People can't handle rare fates, enough with waiting 1 + RL days for anything

[Stormrider]

You should have seen the misery in general chat. I was in a random zone doing daily hunt for desynth. Killed my mobs and decided to give it a chance went to the zone. Got a party made it across the zone and it was at 90ish%.

I didn't really count but I know 2 party finder groups filled. The group I was in was full. Plus a bunch of others. Meaning the fate already had close to 40. That isn't even counting the birds. That is why it melted so fast. 40 to me seems like a lot of people already for a fate.

[Shougun]

FATE being reasonable on Balmung, during a time when FATEs are popular, like Hunts, is like sending a Popsicle at the sun and hoping to see it land. Made worse as people get closer to end game, or you're doing a FATE that everyone max syncs.

Maybe that's why I've always had a negative outlook on using FATEs or Hunts as big movers of content - either everything vanishes and the best thing you can do is spam enmity generating skills to try and fake your way to the top, or the content is near dead because there is nothing of value ... the time spent on these contents fluctuating massively depending on the flavor of the month. Sometimes the situation is perfect, and it plays out well but not as often as I'd like lol. Which at least personally is why I would love to see hunt like rewards shared with another system like burning circle, leve specific NMs, treasure chests, whatever - but away from public nonsense, let me go get some burning circle like content for my Hunt and let people who enjoy loading screens and the most derpy spell rotations.. enjoy their FATEs... :3 lol.

It's not that I don't like playing with people haha, but I don't like playing with 100+ people all vying for the same monster as all strategy and thought (besides finding the thing) goes out the window every time all the time - it's more thoughtful to do PotD when you get a room full of mimics or something xD.

Oh right, /fate rant over - so I can see why Ama would like the FATEs they need to be available within reasonable time because you could be in the same zone and still NOT make it to the area. Literally has happened, in the same zone got on mount as soon as it spawned and poof dead before I got half way there. Perhaps some people liked camping NMs to have the chance to fight the monster and lose out to that one person with faster internet but those were the worst parts of FFXI to me :P

All that said I can see why people on Balmung still do it, IF you're in the big wave that makes contact and you do all your spamy moves - you get your FATE done super quickly, rewards just rain down on you. Still makes me want to watch / do anything else on the other monitor though (basically not play the game but get "rewards" >.<;.

[Tsumdere]

For this specific fate OP mentions, the animosity in the chat after the FATE finished was a sight to behold. Names were called and reports sent. I screencapped it for myself since I could use the salt contained to season an entire meal.

[JunseiKei]

I'd imagine SE's response would be the same stance as hunts:

There is no obligation to wait for others. It is up to the players there if they want to engage immediately or not.

[SuperZay]

Just report any shout nameshamers. They will either get a warning or suspention if it's not their first offense. Next time they'll think twice before opening their mouth.

[Celef]

If it's just about the horn I made a thread here asking SE to add a drop of plate on Ultima in Dun Scaith, might reduce the rush ^^
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-in-Dun-Scaith

[Atlaworks]

The people who camp/spawn FATEs get the item(s). People sitting in their houses usually don't. Such is life on Balmung.

Joke's on you, people on Balmung don't have houses!

[ErryK]

People who wanted it did get it. Not their fault you guys were late to the party. Do a better job of being there on time.

Aren't you the same guy who said you wanted to purchase gear with real world money instead of having to work for it like the rest of us? Food for thought.

[Xlantaa]

Wht they should do is put maximum FATE coldown to 20 minutes. It is not normal wait for 1 hour for a single FATE.

[DaikiKiyoshi]

Aren't you the same guy who said you wanted to purchase gear with real world money instead of having to work for it like the rest of us? Food for thought.

Not really seeing the issue there since they are already indirectly adding gear to the mogstation via jump potions. I was just requesting that option be expanded upon.