Your predictions for 4.0!

[Kosmos992k]

HA!

Scion - "we're freeing you from tyranny"
WoL <nods>
Ala Mhigan - "Are you insane? We have indoor plumbing now, aren't starving, and can vote for local leaders"

With great honour and nods to the Life of Brian for the inspiration;

Scion : All right, what have the Garleans ever given you in return for their occupation?
Ala Mhigan #1: Running water..
Scion : Oh yeah, yeah they gave you that. Yeah. That's true.
Masked Ala Mhigan: And the sanitation!
Ala Mhigan #3 : Oh yes... sanitation, Scion, you remember what the city used to be like.
Scion : All right, I'll grant you that fresh, running water and the sanitation are two things that the Garleans have done...
Ala Mhigan #2: And the roads...
Scion : (sharply) Well yes obviously the roads... the roads go without saying. But apart from the fresh water, the sanitation and the roads...
Another Masked Ala Mhigan : Irrigation...
Other Masked Ala Mhigans : Medicine... Education... Health...
Scion : Yes... all right, fair enough...
Ala Mhigan front and center : And the wine...
Red nosed Ala Mhigan : Oh yes! True!
Ruddy faced Ala Mhigan : Yeah. That's something we'd really miss if the Garleans left, Scion.
Masked Ala Mhigan at Back : Public baths!
Ala Mhigan #3 : And it's safe to walk in the streets at night now.
Ruddy faced Ala Mhigan : Yes, they certainly know how to keep order... (general nodding)... let's face it, they're the only ones who could in a place like this.
(more general murmurs of agreement)
Scion : All right... all right... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order... what have the Garleans done for us?
Ala Mhigan #1 : Brought peace!

[Xlantaa]

If both nwew classes are DPS, I precdict a infinite DPS queues and full complaints in this forums "Why Is queues too long? PLS SE, fix it". And not, that thing "After a time people will return to his role, etcetc", will not happend. You will lose healers and Tanks. And you must be prepared for that.

BTW, If you need a tank, 50000gils per run. Can be negociate for multiple runs. I sell insta-pooooops!!!

[Vexander]

Do you see what I'm getting at here?

That you're one of the players who want change for the sake of rebelling against the man and doesn't realize how upset you'd be if they changed things, and how threads would come up on the forums about, 'Content Droughts,' and, 'SE is so Lazy: two Tome Sets an expac?!' and so forth.

You did an excellent job of listing the core of the game upon which it is based and keeps running. The fact you listed it with the air of it being bad shows a lack of understanding with how perfect that formula is. I'm not White Knight-ing for SE either. They implement new content with new gear, with various methods of acquiring gear. They space out the time between content updates so the gear doesn't become outdated in a handful of weeks or a couple of months. It lasts. That's time to catch up if you took time off, or to enjoy being as up-to-date as possible.

Then SE adds new things to the game, and updates old things. The Diadem was new, Verminion was new, Sky, Sea, and Stone was new, etc... Its not as though they only stick to that main formula.

[Palourde]

They implement new content with new gear, with various methods of acquiring gear. They space out the time between content updates so the gear doesn't become outdated in a handful of weeks or a couple of months. It lasts. That's time to catch up if you took time off, or to enjoy being as up-to-date as possible.

I totally disagree with what you said right here. This only thing stops me to even care about the gear because it will be obselete ( if not already by the day the patch comes up ). FF XIV is a rich game but its balance his horrible :/

[Vexander]

I totally disagree with what you said right here. This only thing stops me to even care about the gear because it will be obselete ( if not already by the day the patch comes up ). FF XIV is a rich game but its balance his horrible :/

So would you be happier if the gear upgrade was at the start of the expansion and there was no possible way to get better gear at all until the next expansion?

[Jandor]

So would you be happier if the gear upgrade was at the start of the expansion and there was no possible way to get better gear at all until the next expansion?

I'd probably be happier if I got gear at the start of the expansion and then upgraded it with stats and bonuses of my choosing over the course of the expansion.
Think relic armor but closer to tomestone grind than relic grind though.

It could even be better for keeping people playing, hit your upgrade cap for the week? Work on an alt set, something purchasing with tomestone currency prevents at the moment.

[Teryaani]

So would you be happier if the gear upgrade was at the start of the expansion and there was no possible way to get better gear at all until the next expansion?

I'm with Jandor. I'd rather be able to upgrade my stuff as we went. The gear treadmill isn't encouraging me to play and stay bleeding edge. Oh, it works for that at first. But after a few patches where your tometone gear is rendered obsolete by the next patches dungeon gear, I stop wanting to do it.

[Vexander]

Can't lie, that is an awesome idea, Jandor. I think something like, 'Relic Gear,' would be really awesome. Though it would require a set update for each job as well, which strikes me as requiring a lot more art assets. Still, being able to unlock a glamour for clearing a specific dungeon or EX would also be pretty nifty.

[Jandor]

Can't lie, that is an awesome idea, Jandor. I think something like, 'Relic Gear,' would be really awesome. Though it would require a set update for each job as well, which strikes me as requiring a lot more art assets. Still, being able to unlock a glamour for clearing a specific dungeon or EX would also be pretty nifty.

I was thinking along the lines of 'allagan adaptive armor' or something. You upgrade it with allagan tomestones, you set the stats and possibly appearance by getting it copy other armors.

So, for example, you probably upgrade the set with a max of 450 of the latest tomestones per week before it overloads and needs time to 'reset', you get it to 'adapt' (take a bonus stat from) other armors by feeding it the secondary tomestones?
It's the same basic grind, but more personal IMHO.

E: I probably would keep tomestones capped at 900 a week, I also have probably missed several negative implications about catch up gear and stuff. Just an idea I like.

[Fevelle]

I predict disappointment in a lot of ways.

I predict only two jobs will be added.
I also predict a lot less 'leveling' dungeons than Heavensward - we got 5 in 3.0 (Dusk Vigil, Sohm Al, The Aery, The Vault, The Great Gubal Library) but I think we'll see a maximum of 3. Also obviously fewer primals, I think we will only get Lakshmi for Stormblood release and consequently only one Beast Tribe.

Fewer maps than Heavensward (but bigger and with more places to explore). Idyllshire will be the next housing area.

Please prove me wrong, Yoshida.