Getting hit by others' enemy AoE while DoL gathering

[Tupsi]

That's fine with me too if they actually want to do that (it's another sort of change to FFXI they eventually made after a while and it certainly didn't cause the end of the world to happen there), but you're just ignorant of how the game works if you think anyone else needs the change as badly as DoLs do.

You're quick to throw the word ignorant around (sorry to burst your bubble but I love gathering, probably more than you do.) It's just the simple fact you take the risk of gathering near hostile monsters or getting hit by an area of effect skill, that in itself is working as intended. Interruptions does suck, but it's not ignorance other than not realizing if they do this change, they have to do the change universally or balance is skewed.

This includes to battle content as well. So no, don't twist my post into something it's not - no where did I say "x needs it more than y".

[Fynlar]

I personally think it is funny. Similar to turning a Morbol around during an S rank

It's only funny when you're the one without anything to lose from it.

[Limecat]

It's not usually an issue for me, but every time I go fishing at North Shards I end up having to /slap some people who don't pull the ogres away from the edge.

[Fynlar]

Thanks and I'm sorry for the mistake. You have rules for that, it's gameplay disruption, a thing that you can report to a GM if it's done on purpose, which is hard to determine. Even though your suggestion is nice, I don't know if they are going to implement it. Good luck with that.

That's the thing, it's easy for it to truly be accidental. But it's also easy for anyone to do it maliciously too. Which is why I feel like changes need to be made so that this can't happen at all.

They attempted to do this same sort of thing with regard to crafting in FFXI (in which having a beneficial effect cast upon you while crafting ruined your synth, and is another sort of thing that could easily happen accidentally or maliciously) by altering the system such that most beneficial effects casted upon you would simply just skip over you while crafting. From my understanding this is also why crafting was made allowable in the Mog House; it is one of the few areas in the game that is just for the individual player and no other players can enter (without permission), so it served as the safest potential place to craft.

Anyway, point is, they made something like that happen there, they could do it here. I doubt anything will happen right away, but the way I see it, the only suggestion that will definitely never be implemented is the one that's never suggested.

[Squa11_Leonhart]

Everyone plays by the same rules regardless of class or task at hand.

/Threadover

[Fynlar]

Everyone plays by the same rules regardless of class or task at hand.

/Threadover

Assuming your stance is that of maintaining of the status quo, then nope, I cannot agree, good sir

Thanks for the bump tho

[BobbinT]

Just a bit curious...

Where exactly are those areas that's really susceptible for getting interrupted by other player's attempts?

[Fynlar]

Just a bit curious...

Where exactly are those areas that's really susceptible for getting interrupted by other player's attempts?

Anywhere a node exists that's around enemies. Particularly so if they're enemies that aggro. Particularly more so if it's an area that other players frequently traverse. So... quite a lot of them. If it's an unspoiled, or mooch fishing? Potential waste of a whole lot of time when it happens, and I'm already up to numerous instances of this occuring in just the past few weeks. DoLs have no defense against this sort of thing other than hoping nobody will come by and aggro these things around them.

A frequent offender spot for me lately has been a spot someone above me already mentioned, North Shards for fishers. The path is not that wide and the hapalits tend to shoot off a big circle AoE as soon as someone runs by and inevitably aggros them, which can easily cover the whole width of the path.

[AsahinaMyLove]

D: But, butt...
Thats the only way to annoy(and sometimes kill) these friggin bots in our server!
especially that spiritbonding 5man-party, they got reported like 100x and yet still around, in the North Shrouds! <-<


And also!
Its pretty mean using a Morbol his stinky AoE atk to put other players in danger! Thats so...! D: <

[Kanzaki0]

Got killed at least 4 times near where the morbols are from the fishing quests the Ixal give out. Had to find a hiding spot away from high traffic areas.