[Devs] Add high-end content for light party too, please

[ChiefCurrahee]

Instead of restricting players into 4/4 parties or 8/8 why not create events that scale based on number of players in the party?

Sure it would be more difficult to balance each encounter, but what about those times when you want to do Ifrit but can only manage 6/8 members?

[Chardrizard]

Instead of restricting players into 4/4 parties or 8/8 why not create events that scale based on number of players in the party?

Sure it would be more difficult to balance each encounter, but what about those times when you want to do Ifrit but can only manage 6/8 members?

They should lower down the restrictions on member allowances but leave the difficulty alone.

[Ilean]

Yes please on this. 8 is a really uncomfortable number for many LS, sometimes getting 8 people is hard, others you get more than 8 but short of 16...

[Coglin]

Yes please on this. 8 is a really uncomfortable number for many LS, sometimes getting 8 people is hard, others you get more than 8 but short of 16...

No offence, but if your having trouble mustering up 8 players in a linkshell, its much more reasonable to get a better linkshell over attempting to convinve SE they need to add 1/2 group content based on your LS limitations.

[ChiefCurrahee]

No offence, but if your having trouble mustering up 8 players in a linkshell, its much more reasonable to get a better linkshell over attempting to convinve SE they need to add 1/2 group content based on your LS limitations.

It's 2:45 in the afternoon on Thursday. at this moment 15 people in your LS are on, 3 are AFK, 3 are new(low level), 4 are in a SH and the other 5 are gathering for Ifrit, or the Moogles, or for what ever else that REQUIRES 8/8.
Why not just allow the 5/8 PT go and fight Ifrit, just scale the difficulty, or allow them to enter.

I don't think anything in FFXI required a set number of members to enter just a minimum. Why do you need a requirement for XIV?

[Chezen]

and I'm saying FFXI is an mmorpg.

That is the reason it's not "light parties" like every other Final Fantasy.

"Every other Final Fantasy" tends to be groups of 3 or 4. Maybe in FFXI it wasn't. But there is no reason why this game can't be set up that way.

Yoshi-P said he was going to be making 4 and 8 party content. I see nothing unreasonable about this request.

[Lucifer]

"Every other Final Fantasy" tend to be groups of 3 or 4. Maybe in FFXI it wasn't. But there is no reason why this game can't be set up that way.

Yoshi-P said he was going to be making 4 and 8 party content. I see nothing unreasonable about this request.

I see nothing relevant about your comment.

I will agree however that lower man content should be made at least until 2.0. I don't think SE will manage to secure many subscriptions in this pseudo-beta period.

Eight is a very small number especially if you compare it to other MMORPGs. However, this is irrelevant considering the low population.

[Coglin]

It's 2:45 in the afternoon on Thursday. at this moment 15 people in your LS are on, 3 are AFK, 3 are new(low level), 4 are in a SH and the other 5 are gathering for Ifrit, or the Moogles, or for what ever else that REQUIRES 8/8.
Why not just allow the 5/8 PT go and fight Ifrit, just scale the difficulty, or allow them to enter.

I don't think anything in FFXI required a set number of members to enter just a minimum. Why do you need a requirement for XIV?

To answer that, because the "endgame" content needs expanded, and they cannot add content and new loot if they are spending that time adjusting content to scale down and creating a scaled down loot table.

Again, my stance is that you need to grow your LS and expand your friends list, or develope a friends list or join a LS with players more akin to your play schedule over diverting SE development resources to adjust the game around your issues as an individual. I can give 1000 reasons they could tailor the game to my personal needs as anyone can, it does not mean it feasable to brush off eveyone else to tailor to those needs.

I have nothing against them removing the 8/8 limitation so folks can opt to go in shorthanded if they desire though.

I mean, I could be wrong, but I would be willing to bet those wanting 1/2 group content is certainly a very small majority.

[Kiote]

I have to agree, Making all of the High level Content 8/8 is very exclusionary. We need light party content to give people something to do when their entire LS isn't on atm.

[syntaxlies]

There is ifrit, DH, now mog... next patch another primal for full party ?

Please devs, add some content that allows only light party to enter 4/4 and will be on similiar level like ifrit or DH, etc. So some people at least could play end-game content.

I played Ifirt like 9x, DH 3x and I wonder if I will be lucky enough to find party for mog.
No everyone can find party SE (I am not from NA or JP and I am having hard times to find party for these events - impossible). I hope I am not alone and ppl will support this 4/4 raid idea. Thank you.

there's re NM's SH's darkhold i think they allow 4 or 6 now instead of 8, cant remember. so the only 2 things in game will be moogle and ifirt that require 8 people.