Yoshi-P / Dev Team please considering adding Abyssea to this game

[Tetsuos]

Thank you Theplatter for saying what I was trying to say with my post, but way better.

For anyone wondering what it was like I can't really explain it here because it would take a lot of wording. It's best if you just read from the wiki or see what Theplatter said about it above me.

http://ffxiclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Abyssea

[AnaviAnael]

Can I keywhore to 60?

[Colorful]

No thanks, Diadem is a horrible piece of content and I hope they never bring in anything like that to FFXIV ever again... but they will, like they do with Hunts.

[Drivont]

No thanks, Diadem is a horrible piece of content and I hope they never bring in anything like that to FFXIV ever again... but they will, like they do with Hunts.

The diadem is just part one, of many, from what it sounded like they wanted to do... :/

[Colorful]

The diadem is just part one, of many, from what it sounded like they wanted to do... :/

Yep, apparently we're going to getting a new map with 3.3. Let's hope they either reconsider, or significantly rework it so it's nothing like The Diadem in any way.

[Valleo]

Yep, apparently we're going to getting a new map with 3.3. Let's hope they either reconsider, or significantly rework it so it's nothing like The Diadem in any way.

All they would need to do to make Diadem more interesting is make it so that enemies don't respawn, and are a little more than trash with a lot of HP. Give us some objectives and ways to spawn NM's, and when you clear out the map everyone can gather without drama.

At least, that's how I thought it would be based on the promo vids we got. Super disappointed in the final product.

[karateorangutang]

All they would need to do to make Diadem more interesting is make it so that enemies don't respawn, and are a little more than trash with a lot of HP. Give us some objectives and ways to spawn NM's, and when you clear out the map everyone can gather without drama.

At least, that's how I thought it would be based on the promo vids we got. Super disappointed in the final product.

NM's that spawn in similar ways to how some of the S rank hunts spawn would be a cool way to make the diadem more interesting... and get some groups working together instead of trolling each other.

[Colorful]

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I think the problem is in the core of the content, and that's the fact that isn't fun after the first few times. Objectives won't fix that, the only thing that will is a truly random zone. Let's take Diablo for example, adapt that into FFXIV. Make The Diadem, well, not the Diadem. 8 players enter a raid with paths and mobs that are randomized, loot is random, but bosses are set in stone. After a bit of dungeon crawling you enter the boss room, and it selects a boss out of a pool. That was the difficulty scale could actually matter, the content is tightly controlled and challenging, all while filling that loot pinata grindy niche.

It's obviously very different from The Diadem, but I'd rather they stop devoted resources into Diadem related content and more into something like that.

[Niqote]

For those of you who do not know what Abby is.

Think of FATE ATMA grind x Hunting Log but you know you will get an ATMA after so many NMs If you contribute enough and sometimes you cant get your ATMA because the FATEs you need to kill are way too hard unless you have at least 8 competent people.

I get what you are trying to say OP, but Abby gave ... mixed results.

[Rufalus]

They said gear made by crafters will be stronger in patch 3.2 than it has been until now.
So if you believe that, we have at least 5 different kinds of high level gear: crafted, tome/token, raid, pvp, diadem.
And earning tomestones happens in more ways than just dungeon; I would recommend frontlines and exploratory missions for those. So there's some variety.