Your thoughts on the updated 2.2 news

[IronSoup]

All I see in Patch 2.2 is a lot of additions to aesthetics (hairstyles, mounts, vanity, dailies) and the same amount of end-game content we got in the past (less than 2.1 but equal to launch).

Basically, it seems that end-game content isn't the focus of Patch 2.2 since they seem to make a "copy-paste" of the first 3 months of the game (before patch 2.1). The main difference is that a lot more people are "end-game ready" starting in Patch 2.2 than there was at release (because of leveling, long main story, learning the mechanics, etc). After 6 months, I had hoped that the development team would have considered that but they are still "solidifying the base" for newcomers.

I guess that we will have to wait until the first expansion to see if the end-game finally drives this game forward.

[Huntington]

I haven't seen anything certain about Levi EM requiring current EM's beaten to take on...

Simple inference. You can't get to Titan or Ifrit if you haven't beaten Garuda yet, so that's what I'm going on. Plus, Leviathan apparently drops his own weapons. Whether it's for the Hard mode or EM I don't know, but I doubt they'll let you jump right to him like everyone would want to. You will need to do the HM modes to get to his HM, and the EMs for his EM.

[Pachisu89]

24 man content isn't going to happen because PS3 players can't run it.

You have no idea what your talking about... Im on PS3 and run CT just fine with 24 ppl O.o what we CANT do are Fates and Zones with 100+ PPL in them and have a 10sec loading for CS and "Monsters<--(Fates)"... thats it.

[Pachisu89]

As for me i love it all, what SE NEEDS to do, Is add more "Open World content" Not Endgame and Dungeons. Yes Beastman Quest are nice.. But we need more then TH and BSQ.

[Nekodar]

Simple inference. You can't get to Titan or Ifrit if you haven't beaten Garuda yet, so that's what I'm going on. Plus, Leviathan apparently drops his own weapons. Whether it's for the Hard mode or EM I don't know, but I doubt they'll let you jump right to him like everyone would want to. You will need to do the HM modes to get to his HM, and the EMs for his EM.

You don't need to do the Ifrit/Garuda/Titan HM trio in order to reach Leviathan story mode... Main quest doesn't lead to them. Main quest led to King Moogle Mog XII and will lead to Leviathan next.
I seriously doubt they're going to lock Leviathan Ex behind the current Ex trio. Current Ex trio is it's own questline that is finished...

[DarkkenMoneybags]

Maelstrom/LL isn't complete without MSK becoming a playable class. Although, this is the PERFECT patch for the class to become available and Yoshi-P could be waiting to surprise us at the last minute.

[XanderOlivieri]

You have no idea what your talking about... Im on PS3 and run CT just fine with 24 ppl O.o what we CANT do are Fates and Zones with 100+ PPL in them and have a 10sec loading for CS and "Monsters<--(Fates)"... thats it.

I have no problem with FATEs on PS3. Not unless both PS3s are on with both running FFXIV and at least one of the PS4s on running DCUO. Then I'll have a slight 1 second lag in a fate.

Didn't have any trouble on either of my two CT runs either.

[TheRogueX]

I'm seriously disappointed in the vanity system.

I was afraid they'd do something stupid, like require some ridiculous item in order to do it. I am incredibly disappointed in this too. What is up with Eastern game developers doing crap like this? Nothing is ever simple, it always requires a cost.

[BlueMage]

I was afraid they'd do something stupid, like require some ridiculous item in order to do it. I am incredibly disappointed in this too. What is up with Eastern game developers doing crap like this? Nothing is ever simple, it always requires a cost.

Its not "Eastern game developers".

Would you prefer some of the Western methods instead, such as needing to DESTROY the items you're using for vanity?

[TheRogueX]

Its not "Eastern game developers".

Would you prefer some of the Western methods instead, such as needing to DESTROY the items you're using for vanity?

I guess I've never played whatever game that is.

Quite simply, there should be a set of slots that are vanity slots, and you should just be able to equip items in them, a la Lord of the Rings Online, which has the best, most complete, most player-friendly vanity system I've ever seen.