Live Letter XXX Discussion Thread

[Colino]

The answer is really simple. Just look at PF not even 48 hours after new patch. People already make some silly "No noobs, Fail=Kick" parties (true story, last big patch at the launch of Sephirot). A lot of players are using parsers when they go to primals or else in PF. So yes, the judge you. They don't care abou your skills, they care abour your stuff, no matter what. And as always, they ask for players with some absolutely crazy high iLV to go faster. That's why players NEED to be VERY well stuffed ASAP.

Those people are looking for a very specific type of player, which you may or may not be. The beauty of PF is that you can start your own party and find more like-minded players to tackle content with, you don't have to join anyone who's playstyle doesn't match yours.

[LadyVal]

The main stats were not included in the 75 materia infusion. You always ended with 75 points in secondary stats.

Here, it will probably be the same. The main stats will be on par with the upgraded lore weapon, but the secondary stats will be slightly higher, especially for Determination.

Oh, my bad, I meant the first two stats you chose to add to the weapon, not your core stat (mind/strength/intelligence etc.). You're right though, our primary stats will be the same but they did recently say our sub-stats will equal the i240 lore weapon +3 grade V materia.

[Yukiko]

Players liked the last step of relict grind, it was timed very well... (if we dont count the expensive material crafting)
I dont know why Square Enix goes back to that stupid super long grind stuff again?
And with pointing how players disliked the add of EXPENSIVE crafting in last questline i do not get why we have to pay tons of gil once more?
Arnt we playing a GAME to have fun? In History developers used EXP to make grinding "longer" - lets have a look at older Final Fantasy games who mastered this system with Skill Leveling the more you use them...

Is it really that hard for Square Enix to ask their past developers?

[LadyVal]

I dont know why Square Enix goes back to that stupid super long grind stuff again?

Because it keeps you playing. And paying your monthly sub.

[Reynhart]

And with pointing how players disliked the add of EXPENSIVE crafting in last questline i do not get why we have to pay tons of gil once more?

You never had to pay tons of gils throughout both relic quests, except for the Zodiac step, and it wasn't even that much. Gils was a way to do it, and sure, why not.
I made two Animas with less than 500k, just buying aetherial sands when I was bored of aetherial reduction.

[Iromi]

Is it really that hard for Square Enix to ask their past developers?

Heh...Tanaka had a lot of amazing ideas in ffxi, (and yes some bad ones too) and Yoshida seems to want to take NOTHING good from that. Such a shame. But you know what's funny...once WoW goes back to hardcore like their new expansion is promising then maybe this game will since you know...massive hard on for that game for some reason and not their own past developers for a successful game.

Again, no one is asking for bad stuff from the past...only good ^^. Oh...and Yoshida afaik didn't even touch XI lol.

[PArcher]

snip.

First, like others said, go make your own pfs more to your skill level. You can get people fast even with a "slower" learning party at launch. Second, most of those pfs are for people looking to get carried, so why do you want to join them anyway? And for those who aren't, if you aren't skilled enough to dps and do mechanics properly early in a patch with the best gear you could get last patch, even with bis gear you still wouldn't be able to do this.

Gear is not a substitute for skill.

[KarstenS]

The answer is really simple. Just look at PF not even 48 hours after new patch. People already make some silly "No noobs, Fail=Kick" parties [...] They don't care abou your skills, they care abour your stuff, no matter what.

Uhm. No. They care more about skill then everything else. People that put up farm parties want to farm. Even on the early days. The difference in early days is, you need to perform much better than in later days, when the stuff is outgeared.

That's why players NEED to be VERY well stuffed ASAP.

In this case the content has to get set to a higher difficult level, because it got designed with a definied level of skill in the mind of the developers. It is meant to be more challanging at the release and to get slowly easier with gearing up.

[ADVSS]

Final Steps of Faith why do i get the feeling itll get nerfed in a few weeks after launch

[Iromi]

Final Steps of Faith why do i get the feeling itll get nerfed in a few weeks after launch

Sure, why not. After all...everything so far feels like I am playing 2.0 all over again *shrug* lol.