Patch notes up and no adjustment to Alexandrite acquisition/Hunts

[LeeraSorlan]

Where is the complaint?

I'm asking why they made it ---->more<------ time consuming than the --->previous<------ patches.

if you are wondering where in your post you are complaining, then im going to ask you to please read your entire post...if you still cannot find where you are complaining at, then good luck to you.have a wonderful day

[Daniolaut]

if you are wondering where in your post you are complaining, then im going to ask you to please read your entire post...if you still cannot find where you are complaining at, then good luck to you.have a wonderful day

Ah i see, the part about being a dps and having dps queues. Excuse me for thinking about new players and putting how they might feel trying to obtain grade IV materia for their relics.

(if you must know i'm 50 both PLD and WAR of which are my mains actually thus when i need into a dungeon i get in instantly. Not everyone has that option though.)

[Levis]

Ah i see, the part about being a dps and having dps queues. Excuse me for thinking about new players and putting how they might feel trying to obtain grade IV materia for their relics.

(if you must know i'm 50 both PLD and WAR of which are my mains actually thus when i need into a dungeon i get in instantly. Not everyone has that option though.)

Who said you "have" to dungeons to get grade 4 materia? You can easily SB outside of dungeons and get all required materia without waiting for ques...

[XiXiQ]

I'm with the OP. The bar on Alex keeps rising - the quest should now be high roulette so the dungeons/time spent remains the same, the cost of buying in seals should have been lowered to match the lower seal rewards from hunts. You don't create a 2-3 month quest, then keep on raising (and lowering) the bar for it. It should be consistent.

[Daniolaut]

It should be consistent.

^ this.
/10char

[Danbo05]

Its 2.41. Settle down. Maybe by 2.45 you have a valid argument, but its only 2.41.

[TheodoreMcIntyre]

Its 2.41. Settle down. Maybe by 2.45 you have a valid argument, but its only 2.41.

It wouldn't matter if it was 2.4.0.0.0.1, previous content shouldn't be rendered more difficult as progression continues and it is rendered invalid and should be nerfed. This has been something of a disturbing trend on SE's part where previous content, such as the acquisition of i90 gear, gathering Alexandrite, crafting, hunts and the like being made much more difficult because it wasn't properly adjusted to compensate for new content. It's basic game design. The effort should be commensurate to the reward. The reward, in this case the Novus, has been rendered less valuable now that weapons of similar stats have been put in and are attainable with much less effort, and the effort to get this slightly-less-worth-it reward has increased.

[Daniolaut]

It wouldn't matter if it was 2.4.0.0.0.1, previous content shouldn't be rendered more difficult as progression continues and it is rendered invalid and should be nerfed. This has been something of a disturbing trend on SE's part where previous content, such as the acquisition of i90 gear, gathering Alexandrite, crafting, hunts and the like being made much more difficult because it wasn't properly adjusted to compensate for new content. It's basic game design. The effort should be commensurate to the reward. The reward, in this case the Novus, has been rendered less valuable now that weapons of similar stats have been put in and are attainable with much less effort, and the effort to get this slightly-less-worth-it reward has increased.

Very accurate. Hopefully this thread will get noticed before 2.45. Or if not this thread then at least this topic.

[NationOfZealots]

So the "constantly monitoring" of players' progression by SE doesn't make sense.

Patch 2.4 they obviously want everyone to catch up, but not catch up too quick. I see this as a great divide IMO particularly on my server that is Legacy, because Legacy typically means end-game focused, so while those of us had really bad luck getting any Atma weapon pre-2.4 we are going to be even further behind if we manage to even get an Animus/Novus before expan$ion (I still don't know which comes first) because everyone else is on the higher tiers.

How am I supposed to focus on Alexandrites when the rest of my FC are focused on i130/i135 and I am still on an Atma weapon? Do I have to solo grind to a Animus/Novus/Nexus etc? The i110 weapon grind for a Sands Of Time was awful and is not enjoyable.

[ServerCollaps]

I didnt write increased droprate, I wrote increased conditions

you can get alexandrite by wearing novus and probably nexus weapons too, now