Orchestrion Fail or Bugged??

[Noxifer]

If anyone expected this to not involve collecting when the first heard of it they were just setting themselves up for disappointment.

Its an MMO of course theres gonna be collecting/grinding for it.

That is true, but they COULD have gone the way they did with the airships, and have it (and orchestrion scrolls) being craftable through the workshop. And once you crafted something and installed it in the jukebox, it'd be unlocked for everyone allowed to use that orchestrion. (So you could use it in your inn orchestrion, or personal housing/private room, instead of the FC one.)
But yes, it'd also mean loads of extra data to keep track of.

But hey, apparently the "server limitations" that impede us having more inventory or armoury chest space don't apply to storing more data unnecessarily for features like these.

I agree =/

[WellFooled]

Which could have been avoided completely if the entire music collection was available from the beginning, which I'm pretty sure is what was requested to begin with. No data to be stored then. There was absolutely no need to make it a collect-a-thon.

I can understand wanting the convenience of having every song unlocked right away, but collecting items is a huge part of an MMO. Imagine if all Triple Triad cards were unlocked immediately or all minions or mounts or all gear designs. There would be no rewards for playing the game. This would make the game much less interesting and also would eat into its subscription numbers massively. Collecting music is no different from these features. Working toward a goal (in this case, getting a certain music or even getting them all) is what makes an MMO.

[Andrea]

This system also gives us something new to collect, which is a big part of an MMO .

If anyone expected this to not involve collecting when the first heard of it they were just setting themselves up for disappointment.

Its an MMO of course theres gonna be collecting/grinding for it.

[TeriTeaRose]

I like the idea of collecting vinyl records music scrolls, but I do agree that it doesn't seem very Jukebox-ie. It has more of a Giant-Stereo-CD-Player feel to it, like, if in a weird alternate reality they had CD-Players hooked up to huge speakers at a restaurant and you could only bring your own CDs. And you weren't allowed to leave them in the disc drive so other ppl could fiddle with the songs. AND even worse, no one could hear the music you wanted to share, only you! Okay I'm being pretty dramatic here but it's still no Jukebox to me. > 3>

Just nitpick'n

[MsKirsten]

From my understanding, the Orchestrion is a personal jukebox that can be placed in an FC house/personal house/inn. The key word here is personal. Much like the armoire/summoning bell/the unending journey log or even crystal bell. You just need one in the FC house that allows everyone to use these items. But the content is restristed to each individual's achievement (accessing their personal items, viewing cutscenes for completed quests, even changing hairstyles only up to those styles they have unlocked).

Thus this Orchestrion thing works the same way. You only need one in an FC house but its content will vary depending on individuals. It makes sense and isn't a bug. Just how it functions.

[RyuSaarva]

what? people are complaining about this lol?

[Colorful]

Honestly my only complaint with the Orchestrion is how awful it sounds. I was hoping for a replacement to the housing music, as in replacing the sound around the house without it actually coming from the Orchestrion. What purpose does that have, immersion? FFXIV is the least immersive game I've played in recent time. To top it all off, because of the sound coming from the Orchestrion you can't tuck it away somewhere so you have this odd looking machine that doesn't fit in with your decorational theme.

But that's my only complaint with 3.2 so that's great, I'll just not use the Orchestrion for now.

[Rosalynd]

But others will hear the music that YOU can play if you set it to play, yes?

[ToniRomo]

But others will hear the music that YOU can play if you set it to play, yes?

Yes.

If you are the person changing the music you only can change it to a song you own, but if someone else fires up a song you do not own you will still hear that song.

[Solarra]

Glad I didn't rush out to get one for our FC house.
I was hoping for some way of changing the background music, those same 2 tunes over and over drive me nuts.
This looks like a fun feature but considering how limited it is, perhaps more suited to a personal room.