Thread: 3.1 First update without a new primal?

As far as i have seen this is going to be the first update without a primal fight? I mean comon this update is releasing in 2-3 weeks and we haven't seen any information about it yet.

The only speculation is about a extreme trial Singularity Reactor. But nothing about a new one.

I would be dissapointed if this would be the only trial/primal boss of the new update because i have a feeling the new update is a bit lacking in content already with 1 dungeon less.

Again its all speculation and we will have to see.

Originally Posted by Beradon

As far as i have seen this is going to be the first update without a primal fight? I mean comon this update is releasing in 2-3 weeks and we haven't seen any information about it yet.

The only speculation is about a extreme trial Singularity Reactor. But nothing about a new one.

They said that the new primal would be teased during the anniversary event. Two phrases were dropped in the developer's room; Singularity Reactor Extreme and Doomtrain minion. While an extreme version of singularity reactor isn't really a "new primal" and wouldn't fit into the 3.1 main story quest, Doomtrain certainly would fit.

Now, why they haven't advertised a Doomtrain fight, I have no idea. You think if they were planning it, they'd use it as a selling point of the patch. For that matter, they've never clarified if we would really be facing off against the Warring Triad during this expansion. The name was dropped, sure, but so was Omega Weapon back in 2.2.

So far I know about 2 dungeons, Airship Voyage (which seems to be the biggest content of 3.1), Lord of Verminion, Void Ark and a new relic.

Doesn't seem lacking compared to old patches at all.

Originally Posted by Nalien

Fixed that for you, with some things you forgot... Though I'm not too sure how you could consider something like Wolves' Den or the Aesthetician to be considered significant content... Or Housing, for how many people simply don't have access to that...

wolves den was fun content when it was first released. Just because you did not like pvp then doesn't mean other people didn't. Same with housing. Wards were not full on day 1, if you wanted a house back then, you could buy one. The training area is just conjecture at this point and 3-4 quests of the moogle mail series caliber are hardly content. You can finish 3-4 of those quests, reading all the cut scenes, within an hour.

It was off the top of my head, so of course I forgot stuff. Nice try at being snide tho. The Amalj'aa and Sylph were two beats tribes, we are only getting one in 3.1. Why didn't we get the gnath too?

We had more content for less dev time in 2.1 than we have in 3.1. Deal with it.

Originally Posted by zosia

Just off the top of my head:

2.1:
Ultima Ex
CT
Wolves den
Treasure hunts
FC housing
Pharos Sirius
Hakkue Manor HM
Copper Bell Mines HM
aesthetician

3.1:
Doom Train (speculated)
Singularity Reactor Ex
Void ark
pharos Sirius HM
island exploration
lord of verminion

Seems like there is a lot lacking.

Here's the thing though, consider assets that were already in the game, that had the whole production stages complete back in 1.0, I'll remove those from your quote.

Now consider "new concepts" added to the game, in 2.1 they wanted to add a lot of things people were looking forward to in 2.0, so PVP, Housing, aesthetician were natural things to add to the game.

Ultima HM-Thordan
Moogle HM-Doomtrain
Crystal Tower-Void ark
Treasure hunts/aesthetician-lord of verminion
FC housing
Pharos Sirius-Dungeon 1
Hakkue Manor HM-Dungeon 2
Copper Bell Mines HM-Island Exploration


Honestly speaking, can you say that 3.1's content isn't similar in what it offered compared to 2.1? Keep in mind, making something like "lord of verminion" is something built from the ground up, they have to use unique coding pretty similar to say creating FC housing so if anything that could moreso be tied into FC housing than Treasure hunts and aesthetician. At the same time consider the simplicity of making aesth and Treasure Hunting. Treasure Hunting is just find a map through gathering, use map and then fight target at map location, aesth is alter characters hair style and other aspects of customization.

Lord of Verminion is take minions, gives them unique states abilities and create a fun engaging experience for 1v1 matches that will make players want to play it more. FC housing was making lots, setting up the schematics, making all the furniture etc etc, but there was no "balance" to be had just server stress.

So quite honestly I"d say 3.1 has quite a bit to offer cause until Island exploration is fully revealed you can't assume how much content that will offer. While it cut 1 dungeon from being made in favor of this system the system in question could offer a more engaging experience compared to how dungeons currently are.

Originally Posted by zosia

Seems like there is a lot lacking.

You are entitled to nothing! Would you prefer nothing?