Golden Saucer Experience....

[MeiUshu]

from what I experienced, I manage a load of draws. and win a loads of cards Moogle and Ixal that obviously I cant use. I didnt see yet any other card then 1*..maybe will get lucky, I still believe I dont get it..but is not important. I was waiting for the T2 coil 3h...never got to enter in that DF.. so was a good distraction. Like all RNG and more so in a *casino* type of thing....you know you go there to lose...lol

Mei

[sayafrost]

I kept getting lost, I run around like a headless chicken - most fantastic was when I was searching for the lift attendant to go to the choco-races, and i kept passing near it, and I didn't see it because to many people. I got scared and left... today I will try to do it again. I mean it's fantastic, but i can't even manage to arrive to npcs because so many people °_° i panicked and left. I want to play everything!!! Today after work I shall try

[Eye_Gore]

Walked in, did the first couple quest thingies. Cashed in some Gil for 500 MGP. Played the lottery thing, got 36 MGP. Attuned to the main aetheryte and got the heck out of there. Was like one long S rank fight. Atleast Mor Dhona is a lot smoother now. I'll probably wait for the hype to die down before going back.

[Obysuca]

>_> I hope at some point they add something so it's easier to tell if something is upstairs or down, because atm, it all looks like one floor

[Lemuria]

First day at the saucer, won 10,000 MGP from a cactpot scratchcard, played endless games of Triple Triad and got involved in most, if not all, Gate events. I punched Gilgamesh in the nose, picked up a toy at the moogles claw, threw bombs in the hoops and tested my strength. I also tried my hand at chocobo racing... apparently I suck.

Still, for a first experience I think it was a roaring success. Perhaps could do with a few more minigames, and the Gate events aren't always so easy to do... especially when you're supposed to identify someone who's hidden by players! The dance event could do with some better explanations as well.

But first impressions count, and I was suitably impressed.

[Krr]

Still, for a first experience I think it was a roaring success. Perhaps could do with a few more minigames, and the Gate events aren't always so easy to do... especially when you're supposed to identify someone who's hidden by players!

Psst. If you talk to that guy, he gives you the option to examine him more closely. You actually need this for any reasonable chance at success; all the other Adventurers look almost exactly like him except for minor differences, save the 'correct' one.

Like we're talking children's activity book "find the differences between the two pictures"-tier BS.

[MeiUshu]

I have had countless draws....announced as such and more then I can say...ex-aequo is a draw really. At one point I even had a draw with me having 6 on the floor.

Mei

[CodeCass]

I absolutely loved every minute of my time in GS. Finally got the hang of TT, and was able to snag the Bahamut card on my 3rd win from the King. I loved the atmosphere and the amount of people that were there last night! Going to try my hand at chocobo racing tonight and maybe try a GATE. As Yutsimaki said, this place is full of dark temptations....and I'm loving every bit of it. I think the trick to this is going to be remembering to do content other than hanging out at the GS and playing TT.

[Battlewrench]

I'm not a fan other than the chocobo racing. Even that gets kinda w.e if you spam it. DAT mgp grind doh.

[BreathlessTao]

Eh... I really don't know. It's getting to be like PvP for me: been there, tried it, done a bit - not really gonna go back, probably.

I can see it being fun for people who have their everything maxed out and all geared up, I can see them getting bored with not having anything to do. It would be fun while queueing for duty, especially with nigh everything having an AWT of "more than 30m" lately - the lack of a forfeit/resign option in both race and TT though kinda defeats that purpose (an incredibly shortsightedness that's probably gonna get fixed sooner or later though). The GATEs, why, the place is so crowded pretty much all day that I can barely even spot the NPC I need to click on, nevermind being able to actually click on them - and even then, what's up with having it purely random based (hello Typhon)? Thought we have the cactpots for that. Triple Triad, well, yes, I was happy about those... but the incredibly low drop rate of cards, together with the fact that NPCs are pretty much exempt from the rules we have to play by (look at those decks), well that's just BS. And as for chocobo racing, I already said in another thread, is just way too weird for me with its control issues (and then what others are reporting with the chest drops and such, at least "interesting"). Add to all that the mostly ridiculous prices for most everything in there (some even beyond ridiculous, I'm looking at you, Fenrir mount); and on a sidenote, also the fact that guys are shafted when it comes to outfits - as well as certain jobs are when it comes to weapons (~the lack thereof)........

I'm at the point of "ain't nobody got time for that". I'm a simple commoner, I know, but I'm probably not alone - I can't play 24/7, and in the time I do have to play, I have better things to do. The fun factor is there, or at the very least, the possibility, indeed. However, where I am now personally, and as it is right now... More a turn-off than a new source of excitement.