Cosmic Exploration is Bad

[Kuroka]

Was lazy due work and stuff... but finally finished the first tool today... dunno if im doing one more. by the time i could need it i can make better ones and the upgrade comes too late to be of any use for that patch lol

Towards the end it got less bad and progress felt nice, but it still was kinda... boring? Like would it hurt to get a few more fates? Some of the stuff sucked, i needed the finished tool to get gold and despite having done one fully, i still miss some missions.. idk how i never saw em lol

[hydralus]

Hey bud have you figured out what patience II and ambitious lure does yet?

[OMGJesuis66]

That's oddly impressive. I was with gear 580 (620 set from Endwalker + Spear) and I managed to get Gold on almost every quest except A. Not only that I was getting 4 levels minimum each 2h.

You accomplished something here.

[Misutoraru]

That's oddly impressive. I was with gear 580 (620 set from Endwalker + Spear) and I managed to get Gold on almost every quest except A. Not only that I was getting 4 levels minimum each 2h.

You accomplished something here.

B to A is a huge jump. Could easily get gold on EW purple script without any meld on B rank. I could barely get silver with DT orange script on A rank

[Misutoraru]

And people wonder why devs never listen and read forums.. yikes

At this stage of forum. Yeah, thank god they not taking this forum seriously. It is always a war zone between the two groups of players.

An in game survey would probably be the best method of gathering player feedbacks

[Arohk]

The things i think are really BAD:

Can't use Mounts.
Using Transportation closes the UI.
The UI is clunky to use and blocks the entire screen to start missions.
GP Regeneration is way too slow.

+it is really hard to read the quest text on the bright background of the zone.

[Misutoraru]

The things i think are really BAD:

Can't use Mounts.
Using Transportation closes the UI.
The UI is clunky to use and blocks the entire screen to start missions.
GP Regeneration is way too slow.

I am having GP issue with A rank gathering. To get gold I have full GP with a Cordial ready. Then 2-3 minute idle waiting for GP and Cordial CD.
The idling is not fun.

[ACE135]

Are you on dr*gs? I AM a casual player and I can NOT engage with Cosmic Exploration in its current state. It SUCKS because I can't use it to effectively level the one gatherer I actually like playing.

It shouldn't take my 2 days to get a level and a half in fisher because I fail at almost every mission repeatedly because they're only meant for omni-crafter/gatherers to actually do. That's not f*cking "casual", that's a hardcore Savage tier grind, and it sucks.

Serious question: If Fisher is the one (gatherer) class you actually like playing, why did it take you almost 10 months to level it from 90 to 96?

Besides that I have to admit that Fisher is the worst to do the missions with.

[Arohk]

I am having GP issue with A rank gathering. To get gold I have full GP with a Cordial ready. Then 2-3 minute idle waiting for GP and Cordial CD.
The idling is not fun.

there is no reason to only farm A ranks, get enough level IV point to upgrade your relic and then do B missions.

[fulminating]

I quite liked the fisher cosmic exploration things. Most of the timings were distinct enough to be able to blind th on gut and the small puzzle aspect was overall pretty approachable while clearly being intended for a specific combination of skills - the 18 caught fish one, overlap slaps with two types of bait feat. lures and so on. I ended up scribbling some timings down on a bit of paper for specific missions but really I expect there will be a community-made database circulating shortly.

I haven’t bothered with the crafters because my gear is abysmal, but the other two gatherers have largely been fine too. I think I missed something with one of the collectible ones, but since I still have 560 accessories it may well be a gear issue.

As a qol, it would be nice to have some form of gp reset, if only as compensation for erasing my angler’s art stacks upon completion. It seems unintentional to incentivise doing lower level missions, but even some of those are rather gp hungry.

Overall despite it not gripping me the way ishgard restoration did I’ve enjoyed it well enough and looking forward to the next instalment. It’s a bit harder to write a positive review and have it seem sincere.