Beastman Coins

[Physic]

Dude, tell the devs they ought to give the Beastcoins a purpose in acquiring Beastmen-specific resources. Like, say, components for armor. The storyline we see going on in the game is on a slant towards a possible City-State/Beastman alliance, so why not start with a trade alliance for players to take advantage of?

Things I could see being made possible would be the acquisition of rare metals and other resources, as well as refined materials that only one of each Beastman tribe can create.

Like, say...since the Ixali's patron is Garuda, that signifies wind. They could produce blades that have a highly imbued wind damage element to them that can only be bought with Beastcoins.

Honestly! I'm tired of hearing so much about aspects of the game where the developers have absolutely no clue as to their purpose. It's as if they just tossed it in on a whim! Rukkirii, pass this on to Tanaka, please: "If it has no purpose, DO NOT IMPLEMENT IT. It is absurd to be implementing something that has no purpose, just for the sake of fluff. That's a waste of man-hours that would have been better spent working on more tangible aspects of the game. No wonder you got demoted, old man!"

some of the old npc dialog and whatnot implied that kobolds had some special armor/smithing skills, and if you could trade/deal with them you could get some cool gears. i would have assumed beast man coins would be for things like that, similar to what you said, special recipes, maybe special ingredients, possibly access to special gathering nodes. Buuuuut looks like that probably wont happen.

edit: pass to tanaka? he probably had a plan for it, npc text implies some uses. Its just a case where it may not fit yoshidas overall plan, or he is unsure whether he wants to spend the resources implementing it.

[Wolfie]

Jesus christ what a joke.

[Dyne]

I would love to use them for crafting, like turn them into silver ingots or something.

[Sorel]

Rukkirii, pass this on to Tanaka, please: "If it has no purpose, DO NOT IMPLEMENT IT. It is absurd to be implementing something that has no purpose, just for the sake of fluff. That's a waste of man-hours that would have been better spent working on more tangible aspects of the game. No wonder you got demoted, old man!"

Rukkirii, I recommend that you do not pass that on to Hiromichi Tanaka. Not that it's necessarily incorrect, but if you feel your duty as a Community Representative compels you to do so ... pass this on to Naoki Yoshida instead.

[Rentahamster]

Wow, that sucks for the people who have been collecting them (me included). I've also been collecting aldgoat hides and hyena hides, and other useless items for the day when they'll finally be useful.

I wouldn't consider it a "slap in the face", however. I completely understand the risks involved. It's a calculation everyone has to weigh for themselves. Too bad if the gamble doesn't pay off.

Anyway, like a lot of other things in this game, just chalk it up to bad design. I mean really, why even bother putting certain items in the game database at all if they're not going to have any useful function? It makes it look like the game is unfinished.

Oh wait....

[Jynx]

Take them out then.

This type of stuff existed in XI sense time immemorial.

Doll Gizmo - http://www.ffxiah.com/item/1268/doll-gizmo

Cactuar Needle - http://www.ffxiah.com/item/916/cactuar-needle

Wether you want to collect a "Currently" useless item now or not is totally up to you. Personally I'm collecting them and my poor inventory will survive one way or the other. If your that hard up for space...sell the coins and stop crying about it.

[Illy]

Well then....that sucks but lets use this as a excuse to suggest to SE what we would like for them to be used for in the future.

I personally would like them to be used for things regarding the beastmen tribes. I don't care what really. I found it very annoying that coins in FFXI served little more purpose but to be a alternate way to make certain ingots(sure they had a few other uses here and there but not much)

The idea of trading with beastmen for exclusive armor and weapons you can only get through them is great. Perhaps have it so you can trade them for gil or trade them for shards, crystals or Clusters. I mean there are plenty of things they could be used for if they are actually used as a currency among the beastmen.

This is however something SE really needs to look at. The fact that there are so many items in the game that serve no purpose is quite stupid. They should either quickly start looking into things to be done with these items or remove them for the game as they serve no real purpose other then clogging up inventory space and being annoying.

[ObeiKinstar]

Lol, what else is there to say?

[TonyMontana]

Thanks SE for another terrible non decision. You guys really know how to suck the life out of things!

[Coombah]

why put them end the game if they serve no purpose ? give them a purpose!