More locked content Airship Expeditions.

[Iagainsti]

Also, There is no difference between easy, Normal, and Hard when it comes to the loot dropped. So right out the gate, it would be much more lucrative for a group that's not that organized to stick to Easy or Normal; If you were to select Hard and not be able to clear the content within the allotted time, all the % increases to loot are null and void. No extra monster sprites appear, no extra gatherer nodes, nothing about the actual content provided is different between the modes.

/end thread

[Aldora]

Hmm... I'm wondering something here. Do you have to be in an FC with an Airship in order to go to The Diadem Hard? Or can you simply join a PF of an FC group that has an Airship of the required rank?

[Risvertasashi]

Hmm... I'm wondering something here. Do you have to be in an FC with an Airship in order to go to The Diadem Hard? Or can you simply join a PF of an FC group that has an Airship of the required rank?

At least 1 person in the group needs to be in the FC with the airship. So, yes, FCs can pull from the general public to fill their ranks.

[Jpec07]

If you want to argue about not having Hard Mode, then yes, that's feasible as an argument, but you really aren't missing that much content other than increased drop rate.

I think that's exactly the problem. Because of how little land is currently available, FC housing is extremely hard to come by. And because of that, FCs that are fortunate enough to have a house get a leg up on the rest. Even if it's just an increased drop rate, the items that drop there are substantial enough to warrant complaint.

I can understand them wanting to be cautious and not overcompensate for something. We may see 75% of properties on all realms open up on Christmas morning, which would probably solve a lot of the problems. But I'm willing to bet it will be closet to 10-25%, which will barely put a dent in demand.

There are plenty of ways that they can make it so everyone and every FC can have a house, or even if they don't want to just give it away, there are ways they can easily increase the amount of housing available (doubling or tripling the amount of wards would be a start). But given that this is such a big selling point of the game (and such a major frustration for so many of us), I'm a little surprised they haven't spent more resources on it.

[Risvertasashi]

(doubling or tripling the amount of wards would be a start)

Nah... See, they've already done that, but back when housing was still a big debacle, people did the math. The way housing is currently setup... well, it's not even a 1%er thing, it's more like %0.1 or perhaps even less. Availability will always be a major restriction-- even if they double it again, there will only be enough homes for a tiny, tiny portion of the population. (I don't like it either.)

[jazo]

Did you read what I posted. I was not even talking about myself.. We are talking about FC that dont have a house because of no land available. You are right I can join any FC that will take me but again that dont help those FC that dont have a house.

Still those FC can buy a house when the plots get free with this new patch, also they could join another FC with a house looking for members (like, my FC) again, is just to move and find a way, and so,if the "casualness" of those people doesn't make them lookf for alternative, they STILL can do the easy and normal explorations...

Plan for people that want to go hard explorations and don't want/can get an airship: JOIN ANOTHER FC THAT CAN, if your friends don't follow you, there are always linkshells, and your friends can always look for houses and get one when some is purchasable...

CONTENT IS NOT LOCKED

[dank1]

That's the point... join a bigger FC, way too many non-relevant FCs around there is no point to having a 2-5 man FC. There really isn't

[Ashkendor]

Did you read what I posted. I was not even talking about myself.. We are talking about FC that dont have a house because of no land available. You are right I can join any FC that will take me but again that dont help those FC that dont have a house.

It's still not gated because FC's that don't have houses can team up with FC's that do. Mine is teaming up with 2-3 other small FC's along with various people on our friends' lists so we have a wide variety of people we'll be able to run the content with.

That's the point... join a bigger FC, way too many non-relevant FCs around there is no point to having a 2-5 man FC. There really isn't

It's kind of irrelevant when you can just find other small FC's to team up with instead of disbanding yours.

[Nashred]

That's the point... join a bigger FC, way too many non-relevant FCs around there is no point to having a 2-5 man FC. There really isn't

Has nothing to do with size of a FC it has to do with he availability of land. There are large FC without a house too. Basically has more to do with age of a FC than size. Older FC probalby do and newer dont't.


So no one thinks this will hurt FC without a house. They will still be able to recruit as normal and people wont leave for FC with a house and airship?

[Catwho]

That's the point... join a bigger FC, way too many non-relevant FCs around there is no point to having a 2-5 man FC. There really isn't

This point seems to get lost on a lot of people. SE envisioned Free Companies are large alliances of people with smaller breakout groups using linkshells for smaller units of content. Instead, people formed tiny free companies with only a few people, losing out on all the advantages a larger group could offer. Smart free companies whose membership fell off ended up merging early on, but some folks are just so stubborn about keeping their exclusive tiny group. From an emotional standpoint it makes sense, but from a logical standpoint it's playing the game wrong.

I was hoping FC alliances would make it into this patch. It wouldn't solve the lack of housing, but it'd be a good temporary bridge for FC oriented content.

So no one thinks this will hurt FC without a house. They will still be able to recruit as normal and people wont leave for FC with a house and airship?

The question is, why are you trying to recruit instead of trying to merge with another group that already has a house and airship?

Edit: Oh, hi Nashred. /wave