Yo-Kai Event: BLU Major Griefing Problem

[WinglessSeraphim]

was out today and saw the trains of rude players in game this is nothing new and has nothing to do with blues jobs it has to do with bad self centered players who put their needs above other players.

Exactly. I would create PFs, and shout every time that I made one. I had one person shout back that I stole his golden something and another person shout that I should just follow where everyone is going. No one wanted to team up. It was like some sort of competition on who could finish this event first.

[LianaThorne]

Hey! We aren't a ghost town. Materia is intimate and cozy, where everyone knows someone that knows someone. We are just sleeping or working, during NA hours.

Point being, it might be less hectic for NA players to get their progress in Materia if it's during your off hours.

Side note I recently revived my Materia alt and even during off hours, still has been a chill place to be in. Looking forward to making it into my 2nd home.

[LianaThorne]

Exactly. I would create PFs, and shout every time that I made one. I had one person shout back that I stole his golden something and another person shout that I should just follow where everyone is going. No one wanted to team up. It was like some sort of competition on who could finish this event first.

A thought:

Are we so starved for new content that the "new content" (i.e. Yokai rerun) is making everyone feel like they need to rush and absorb it all as soon as possible?

I don't remember this being as big of a deal in ShB's rerun, yeah you had BLUs but you were still able to get your FATEs done. I gave up after a few days not because I couldn't do FATEs but because the event was so dull. XD

So what is the difference between now and then?

[tsuchii]

I travelled to OCE/Materia on my BLU and had entire maps to myself. LOL

[Tint]

A thought:

Are we so starved for new content that the "new content" (i.e. Yokai rerun) is making everyone feel like they need to rush and absorb it all as soon as possible?

I don't remember this being as big of a deal in ShB's rerun, yeah you had BLUs but you were still able to get your FATEs done. I gave up after a few days not because I couldn't do FATEs but because the event was so dull. XD

So what is the difference between now and then?

The difference is that the Gold Saucer event and Moogle Tomes are right around the corner. So yes, there is a good reason to rush the Yo-kai event or you get into the situation where you have to grind more than one event at a time.

[LianaThorne]

The difference is that the Gold Saucer event and Moogle Tomes are right around the corner. So yes, there is a good reason to rush the Yo-kai event or you get into the situation where you have to grind more than one event at a time.

Didn't people ask for a more packed event schedule though? I find it a bit sad that it's turning into people trampling each other because FOMO.

[Aidorouge]

It's even moreso a problem for new players than for veterans. I see them complain about it all the time and they're right to do so. They don't have the level or access to higher levels of BLU builds and spells to align themselves on other players. Even when they have unlocked mount flight, they still arrive on site after the fates are done.

The other problem is that fundamentally people using BLU are only doing it out of laziness and not effectiveness, because it still takes time for FATEs to respawn anyway so everybody sits twiddling their thumbs for minutes between spawns no matter the job used.

Oh yeah, definitely, I can't begin to imagine how this must look and feel to newer players, of which we just got a notable influx due to the Xbox thing. It's rather ironic even that some people were doomposting that letting Xbox players in would "bring toxicity" that they claim didn't exist before, and yet... it's longtime established players on their Blue Mage that are acting poorly right now.

And I don't know if it's effective or not, but I've been trying to do the FATEs as DPS because it means I often *can't* just spam an AOE to slaughter everything before anyone else can tag anything due to syncing taking away said AOE skills, or how the single boss mobs take awhile to chew through in the rare times I end up doing those kind of FATEs with no Blue Mage in sight or their spells fail to nuke the boss (and I guess have a long cooldown so they can't spam it? I'm not entirely sure what all spells Blue Mages are even using).

[LianaThorne]

Oh yeah, definitely, I can't begin to imagine how this must look and feel to newer players, of which we just got a notable influx due to the Xbox thing. It's rather ironic even that some people were doomposting that letting Xbox players in would "bring toxicity" that they claim didn't exist before, and yet... it's longtime established players on their Blue Mage that are acting poorly right now.

And I don't know if it's effective or not, but I've been trying to do the FATEs as DPS because it means I often *can't* just spam an AOE to slaughter everything before anyone else can tag anything due to syncing taking away said AOE skills, or how the single boss mobs take awhile to chew through in the rare times I end up doing those kind of FATEs with no Blue Mage in sight or their spells fail to nuke the boss (and I guess have a long cooldown so they can't spam it? I'm not entirely sure what all spells Blue Mages are even using).

Best thing to do is roll as a tank cause all you need to do is smack everything once and you'll get full credit w/ stance on. Let the other people around you burn it down while you get punched. ^_^

[Tint]

Didn't people ask for a more packed event schedule though? I find it a bit sad that it's turning into people trampling each other because FOMO.

I personally think it is badly planned out anyway.

We have two newbies in the FC who still have to complete the story. But now they basically have to grind Yo-kai, because the don't have any of the rewards. Then grind the Gold Saucer, because they don't have any of the rewards. And then grind the Moogle Tomes, because they don't have any of the rewards.
When are they going to complete the story?

Meanwhile I myself have all the Yo-kai weapons and mounts, have everything you can buy for MGP (and my MGP are also capped) and there is most likely nothing in the upcoming Moogle Treasure Trove I am missing.

So I have nothing to do - and they have to work overtime.

[CelestiCer]

First Yo-Kai event for me i.e started with zero Yo-Kai items while using Samurai. Farmed on Dynamis / Aether mostly alone cause I randomly afk to much to join parties. After " 4 days " I was completely finished obtaining all Minions/Weapons/Mounts/Achievements. Droprate on legendary medals not being guaranteed can feel bad and that's kinda it for me. The amount of cooperative players I met simply outweighs the griefing once for me to care about them.

Bluemages are purposefully made imbalanced. So anywhere I see a Bluemage being allowed? I expect x to be imbalanced. In this case? Griefing Bluemages will probably negatively impact new / inexperienced players the most cause some players can't help but want to parse/ optimize... a Yo-Kai event at the cost of other players enjoyment =u=;

What would be a huge improvement and what I still wish for? is a " Auto-Level-Sync Toggle Feature " so players don't need to constantly press Level-Sync when they enter a Fate. This would also improve any Future event or activity revolving around Fate farming.

I am done with the event. Wish you all goodluck if you're stil going, mhm.