Mahjong is the most depressing mini game you've added to XIV

[Berethos]

What you lose are rating points with every match you end up being 3rd or 4th. And that is not a bug.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...ng/#anchor_004

Source on it not being a bug?

By their own site, you shouldn't lose any rating (and the playguide specifically mentions that it impacts rating, not ranking - "Ratings are affected as follows" is right there on the page before the image showing point gain/loss) when placing 3rd (ever), and only lose rating points when 4th at 2nd Kyu or higher in Novice or when placing 4th in Advanced.

Also worth noting that when I last gained Ranking points, I went up by 20 points...which isn't one of the numbers displayed on that chart.

So either it is a bug, or the lodestone playguide has the wrong information...

Which is why we're gonna need a source from you confirming it's working as intended, rather then continuing to attribute the confusion to players not understanding the difference between rank and rating when even the official word (as we currently have it) from SE on their website (which has been updated since they added Mahjong, most notably in the more robust descriptions of the various yaku) isn't accurately reflecting what is happening in game.

[Bacent]

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...ng/#anchor_004

Source on it not being a bug?

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Place-and-Rank - It's in accepted bugs

[Berethos]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Place-and-Rank - It's in accepted bugs

*Psst...I'm aware. That's my post.

I was more poking the bear in responding to the person I quoted, since I already knew it had shown up in Accepted Bugs and was wondering where they were getting their claim that it wasn't a bug.

[Bacent]

Sorry, was adding it to your post. My bad on wording and such

[Khalithar]

I can't figure this mahjong game out, it's impossible for me. I wish they'd just move the orchestrion to MGP. It's really frustrating as an orchestrion roll collector but I'm going to have to give up on ever getting this one.

[Aeliott]

I can't figure this mahjong game out, it's impossible for me. I wish they'd just move the orchestrion to MGP. It's really frustrating as an orchestrion roll collector but I'm going to have to give up on ever getting this one.

Tbh there's such a luck element you'll have moderate success just going for easy, cheap hands. Tanyao (hand only has #s 2-8) is a very easy hand to get, combine with Riichi if you don't chi/pon, and combined with the Dora tile / red 5s if possible is an easy way to score big. If someone calls Riichi or you suspect they are close to winning, and you're in a comfortable position, just discard tiles that person has already discarded, or that have been discarded by anyone since the call.

[Khalithar]

Tbh there's such a luck element you'll have moderate success just going for easy, cheap hands. Tanyao (hand only has #s 2-8) is a very easy hand to get, combine with Riichi if you don't chi/pon, and combined with the Dora tile / red 5s if possible is an easy way to score big. If someone calls Riichi or you suspect they are close to winning, and you're in a comfortable position, just discard tiles that person has already discarded, or that have been discarded by anyone since the call.

I have no idea what you just said or what any of that is.

[hynaku]

For me it is the mini cactpot. Just never see any good payouts in it.

[Bacent]

For me it is the mini cactpot. Just never see any good payouts in it.

This thread has nothing to do with the mini cactpot, it's solely about Mahjong.

[Dualgunner]

This thread has nothing to do with the mini cactpot, it's solely about Mahjong.

You can probably see why she thought this was a discussion on the most depressing minigame added to XIV, however. Since you went so far as to make your thread title a claim that Mahjong has that very title.