2.28, 2.3, and 2.4 - Opinions?

[Leira_Raine]

Now that I am caught up with writing the articles related to FFXIV, now is the time to ask for opinions for the next article. The next article will involve the patches 2.28, 2.3, and 2.4. Some questions to consider answering,

How would you rate patch 2.28? What do you like most about it? What do you like least about it? Are there any changes you would like to have reverted? How is Novus treating you?

What are you looking forward to most in 2.3? What do you think of the gear that is previewed? What are your thoughts on the trailer? The hunts? What monsters would you like to see in future hunts? How excited are you for CT2? What about chocobo raising? Do you have plans to participate in it? Private rooms, do you want? Do you have any secret parties planned in your room?

2.4. Ninja. Rogue. Discuss. What about the Eternal Bonding system? Do you have any speculations as to what will be included in the patch? Looking forward to Shiva?

I look forward to your responses, everyone!

[Gelesto]

The roulette changes in 2.28 have really helped my lazy mates get the mythology they needed for their animus now that I drag them to do the roulettes each day. I like the Novus line, gave a use for Materia/Gil and the daily quest gives you a steady flow of alexandrites which is always better than a % chance of obtaining one.

2.3 Has so much being brought in i will be like a little kid at Christmas time, looking forward to gearing alts in CT2, Chocobo raising (colour choice? yes please!) Daily/Weekly Hunt providing more ALexandrite and sand/oil of time, Item desynthesis (finally my hoarding pays off) and so much more. As i was watching the trailer i was excited about everything i saw really looking forward to it

2.4 Rogue/Ninja love that new class/job is being introduced in a patch rather than expansion, gives me hope for more of the classic Final Fantasy jobs. A special mount for partaking in an Eternal Bond now all i have to do is find that special someone to bond with (could take a while i'm quite demanding lol). Shiva, what can I say one of the most well known summons in Final Fantasy history so looking forward to her story

all in all I love the way this game is going and can't wait for more installments

[Altimis]

The most interested me in 2.3 is Jobs balance

I looking forward to how SE gonna nerf or buff DPS (Hopefully not just nerf)

However, still no clue how they gonna roll out yet

[Lemuria]

I love the new quests, but I hate virtually everything related to the zodiac weapons. It's like they intentionally designed it to not only be unpleasant, but as mind-numbingly grindy as possible purely to satisfy a minority of players who enjoy doing the same 2 actions for the entire duration of their play time.

2.3, I'm most interested in the continuation of the story missions and more Hildebrand. Frontlines is really a non-event as far as I'm concerned since no amount of window dressing can fix the critical issues plaguing PvP.

2.4, Rogue... gimme. Granted everyone and their mothers will be playing this class, but who am I to fight the tide? I'm just as excited about this new class as I was when I first stepped into Eorzea, so it'll be interesting to see if it lives up to expectations.

[Radacci]

I Like Novus...but....dat Materia thing....uh-uh.
2.28 had lots of QoL stuff, which is nice.

Sightseeing thing was a big disappointment. Like a FC member said: you kind of need the stars to align. it would have been ok, if you didn't have to jump up on stupid places, and stand around for hours, doing nothing, and waiting for the right weather.

PVP stuff....great to be able to use all skills, kind of bleh, that you're restricted to how many pvp skills you can use, as with cross-class skills. Would need to remove them every time you wanna swap around jobs; but still better than before.

gear preview=nice
save *show helm on/off* to gear-sets=nice
teleport from map=nice
FATE progress on map=nice
saved poses=nice

nothing that i disliked...

Most of the stuff from 2.3 trailers, look nice. and hopefully there's plenty more QoL stuff.
I'm kind of dreading all the new vanity sets also...already full inv/retainers QQ.
Hopefully hunts are a bit more like Map-Chimera, where you NEED to have a pt. If you can solo hunts, it would suck...but i'm sure there's some low-end marks, that you can solo, and that's fine i guess; but i hope there's plenty of 8-man Hunts.

For 2.4 they might remove 2nd coil lock-out, and add echo? and then in 2.5, add 3rd coil.
I think XIV iteration of Shiva...looks a bit bland...i like FFX Shiva, the most. But either way, we're getting new zones also? so that's nice anyway.
more story.
I'll rush-cap Ninja! and....i was planning to make Novus for it, but dunno...seems to bothersome, since i can just buy sol wep, and get sand from CT, and voila, 110 wep. By that time i might already have T9 on farm too, so both sol and novus, will be kind of meh. And if they remove coil-lock, can just farm for HA stuff.

[Orophin]

2.28 was a great overall QoL patch. Self-repairing past 100% was probably single-handedly the best change for that patch. I can't think of anything offhand I disliked about it. I JUST got my Novus quest last night. I'm in no particular rush to get it done since I already have an i110 weapon and my group is getting closer to getting T9 down, and I feel I'll get the High Allagan weapon before I get a Novus. I'll still do my daily Expert just to accumulate the Alexandrite and work on it at my own pace, same as I've treated the Atma and Animus.

2.3 has me really excited. Probably looking forward most to the continued main story and Crystal Tower story arcs. I feel like the main story is really about to get rolling now, and I hope with CT we learn a bit more about the Allagan civilization. All the other little extra stuff is nice too: chocobo raising, desynthesis, (this one is particularly intriguing) the Hunts, (look forward to doing these with FC members) and the Ixal beast quests. I plan to try out Frontline as well, and may consider a GC change if necessary to group up with friends while doing it.

I think I'm going to forego the private rooms and just wait for personal housing to be released. They said at E3 that they plan to release it before 2.4 so it should only be a couple months at most after 2.3 launches that we should hopefully have that option. I don't want to decorate a room with rare items only to have to remake them again when I get my own pad.

2.4. We still don't have much info on this. We know there will be a main story continuation and new Coil story. Maybe Shiva will make her appearance? Definitely going to try out Rogue/Ninja since I've already maxed out my levels on my other classes, so it will be fun to learn a new class.

[Leira_Raine]

Thanks so far for the opinions, all of them are pretty different. Looking forward to including them

[Nep_Nep]

2.3: Hidibrand, Ramuh, Crystal Tower and more Story
2.4: Rouge Ninja and possibly Shiva. Shiva's coming in 2.4 right?

I'm really just interested in the story. Anything else is just a bonus for me. Oh and Hidibrand. I can't wait for that to continue.

[Urielparadox]

How would you rate patch 2.28? 1/10 - it would have better use of time to just get 2.3 out faster.
What do you like most about it? The only thing added new was the alex maps, which are fun.
What do you like least about it? Stated in an earlier interview that Novus wasn't supposed to revolve around myth/fates, and in 2.8 it does
Are there any changes you would like to have reverted? No Alex from fates
How is Novus treating you? what novus I have done over 300 fates and 0 alex while others have done 300 fates with 10+ alex... until this week I was farming 1.2k myth a day but it's the same things since patch 2.2(really 2.1 if the older dungeons dropped enough myth to be worth doing)

What are you looking forward to most in 2.3? CT for story, Hunts I am looking forward to a heck of a lot.
What do you think of the gear that is previewed? a cool looking glamour set if you are a fan of ff3; the gear they glanced in the videos but didn't really show off look really good though.
What are your thoughts on the trailer? Well built kudos to who put it together.
The hunts? What monsters would you like to see in future hunts? Super excited for this, loved it in 12, and 11.
How excited are you for CT2? Excited for the dungeon as it looks challenging and fun, but not excited for the rewards being targeted only for a select few players.
What about chocobo raising? Do you have plans to participate in it? Heck yes I raised a 7th generation in choco in 11 before they updated and made it easy.
Private rooms, do you want? Do you have any secret parties planned in your room? My personal preference(which doesn't matter) is for a private house, however I know many players will do amazing things with these rooms and I can't wait to see what they do so I am still excited for it.

2.4. Ninja. Rogue. Discuss. What about the Eternal Bonding system? Super excited hopefully it will help fix dungeon que time since on my server ranged dps have an average, average wait time of 15+min. while physical dps have an average, average wait time of less then 5 min. I know i'll being playing ninja at first.
Do you have any speculations as to what will be included in the patch? Looking forward to Shiva? looking forward to shiva, 2.4 will see more content then 2.2 and with the new systems being added in 2.3 it will be easier for them to add more content then it was in the past so 2.3 should really help future patches be much stronger in providing things to do. I'm excited for it.

[WingsofWar]

nobody mentioned the best thing to happen with 2.28,.... "auto skip Cut-scene function"