid out of here.

[Kraggy]

We'll be adding a requirement to participate in high-level dungeons and hard mode primal battles that will make it so you need to have equipment above a certain item level equipped to participate. To coincide with this, we will be implementing a system that will display the average item level for your gear in the character window.

Ah, so you're going down the Blizzard route of iLvl-gating .. when do we get the horror that's called 'Gearscore' as well?

[Rohirrim]

Ah, so you're going down the Blizzard route of iLvl-gating .. when do we get the horror that's called 'Gearscore' as well?

The problem is the Fates in my opinion and the leveling system in general. When the clearly superior way to level 1 to 50 is mindless roaming from fate to fate, spamming the ability that will net you the highest contribution and your gear doesn't matter, then it is normal that people will not give a shit about their gear. I made a level 25 dungeon yesterday and had a DPS inside with half his gear level 1-10...I am leveling all crafting classes in par with my main and spent countless hours so I be able to craft my own gear and always have level apropriate gear. Why should I carry in dungeon the fate runner that don't give a shit about? Sorry if this sound elitist but this is what I feel. I am also against those gear checks, but since they made their leveling system like this, they must now find a way to make people care about their armor