Thread: 3.0 hopefully not tome-cap reloaded

i really DO hope that we will finally be able to play this game like a P2P game should be like. I really hate the feeling of banging my head against all these cap/lockout etc. walls. I wanna play, i don't wanna wait. I can't even grind (only maybe for gear that is outdated, which makes SOOO much sense, and the relic ofc).
All the caps and lockouts don't bring the ppl together. People don't play after they have their cap. Most content lasts 1 day to be facerolled... is that really it?

Im now back to where i was a few months ago. Log in, cap 450 - which is fast. then grind a bit for relic - which isnt fun - talk to ppl - which is the nicest aspect - then log off. FFXIV looks amazing. but doesnt deliver. It feels restricted like a F2P title. And some of them have less restricions even.

I have no clue why so many people defend the tome caps. It's just lazy design. Most new content is recycled way too much.
But great news! the monthly fee goes directly into the development of 3.0... which we will have to pay 50$ for! yey

My guess is Allagan Tomestones will be phased out and replaced with a new kind of currency that works pretty much the same way.

Originally Posted by Rufalus

My guess is Allagan Tomestones will be phased out and replaced with a new kind of currency that works pretty much the same way.

I'd like a item system that is more interesting than "grind tomes to cap every week". Don't think it will change though, but who knows.

Originally Posted by Magis

I'd like a item system that is more interesting than "grind tomes to cap every week". Don't think it will change though, but who knows.

I would like it too but if they remove the cap people will grind through content in a week and then complain there is nothing to do.

Originally Posted by Nadrojj

I would like it too but if they remove the cap people will grind through content in a week and then complain there is nothing to do.

Is it better that we grind through our weekly allowance of content and then complain there is nothing to do.

The lock outs and limits are just signs of a poor design.

Originally Posted by Anty

People don't play after they have their cap. Most content lasts 1 day to be facerolled... is that really it?
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Well I'd imagine the tome cap is so people don't blow thru the content in a couple days. It creates a pace for progression. Isn't face rolling content in one day one of the things that you dislike? Or maybe I'm reading that wrong.

I think the game delivers far and above most other sub fee or "F2P" games honestly. The amount of content delivered is huge. There are also ways to acquire gear that doesn't necessitate tomes, like raiding coil. Various challenges you can undertakes, card games, chocobo racing and so on. But at the end of the day if you don't like something then why pay for it? Speak with your money and stop sending it to them if you don't feel it's worth it At the end of the day value is subjective to each person.

Originally Posted by Dante_V

Well I'd imagine the tome cap is so people don't blow thru the content in a couple days. It creates a pace for progression. Isn't face rolling content in one day one of the things that you dislike?

i DO dislike facerolling through content, but i rather have a challenge that takes time and is fun to do therefore making it last longer VS facerolling and blow through content.
People finish the content same fast on day one. That is per se bad design imho. If we need the tome cap that tight in the first place then there is obviously not enough content available on their side. If you just put the new content together with each patch, take away the lvl grind and some stupid prolonging travels that are there only to give you the feel of a "long mission" then it is so short, you would need 30 of them to have a proper "normal pc game" which is a rip off if you ask me. And yeah i will speak with my wallet if 3.0 goes the same way.

Originally Posted by Dante_V

Well I'd imagine the tome cap is so people don't blow thru the content in a couple days. It creates a pace for progression.

Hmmmm... Like Zeta weapons? lol...

I have BRD Novus with vigor light. I knew another BRD who got relic about a month ago. He passed me and sat on his Zodiac. When I woke that morning after the update, he already had Zeta. If THAT'S not blowing through content, I don't know what is.

I think the system is a nice compromise between "Everything is pure RNG" and "Do content once and then you're done." I'm sure people would be none too pleased with either of those extremes.