Your Ups and Downs as of Patch 1.19

[Climm]

I lurked a bit looking for a thread like this. but didn't find it.
There's a lot of praising and complaining going on right now regarding 1.19. this is why i wanted to make a thread where people would list their personal positives and negatives of the patch, so the developers wouldn't get confused as to what REALLY needs to get fixed, or what REALLY needs to stay. and so we could have our thoughts in a more organized manner.
it would be nice if you could also put them in order from the !!!MOST IMPORTANT! to the !minor nuisance when it comes to complaints.

Here are mine:

Positives:
!!!Increased difficulty, more aggressive monsters and better placing of said monsters

!!!Materia system makes each piece of gear important and makes customization very interesting and original

!!!More customization for Mouse and keyboard controls improves it GREATLY! (by about 1000%!)

!!The experience linking system makes battling and grinding more interesting and challenging

!!The content introduced is very well made and the grand companies give more personality to each nation.

!!CHOCOBOS!

!!Better rewards from quests and leves. and the new leve allowance system works like a charm

!!The game is generally more fun and addictive

!!the search for materia catalyst will skyrocket gathering classes

!more inventory space!

!new music is fantastic

The negatives
!!!The changes to crafting recipes and the way such changes are implemented has made the in-game economy very confusing. the market wards have gone insane with dated items (at least in besaid)

!!the rewards for the GC levequests is absurd. 40 seals for a 15min levequest

sooo... those are my personal points....yeah i know i only had two complaints, but that's all that has bugged me so far.

so yeah... i'm curious to know what other problems have people encountered. although the reception has been pretty good so far...

[Lunaru]

*imo*
good parts:
chocobo's (a must have as ff game,even if no breeding,still a good start)
more inventory space
deciding which side we stand for (GC),seeing it as atleast a bit bound to story

negative parts

screwing the crafters (jewellery recipes anyone?, tool lvl too important now, 3 times more outfits duo limitation changes on crafteroutfits(not lvlwise but favor-wise), and much much more,but there are other threads for it)

airship way to expensiv (not everyone runs around with 10m+)

overpushed mobspawns (gathering is a pain in some terrains , 10 mites in place? stealth works,but its useless if you find a mining and botany spot in one place.. you have to slowmotion away for minutes,then change class,stealth again,walk back)

fightingclasses way to limited in low-midlvl range, soloing kinda impossible(with fitting /new/materia'd outfits),skillqueue gone,etc etc..

materia system screwed, the balls dont even stack, got 1 mule +retainer (1 atm) full with all kinds, not even the same type stack (yes +10 vits dont stack),so.. 1k+ space needed,kinda intense

catalysts ..happens way to rarely ,even as t5 fisher on a t2 spot..

the supply tasks, kinda a joke.. no need to explain more on that,not going to drop expensiv items for a dime.

many more n new bugs (materia-menu-freeze as example)

well so far, a totally disappointing patch, fixable,but they shouldn't wait days/weeks to do that.

[Betelgeuzah]

Good: The patch

Bad: The community

Ugly: The rest of the game unaffected by the patch.

[Gramul]

Good: The patch

Bad: The community

Ugly: The rest of the game unaffected by the patch.

I feel pretty much the same way.
Remember my sig. Remember what most of you agreed to.

[Travesty]

Good:

Chocobos and Airships
Materia
The turning of all the old armor into basically Materia mats and the introduction of all new armor.
Exp Chains
A general uptick in difficulty in normal playing circumstances
Leves stacking to 99


The Bad:
#1 above all else, the powerleveling fiasco.
No queuing of skills
Everything linking with everything sucks. It should be enemies of like-kind.
Some restrictions on armor don't make much sense

[ispano]

more inventory space

Until they take it away later. And yes, they said they were in the patch notes.

[Betelgeuzah]

Until they take it away later. And yes, they said they were in the patch notes.

No, they will replace it with something else. There's a huge difference but that's a great way to spin it negatively.

[ispano]

No, they will replace it with something else. There's a huge difference but that's a great way to spin it negatively.

[dev1153] Additional inventory slots for both PCs and retainers have been added.
Please note that this is a temporary measure that will remain in place only until the UI is fully overhauled.
* Provisions are being made for item relocation when the additional space is removed.

Sounds closer to taking it away to me. And then giving you a way to do something with the overflow until you can reorganize.

[Betelgeuzah]

[dev1153] Additional inventory slots for both PCs and retainers have been added.
Please note that this is a temporary measure that will remain in place only until the UI is fully overhauled.
* Provisions are being made for item relocation when the additional space is removed.

Sounds closer to taking it away to me. And then giving you a way to do something with the overflow until you can reorganize.

Replacing means taking it away as well. You aren't going to be worse off when that happens, which is what you make it sound like.

[Travesty]

[dev1153] Additional inventory slots for both PCs and retainers have been added.
Please note that this is a temporary measure that will remain in place only until the UI is fully overhauled.
* Provisions are being made for item relocation when the additional space is removed.

Sounds closer to taking it away to me. And then giving you a way to do something with the overflow until you can reorganize.

Yeah, I'd say you're interpreting it correctly. They're going to take it away, but if you have excess they're not gonna just destroy your stuff. You'll be able to retrieve it, but I see no indication there that they're gonna have some other form of increased storage.