Can't make a full premade for Crystal Tower...

[Kanzer]

Welp, I gave you a fair shot FFXIV. I'm already bored to tears and was really looking for this patch to revitalize my interest. The fact that it's easier than Coil already did damage to that, but I still looked forward to being able to raid with 23 of my FC members at least and have some fun. But not even that now? Absolutely ridiculous. I've been one to defend you guys over most things, but this is not going to be one of those things.

[Mythrella]

Welp, I gave you a fair shot FFXIV. I'm already bored to tears and was really looking for this patch to revitalize my interest. The fact that it's easier than Coil already did damage to that, but I still looked forward to being able to raid with 23 of my FC members at least and have some fun. But not even that now? Absolutely ridiculous. I've been one to defend you guys over most things, but this is not going to be one of those things.

This kind of sums up my feelings.

What a disappointment. This is going to bleed some subs. Some of us have more than 8 players we want to group with, which we hoped to be able to do in CT. We're not elitists or jerks or whatever, we just have more than 8 friends we enjoy playing with, even if not a full 24. We already rotate and have some sit as it is for 8 mans. It's beyond stupid that we'd have to do the same for 24-mans.

Oh well, maybe next patch will make it better. Or the one after. Or we'll claim the one after that will when it comes around. ♥

[Alkel]

Its curious, the majority seems to disagree with this poor design choice, but we dont even have an answer.

Can we have an official answer? Will we be able to build premade CT group or will we have to mess up the DF with tag/ragequit until our 3 PT are together?

[Akujin]

I can't wait until I go into DF solo for CT, get paired up to a full alliance of 23 people who all bought their Titan Relic wins.

Going to be awesome times.

Awesome.

You know, on a more on-topic comment. It does sometimes feel like the XIV dev team like to go three steps forward, then two steps backwards. So they're getting to the right place, one step at a time.

[Iselore]

This isn't going away!

[mindful]

Just it sucks, That this is going wreck the social aspect for what the free companies or guilds are design to be. Large groups of people working together. Yet By having to only 8 man CT on the duty finder with random people on other servers or maybe if lucky get same servers of people or free company group to pop up on the 8 man party. With out the option of having 24 people going in as a free company. What is the point of even having free companies in the game if all the game is going to be is a 8 man or a lone wolves game. Be a little different if the game was every server was connected to one giant server and one world server as a whole.

[DoctorMog]

Necro Bump because this is still an issue.

And frankly, lame.

[Alkel]

Necro Bump because this is still an issue.

And frankly, lame.

Look like we will have to wait next live letter for an answer?

[whoopeeragon]

I'm unhappy at this, but at this point, SE really have three choices. We don't need a rep to tell us about it when its easy to deduce.

1. They let CT go forward in 2.1, neglecting the premade option.
2. They delay CT again, in order to release it with the premade option.
3. They delay all of 2.1 to ensure 2.1 is released with CT and the premade option.

In plain sight, they haven't figured out the premade system yet. If they did, they wouldn't have just mentioned it, they would have included it into the patch. So right now, we know that its not coming in 2.1 unless they delay 2.1 again.

And if that happens, the crowds moaning about patch delays will come out of their hives in droves.

Choose your poison. I would rather they release the content first, because outside of no option to create premades, we can <at least> play with 7 other friends and experience the content. Not much consolation, but better than no content.

[Teon]

premade 24 player group? Like if we didn't had enough troubles with those locked coil groups of 8 players (and eventually a backup if and when)
If was for me, i wouldn't allow not even 8 players at all , everyone for himself
(i was clearly one of the supporters of "put Coil on DF" but well..)