This patch is waste time 1.20

[Jennestia]

Because having to wait to feed that chocobo once an hour in XI was such a challenging and engaging method over GC seals.

I think in comparison it's more the fact it was actually more of a unique quest, rather than forking over seals that you stockpiled.

[Sephrick]

At least there was some sort of quest.

As with everything else in 1.x, we're playing a fraction of the intended content.

The chocobo content will come when we gain the ability to have them fight by our side in battle.

[Orophin]

It's no problem honestly, you get the key items, turn them into the charm or whatever, and fight the King all in the same area. It's extremely local. 15mins till you can re-enter after you win. So in that time you turn in the completed quest, pick up a new one, kill the 5 NM's and then get to the Atheryte. Beats waiting around.

That obviously takes into account the 10 other LS's out there trying to do the exact same thing.

[AdvancedWind]

That obviously takes into account the 10 other LS's out there trying to do the exact same thing.

Would be a problem if the spawn rates weren't incredibly fast. But they are.

[RemVye]

Would be a problem if the spawn rates weren't incredibly fast. But they are.

The NM's do spawn fast, but that's not the time sink part. They are very easy to kill... its the whole walking everywhere, while avoiding getting aggro and linking tree's that is lame.

We could really use that update to the link system where mobs only call the same type.

[normalforce]

Speaking of, I know others will disagree, but I wish they would have incorporated JP midnight in the GC ranking up process. I went from Private Third Class > Second Class > First Class > Corporal in like 3 minutes. Buying everything with GC seals isn't all that rewarding. When you completed the chocobo quest in FFXI, it was hitting a milestone. Buying a license with GC seals didn't feel rewarding at all. Sweet, I have a chocobo now, but there wasn't any sense of accomplishment.

I think part of the problem is we're getting things piecemeal, so by the time these promotions came around it is simply a matter of talking to the NPC a few times in a row and speeding through the promotions. Likewise, if more promotions come in the next patch — around 2 months away — many of us will have built up another healthy collection of seals, doing nothing more than sitting in our overly large pockets. And we might be able to breeze through those promotions, yet again.

But newer players won't have that luxury.

It's something they'll have to actively work toward, scrapping together every seal they can, completing any GC quests they can find, participating in plenty of missions or by simply forgoing a few pieces of armor, weapons or manuals until they've built up enough seals to earn their promotion. From that perspective, I think they'll achieve some sense of accomplishment for each rank. More than the people who had thousands of seals collecting dust, not doing a thing with them.

That's not to say a quest per rank would have gone amiss...

[Shyd]

That obviously takes into account the 10 other LS's out there trying to do the exact same thing.

There are actually several NM's of each type of. Atleast i know of 2 hog's and 2 monkeys. And they respawn super super fast.

[Arcell]

I think part of the problem is we're getting things piecemeal, so by the time these promotions came around it is simply a matter of talking to the NPC a few times in a row and speeding through the promotions. Likewise, if more promotions come in the next patch — around 2 months away — many of us will have built up another healthy collection of seals, doing nothing more than sitting in our overly large pockets. And we might be able to breeze through those promotions, yet again.

But newer players won't have that luxury.

It's something they'll have to actively work toward, scrapping together every seal they can, completing any GC quests they can find, participating in plenty of missions or by simply forgoing a few pieces of armor, weapons or manuals until they've built up enough seals to earn their promotion. From that perspective, I think they'll achieve some sense of accomplishment for each rank. More than the people who had thousands of seals collecting dust, not doing a thing with them.

That's not to say a quest per rank would have gone amiss...

^That's exactly what people are forgetting. The only reason it takes two seconds for us to get it is because most of us have hit 50 and completed every GC quest available before the new ranks came out. For a new player there would be progression and they would have to do the quests to afford the promotions. GC leves are a painfully slow way of getting seals so the quests are pretty much required.

[popdai]

^That's exactly what people are forgetting. The only reason it takes two seconds for us to get it is because most of us have hit 50 and completed every GC quest available before the new ranks came out. For a new player there would be progression and they would have to do the quests to afford the promotions. GC leves are a painfully slow way of getting seals so the quests are pretty much required.

The problem is: how many new players had come in FFXIV in the last 3 months? huh?!?! hmmmm...
95% of every server reached rank (ooops level) 50 before patch 1.18, and except for "animation lock", there's never been endgame content. Seriously: this game is so empty and we're gonna pay for it! I'll pay because 2.0 seems gorgeous, but what are we gonna do in the meantime? Nothing challenging! And the fact that the so called "endgame" can be done with Christmas outfit or NAKED, it's ridicolous talking about everything in this game (equip, stats, tactics, contents...).

[DeadRiser]

I think it was a good thing for the first time... now I really don't want to keep doing it.