This red scrip system doesn't seem very casual-friendly..

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Sounds great! Oh...

So i need to dedicate 14 hours a week to waiting around for these nodes to cap.

I dont think that semi-afking for 14 hours per week is a big deal, stay at the node, get the XIV clock app and visit the game every ~30 minutes when your phone rings

do that 4 times a day and you are finished

[Youkulm]

I dont think that semi-afking for 14 hours per week is a big deal, stay at the node, get the XIV clock app and visit the game every ~30 minutes when your phone rings

do that 4 times a day and you are finished

That's easy to say if you don't have kids and/or a full time job.

[MikotoMina]

That's easy to say if you don't have kids and/or a full time job.

^ this. So much. I struggle each week trying to level, get my gathering classes up AND cap esos each week for raid time. I have about 2 hours a night save for my days off and I don't have a kid. I can't imagine how hard it is to cap. I mean even with the cap.. we should be able to cap and be done for the week. We'd still get on. SE just too focused on money.

[OliviaBadger]

I dont think that semi-afking for 14 hours per week is a big deal, stay at the node, get the XIV clock app and visit the game every ~30 minutes when your phone rings

do that 4 times a day and you are finished

That sounds like fun

[Aeyis]

I dont think that semi-afking for 14 hours per week is a big deal, stay at the node, get the XIV clock app and visit the game every ~30 minutes when your phone rings

do that 4 times a day and you are finished

Ofcourse. Because casual players have the time to afk at nodes. Yeah its not like they have something better to do like play the game, or have a life.

And 3 (up to 6 times) per hour is actually quite a lot considering that you also have to travel to each location and most people like to you know, play the game.

[Neophyte]

This 66 weeks make me lol everytime, cause there will be about 3-5 patches released then. So you're just saying 'I can't get BiS with all crafters until next patch? But i wanna '

yeah, so casuals may not get their weekly cap and may have not so much gear fast. So what? Speaking of gatherers in 2.x casuals could wait 70 minutes for 2 attemps resulting in 0 of the 99 needed hq-things cause bad RNG and no Furier-gear.

And i'm glad that i can have a bunch of gil of those rushing players, cause i myself dont have the need to BiS asap before next patch.

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And 3 (up to 6 times) per hour is actually quite a lot considering that you also have to travel to each location and most people like to you know, play the game.

2 times per hour, if you gather 6 nodes per hour you are done in 4 hours? makes it even more casual friendly

whats the deal about doing rl things (isnt that casual?), go to your pc for less than 1 minute once your phone rings, go back to rl business

it takes nearly zero time and zero effort to reach 450 red scribs
you dont even have to play the game to achieve that, just afk on one spot, no travel times or anything involved. Just that 1 minute of minor attention during one hour

[Aeyis]

2 times per hour, if you gather 6 nodes per hour you are done in 4 hours? makes it even more casual friendly

whats the deal about doing rl things (isnt that casual?), go to your pc for less than 1 minute once your phone rings, go back to rl business

it takes nearly zero time and zero effort to reach 450 red scribs
you dont even have to play the game to achieve that, just afk on one spot, no travel times or anything involved. Just that 1 minute of minor attention during one hour

There seems to be some confusing to how unspoiled nodes work.

-In order to actually mine a node you need full (600, 700 in the case of folklore) GP. You also need to travel to the nodes which takes time.
-You also need to actually have the time to gather from a node, as due to GP regeneration and travel times you lose additional time that you cannot craft, or do anything else in the game that is not related to gathering.

It took me quite a few hours yesterday (and this morning) to cap red scrips.


You mention afking at a spot, but that only works if your a) around to afk there, while b) for some reason you have the game open but are not actually playing it; as if you were playing it you wouldnt be able to afk for no reason.
And finally c) it would also reduce your rate of scrips to a measly 32-48 per hour, which means you it would take you 10 to 15 hours of pure afking each week.

Im sorry, how exactly is this casual friendly? Do casuals have the time to go afk for 10 hours per week?

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Im sorry, how exactly is this casual friendly? Do casuals have the time to go afk for 10 hours per week?

yes, that makes them casuals, else they would be hardcore addicted gamer without rl