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[Eekiki]

They did patch the issue fairly quickly, but only in frontlines and they didn't address the larger problem with queues for other systems

Again, negative filtering. You run everything the devs say through your filter so it falls in line with your negative attitude towards the game.

If you'd read the dev tracker objectively, you would have seen where Yoshi-P has stated on more than one occasion that the current fix for Frontline queues was a temporary fix which was implemented hastily. They are working on much more robust changes to the queue system to alleviate queue times across the board, which is why they didn't implement the Frontline queue fix to other things like Syrcus Tower.

No, I'm just being realistic about the direction of the game rather than white knighting. Criticism shouldn't be silenced just because you "trust" SE to do the right thing. Criticism being silenced is what brought us 1.0. I'd rather not see the game go down in flames again because of silly things that can be avoided.

What criticism is being silenced? This forum is full to bursting with criticism, and even some of what the consensus perceives as silly gets addressed by the devs (which is what inspired the OP to create this thread). Do you just not like it when someone disagrees with you?

[Souljacker]

Again, negative filtering. You run everything the devs say through your filter so it falls in line with your negative attitude towards the game.

No, I'm just being realistic about the direction of the game rather than white knighting. Criticism shouldn't be silenced just because you "trust" SE to do the right thing. Criticism being silenced is what brought us 1.0. I'd rather not see the game go down in flames again because of silly things that can be avoided.

[Gilthas]

No, I'm just being realistic about the direction of the game rather than white knighting. Criticism shouldn't be silenced just because you "trust" SE to do the right thing. Criticism being silenced is what brought us 1.0. I'd rather not see the game go down in flames again because of silly things that can be avoided.

There's a difference between criticism being silenced and people whining over and over about everything and nothing.

The reading comprehension is strong with this one. I don't recall anyone asking for

1. NMs that are zerged by the entire server, of which only a few might get a reward for.
2. Same as above. In fact, one of the number one complaints about XI were ground kings. Why did they do it again?
3. Hunts to obsolete all other content. Hunts are NOT an "alternative path" - their rewards are so high that they are now the "preferred" path.

The problem with your arguments is that you only mention part of the situation to support your argument and then purposely fail to mention things that don't support your argument.

1. How do you prevent NMs from being zerged by the entire server? You either implement a claim system (that people didn't want) or make them popped (which fails to address the request for free-roaming NMs).
2. Like above, you forgot that people were actually asking for a claim system. (yes, there were both people asking for a claim system and people asking for none to be implemented)

The only thing you have a point with is Hunts making the rest of the content obsolete, but hey, at least hunts do give good rewards, it just needed to be way more balanced.