24 man content DOA

[ShadowHeart]

LOL i´m so sorry~~~

[ufufu]

You're misreading the decisionmaking.

they didn't decide "Oh, let's upset people and not include this feature and just leave it out til we feel like putting it in." it is something more like "The UI/client interface/something/etc for manual alliance forming isn't ready yet, but Crystal Tower is, so let's release it now instead of making people wait even longer than they already have, and get this functionality in as soon as it's ready."

If they didn't release CT in this patch to fully implement the alliance system, it would upset a lot more people than if they did release CT in this patch the way they are now. It only makes sense not to delay the content any further when the content itself is ready- Something that ironically was being asked of the dev team a lot (people asking for them to release stuff when its ready instead of bunching everything together). So it seems you really can't please everyone.

That's speculation, no? It could be any number of things, really; from what I remember from the UI lead's posts they seem to already have the Alliance display system set up fine. I just want to understand what exactly the process was that led them to not have this support from the get-go.

[calamityz]

Well since you live in the realm of fantasy, its understandable your brazen gullibility made you leave. the game is great, and people are panicking about minor delays in full function and relatie nonissues.

That's cute, coming from someone who is using "trolololol" passive aggressive BS. White knights assemble for I am telling you all this game is below mediocre in everything but graphics.

[Cidel]

I guess what many of us will end up having to do is making parties of 8 with FC members and wish each other luck with Duty Finder results.

Its the only lemonade I can come up with for those of us who were hyped to do something large-scale with our FC or LS.

[Battlewrench]

Why does SE even have to put restrictions on who I choose to play with to begin with? That's what I want to know. Everything is solo content to the point where you don't have a choice besides dungeons.

[wishymashy11]

My main concern is, if we can't form an alliance to do Crystal Tower, does that mean all future content will be done by 8 person party plus 16 pugs from Duty Finder? Which means FFXIV will never have endgame content like FFXI did? EX: Sea/Sky/Dynamis ectect. No 24 FC Alliance content?

[Ensign]

I could have sworn they said it would be implemented later.
At the same time this gives everyone a chance to learn at the same time instead of 1 group completing CT within a month and no others knowing what or how they did it.
I like the fact that they restricted it whether they chose to or had no choice. Less of a gap of experience between players.

[EinSoFZ]

One of the best things about BC is the group familiarity you get from knowing the players personally as having gone on many runs with them, talked with them on some kind of voice chat and seeing them daily in your FC. So it's kind of disappointing to run endgame stuff and be before to do it with people you don't know and that you'll quickly sever any bonds you form due to the nature of DF.

That said, it seems it's only a temporary thing so we won't have to whine for too long before we get our way.

[Aureliami]

I could have sworn they said it would be implemented later.
At the same time this gives everyone a chance to learn at the same time instead of 1 group completing CT within a month and no others knowing what or how they did it.
I like the fact that they restricted it whether they chose to or had no choice. Less of a gap of experience between players.

It will be completed less than 60 minutes after the servers come back up after the patch unless something is horribly bugged.

[Ensign]

It will be completed less than 60 minutes after the servers come back up after the patch unless something is horribly bugged.

IF they had allowed premade 24.
For some reason I get the vibe they're doing the same thing as what was expected of Wolves' Den where if you queue up as premade 8 you only get put with premades.
If that's the case then most likely they'd all be raid teams, or people who should coordinate on their own as a team well enough to take on CT.