Ishgard Firmament- Didn't get to Participate

[Ultimatecalibur]

But i gotta say, it was rly short. I didnt expect it to take till 5.2 but at least a few more weeks would have been nice.

The way Francel talks about things the next stage may be as early as 5.15 (and take much likely longer to complete) and the stages of the Restoration may be phased by quests similar to the Doman Enclave.

Phase 1 of the Restoration was in effect an "Open Beta" of the system to test it before the real heart of the event gets released.

[Gula]

the main way to participate in the restoration are clearly the turn-ins, and not the fates though. Especially now that all currently available phases are completed.
sure, one lvl in exp and the 500 scrips are a nice bonus if you are still leveling, but pretty irrelevant once you hit 80 on your crafters

B-b-but I wanna do the thing that takes less than 2 minutes with everyone else!

People have blown the FATE entirely out of proportion for what it is.

That sheep FATE in the Steppe? Do that for literally the same type of experience. There is nothing special but the 500 scrips for rewards that can be bought on the MB. Change 500 scrips to 100 and I'm sure World Visit problem wouldn't even have come up.

You do not craft, you do not gather. At best you get a level as a crafter. Something you can get from a HQ Grand Company Turn in.

[AngelCheese77]

But was it fun?

About as fun as clicking a mouse button 3 times then doing again.

That's what bugs me. There should have been crafting with the FATE. Like ... all that suff stockpiled up, crafters would choose them from piles to make something else, still in line with the level of crafter they are. I think that would make it more crafter focused.

[AngelCheese77]

This yeah... im sad i missed almost all part two fates, only for the final one i was lucky as without wanderers it took till 1am or smt to do the first fate and i just got up on saturday to do the 2nd fate at 9am. I delivered at least 200+ lv 80 items there (got the Goldsmith archivment for the lv 71-80 stuff lol) and while i know many delivered way more, its till far from leeching. Im already done leveling crafters since long before 5.1 and while its nice to get the free tokens, to me its more about being there and part of it, as it already bugs me ive missed mor dhona and the first part of Iddleshire...

But i gotta say, it was rly short. I didnt expect it to take till 5.2 but at least a few more weeks would have been nice.

And that was what I was afraid of when I first heard about how they were doing this. There is no "capping" on how much players can put in a day, so there are players who can just sit there and craft. Not saying that is bad in any way, but devs just gotta keep that in mind when making certain events.

[Archaell]

Hopefully this patch was supposed to estimate said speed of crafting for the future stages so that those can last much longer.

[Alucard135]

Change 500 scrips to 100 and I'm sure World Visit problem wouldn't even have come up.

True. Between leveling crafters/gatherers and 500scrips+1 level worth of EXP in 3min, people would choose the path of least resistance (i.e. highest reward/effort ratio).

[Gula]

True. Between leveling crafters/gatherers and 500scrips+1 level worth of EXP in 3min, people would choose the path of least resistance (i.e. highest reward/effort ratio).

Hopefully the next patch tier will have more crafting involvement in the fate itself, otherwise you could do 5 (I think?) lv80 turn ins for the same amount of rewards and take about the same time if you have a reliable rotation.

[Rosenstrauch]

Hopefully the next patch tier will have more crafting involvement in the fate itself, otherwise you could do 5 (I think?) lv80 turn ins for the same amount of rewards and take about the same time if you have a reliable rotation.

At 58 scrips per item, it'd be 9. Still pretty easy, and you can do far more than that in just the time between the bar hitting 100% and the FATE actually spawning, let alone while contributing to filling the bar up to spawn the FATE.

[Harmonea]

B-b-but I wanna do the thing that takes less than 2 minutes with everyone else!

People have blown the FATE entirely out of proportion for what it is.

Your personal opinion of the event is not what anyone here is asking for. We just wanted to actually experience it for ourselves. To take part. To be there in the crowd doing the thing with everyone else, as you so derisively spit for some reason.

Let me ask you: is there any actual DOWNside to allowing the FATE to continue happening occasionally during the between-patch periods? No. And as you've said, the rewards aren't really stellar either, so... why not? It clearly wouldn't break or unbalance anything.

If you're going to claim denying others of an experience is suddenly NOT bad just because you personally have decided how you feel about it, you need to revise some of the other opinions you hold strongly.

[ChocoFeru]

Don't worry, it's just a FATE that gives you a little EXP and currency reward. You didn't miss anything special.