Aether Currents moved

[CelestePinke]

I'm lvling another character and mind you I just lvled one just over a month ago, right now I'm in Coerthas Western Highlands, and so far 6 aether currents have be moved. I have a spreadsheet I had made so I knew where the currents were and could check them off per character. Explain why these currents were moved. I mean seriously they weren't hard to get to and quite frankly the locations were plastered all over the Internet the day the expansion was released. I get making the earlier stuff easier so new players can catch up although they all now lack the experience of veterans but some stuff should just be left alone.

[FunkyBunch]

I'm lvling another character and mind you I just lvled one just over a month ago, right now I'm in Coerthas Western Highlands, and so far 6 aether currents have be moved. I have a spreadsheet I had made so I knew where the currents were and could check them off per character. Explain why these currents were moved. I mean seriously they weren't hard to get to and quite frankly the locations were plastered all over the Internet the day the expansion was released. I get making the earlier stuff easier so new players can catch up although they all now lack the experience of veterans but some stuff should just be left alone.

They're now in places you are more likely to encounter progressing through the main story instead of randomly scattered across a zone.
Some of those were in retarded positions. The aether currents are already just time padding, there's no real reason to have them in the first place. Making it less onerous is better.

[Cherie]

They're now in places you are more likely to encounter progressing through the main story instead of randomly scattered across a zone.
Some of those were in retarded positions. The aether currents are already just time padding, there's no real reason to have them in the first place. Making it less onerous is better.

You are absolutely right... But isn't everything padding? These days I'm struggling to figure out what the meat in the middle is supposed to be. We unwrapped the whole box. Wrapping paper all other forms of bubble wrap and other padding on the floor. What was it supposed to be covering again? I forgot... We got to the center of it, but through all the foam peanuts and everything, the center was just more padding... Padding all the way through. A present box of nothing but padding.... It's like our dad is sitting behind us at Christmas and can't stop laughing at us kids. He thought it was a really funny joke for us to unwrap boxes of foam peanuts this year. We just sat there silently and looked at him laughing so much. He always thought his jokes were so funny...

[Lan_Mantear]

The Aether Current Locations were changes in patch 3.3 to make the more easily accessible.

[3.0] The location of aether currents in all areas have been adjusted.
Aether currents will now be placed in locations more easily accessed when progressing through main scenario and sidequests.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...43b40551d1e3e8

[CelestePinke]

I am fully aware they moved them, this is the 6th character I have leveled to 60. My question to SE is why? What was the point of moving them? It forced players to explore the new zones. After continuing through 8 of 10 were moved and I wasted time because in NO patch notes did it say oh by the way we moved aether currents to make it even easier for new people.

[Moomba33]

I enjoyed exploring zones for aether currents myself. I'm sad they made this change but I suppose they must have gotten feedback that a lot of the community didn't want to look for them to have bothered making this change.

[Youkulm]

Someone already answered you. They directly quoted the patch notes. That's the best answer you're going to get...

The Aether Current Locations were changes in patch 3.3 to make the more easily accessible.

[3.0] The location of aether currents in all areas have been adjusted.
Aether currents will now be placed in locations more easily accessed when progressing through main scenario and sidequests.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...43b40551d1e3e8

[Zojha]

It forced players to explore the new zones.

And that was precisely the issue. Flying gives faster movement speed and the ability to ignore the terrain and wildlife of the zone entirely, both of which serve the purposes of people who have no interest in the zone whatsoever. Locking it behind exploration is, uh...let's say it misses the primary audience.

[LineageRazor]

It forced players to explore the new zones.

This is an interesting statement, as I can see it being used by folks both in favor of and against the new Aether current placement.

For players against the move: "It forced players to explore the new zones. It's the last time they're going to ever bother even looking at some of this beautiful scenery, so it really is a good thing for new players to have to find their way around, at least once."

For players for the move "It forced players to explore the new zones. Finding those Aether currents was such a bloody waste of time. How are new players supposed to book it to endgame when there's all this junk in the way?"

Personally, I enjoyed seeking out the Aether currents in weird places, even if I wound up having to look a couple of them up. It's kind of sad that new players will be denied this challenge.

[Cakekizyy]

I am fully aware they moved them, this is the 6th character I have leveled to 60. My question to SE is why? What was the point of moving them? It forced players to explore the new zones. After continuing through 8 of 10 were moved and I wasted time because in NO patch notes did it say oh by the way we moved aether currents to make it even easier for new people.

Exploration should be because you like it, not because flying is locked behind it.