Why Hamlet still not available yet?

[BobbinT]

I remember news about discontinued Achievement back then:

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...0c9127bfe4e624

It didn't mention Hamlet's being removed at all.

So why it still hasn't existed yet?

I admit that it did invites some dramas over the loot back then which is heavily related to relic quest, but let's face it: it was one of great content where all Disciples can participates. Even DoH/DoL play very important key here.

Now that many of players had their DoH/DoL capped, at least I would really love to see this happening again.

[Shirai]

Because it will probably come back at some point but like the rest of the game, has to be completely redesigned and reprogrammed.

This takes some time and probably has less priority over other content.

[ToraoKoga]

Maybe in next patch? What are hamlets anyway?

[Antanias]

Maybe in next patch? What are hamlets anyway?

What you know as Hyrstmill, Aleport, and Golden Bazaar in 2.0 were also hamlets in 1.22 that were occasionally attacked by beastmen. You were given 50 hours to supply the hamlets and raise their ranks in order to try for better rewards. Afterwards, there would be a 25 hour battle phase where you could take a party of 8 and help ward off beastmen while protecting four supply carts.

This content dropped seals that were required for the 1.0 relic quest. You could guarantee yourself a seal drop, but you had to camp the hamlet and turn in loads of items only to be outdone by that one other person in the final minutes of the supply phase.

[Rin_Azel]

What you know as Hyrstmill, Aleport, and Golden Bazaar in 2.0 were also hamlets in 1.22 that were occasionally attacked by beastmen. You were given 50 hours to supply the hamlets and raise their ranks in order to try for better rewards. Afterwards, there would be a 25 hour battle phase where you could take a party of 8 and help ward off beastmen while protecting four supply carts.

This content dropped seals that were required for the 1.0 relic quest. You could guarantee yourself a seal drop, but you had to camp the hamlet and turn in loads of items only to be outdone by that one other person in the final minutes of the supply phase.

That sounds amazing, hopefully it will return.

[Felis]

What are hamlets anyway?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi9NlNB8t5M

Hamlet defence was interesting, if you did it as a DoL

[BobbinT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi9NlNB8t5M

Hamlet defence was interesting, if you did it as a DoL

Oh wow!

Watching it all over again reminds me how I miss these. Thx alot! ^^

BTW, Hyrstmill are the easiest Hamlet. Aleport on the other hand, was a nightmare, especially since mobs threw bombs alot.

Also... this reminds me how healer jobs are kinda the busiest amongst others. Have to run and check each line of defenses, making sure they're not in danger, keeping their protect/stoneskin always on.

And the 2nd half are even more worse since beastmen starts attacking supply NPC instead of the defensive lines. Might even take all healers available to pool their healings to that npc since they can die fast, while either DoH/DoL had to act really fast resetting mob focus by making consecutive same buff/debuff, as you can see on that video, the 3 row icons on top-left corners. If there's a bit slack on DoH/DoL, healers will ran out of MP and each supply NPC will go down one by one, making duty considered failed.

And when all forces taken down, DoW/DoM need to haste to locate the final special mob, which is the zombie mage, since they score loads of points. (there's actually 3 special mobs that appear during the course of hamlet, which needs to be identified and taken care properly or risk losing huge bonus points)

Ah... those were the days...

[Ryuko]

I always assumed Hamlets (the activity) were discontinued and gone forever. They were an integral part of the relic quest, and possibly the most time-consuming part unless you were REALLY lucky. Basically, they functioned as a time sink for 1.0 players as the devs began working on ARR and wanted to keep us occupied. The drops that weren't part of the prerequisites for the relic quest are now craftable, but they used to be pretty rare drops from the Hamlets. I do hope they'll reintroduce something LIKE Hamlets, but I doubt it will be the same. It will probably drop different things and reward you in a different way. I'm not sure if any of you have noticed, but some of the Hamlet music has been used for certain FATEs in ARR. Unfortunately, I don't recall which ones... but it was nice to hear the old music again.

[Zumi]

Was a time sink for 1.0. 25 min fight for about a 50% drop you needed 9 drops, if you had a set group thats 81 drops so yea that took forever to do just to even get past the first part of the relic quest.

[rabbitzero]

Was a time sink for 1.0. 25 min fight for about a 50% drop you needed 9 drops, if you had a set group thats 81 drops so yea that took forever to do just to even get past the first part of the relic quest.

And with that, you can see why they will probably never come back in. Design direction has changed from this, for the better i feel.

I would also ask you refrain from starting sentences with conjunctives such as "and".

And... nope!