Instanced Raids Unveiled!

[Bayohne]

Greetings, everyone. There have been a lot of discussion revolving around the upcoming instanced raids and as such, a lot of comments and questions popping up. Yoshida made a very lengthy reply to the topic recently, so I'd like to share it with all of you.

I believe it is as you all have pointed out. You all have the right to choose.
Honestly, I think the amount of instanced dungeons and instanced raids are severely lacking in number. It's pretty much the same as taking the baton and running with it from an abnormal state of there being no quests at all. I'm not saying that I want you all to sympathize.

I believe it was necessary to have at least 4 instanced dungeons for leveling and about 3 raid dungeons for rank 50 players prepared at the time of launch. I think that in that case it would be natural that there would have been a choice of content depending on the player's needs, but currently that choice has not been made available to you all. However, as long as operation continues, taking the first steps toward change is necessary. While ideally we will be prepping the necessary numbers, compiling, and then implementing them, just as I have mentioned numerous times, the fact that it will take so long really sucks. I really want to hurry up and break through this state of nothing.

We will continue to implement raids and instanced dungeons from now on, so this is by no means the end. Raid dungeons are not the entire focus when it comes to upcoming content; I think it is just an all-inclusive term for something that should be present in numbers, so please don't think of the first installment of raid dungeons coming in 1.18 as simply a replacement for guildleves.

The reason why there are various limitations is due to the problems with instance occupation and content occupation. I have every intention of wanting to avoid making people wait in line for instances that are occupied by parties that do not meet the number of members or rank to be able to clear a dungeon.

Try playing it and if there are a lot of people saying they want to try the battles with smaller groups of people, it won't be too hard to ease up on dungeon-related requirements. I will be keeping an eye on everyone's comments and if necessary I will implement a mini-patch to ease up on the restrictions.

[Victor]

"However, as long as operation continues, taking the first steps toward change is necessary. "

Is this to imply that Yoshi is in doubt about the continuance of operation?

[Jibe]

"However, as long as operation continues, taking the first steps toward change is necessary. "

Is this to imply that Yoshi is in doubt about the continuance of operation?

This, indeed, has me worried as well. Ominous sounding.

[Rentahamster]

"However, as long as operation continues, taking the first steps toward change is necessary. "

Is this to imply that Yoshi is in doubt about the continuance of operation?

No, it's just a way of saying, "while we are working on this game". The phrase, as directly translated from JPN to ENG, just sounds more "ominous" in English.

If you read the original Japanese post, the tone is serious and full of resolve, so don't worry.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...894#post211894

[Victor]

No, it's just a way of saying, "while we are working on this game". The phrase, as directly translated from JPN to ENG, just sounds more "ominous" in English.

If you read the original Japanese post, the tone is serious and full of resolve, so don't worry.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...894#post211894

That's good to hear, thanks.

[Davorok]

"However, as long as operation continues, taking the first steps toward change is necessary. "

Is this to imply that Yoshi is in doubt about the continuance of operation?

No, it's just a way of saying, "while we are working on this game". The phrase, as directly translated from JPN to ENG, just sounds more "ominous" in English.

Perhaps he meant, "If the servers remain Live while we work on it, we will continue to work in incremental patches, if the servers were to be taken down for a time, we would add large scale content in larger chunks."

I know that's a stretch even for my prognostication skillz, but taken on the whole, he may have meant this.

Originally Posted by Naoki_Yoshida
While ideally we will be prepping the necessary numbers, compiling, and then implementing them, just as I have mentioned numerous times, the fact that it will take so long really sucks. I really want to hurry up and break through this state of nothing.

[Rentahamster]

Perhaps he meant, "If the servers remain Live while we work on it, we will continue to work in incremental patches, if the servers were to be taken down for a time, we would add large scale content in larger chunks."

There isn't anything in the English or Japanese post that implies that.

[Lienn]

Greetings, everyone. There have been a lot of discussion revolving around the upcoming instanced raids and as such, a lot of comments and questions popping up. Yoshida made a very lengthy reply to the topic recently, so I'd like to share it with all of you.

Nice words of Yoshida. However, there is no way of these dungeons not being evaluated as a "complete" set of content. But i do believe that, since 1.18 might be adding lots of stuff, the best would be wait until first batch of balancing at 1.19 before start bashing the new content and changes.

So...(i'm sorry. i'm busy now) (Standing by.)

[TirionCrey]

The reason why there are various limitations is due to the problems with instance occupation and content occupation. I have every intention of wanting to avoid making people wait in line for instances that are occupied by parties that do not meet the number of members or rank to be able to clear a dungeon.

Please don't tell me instances can only be entered by one group at a time?...Please don't...just don't...

[DurtiMonkeyToe]

Please don't tell me instances can only be entered by one group at a time?...Please don't...just don't...

These are strictly Dungeons, meant partially for leveling up, so yes only one group of 4 or 8 can enter the dungeons at once. These aren't meant to be endgame content that requires an alliance of 4 parties to beat.