Thread: Feeling Underwhelmed with 3.4

Hey fellow Warriors of Light,

So patch 3.4 is just over a week away and I should be excited right? Well, not exactly. While I am excited to stop time in Alexander: The Creator, as well as trying to prove myself to the Goddess Sophia, I can't help but to feel underwhelmed by lack of new content presented to us in patch 3.4 Soul Surrender. Before you assume this is a "doomsday" or an "I quit" thread, hear me out because I would love to hear your opinions on patch 3.4 as well.

Nevertheless, here we have the main course of patch 3.4:
- Alexander raid
- Extreme Primal
- Additional dungeons (Expert roulette update)
- Main scenario
- Side quests: Hildibrand, Scholastic
- Deep Dungeon expanded

These are essentially the core pieces of content being added. Although, I am quite worried that the side quests are going to be extremely short like they have been in previous patches. As with Deep Dungeon, I am desperately hoping there is a change in how we go about advancing floors above 50. Because I really don't want to do the same exact method of killing (X) number of monsters for 50 more floors. Everything else? Well, everything is else either an addition to already implemented content and items, or a small taste of something that will be implemented in a later patch:

- Wondrous Tails: Khloe is a Mi'Qote girl who has a list of objectives for you to do. On completion of these objectives you will gain certain rewards. However, these objectives are going to require you to complete older content and roulettes.

- Adventure Squadrons: Recruits will join you by completing various objectives in your challenge log. Once you have recruited 4 NPCs, you will have your Squadron. However, you won't be able to use these in any duties until an update in the future.

- Gold Saucer updates: These are quality of life changes to already existing content.

- Diadem changes: Again, already existing content that is seeing changes with the hope of reviving dead space. However, the gear drops are item level 235, which will be nearly useless on arrival of patch 3.4. How will that help towards the end of the 3 months when everyone has Tomes of Scripture gear? I'm still scratching my head on the direction of (or lack of) Diadem. At least use Diadem for something current like relics, instead of the same old previous content grind?

So what do you think about patch 3.4? Do you think this amount of content is sufficient enough to last 3 or so months? Are you satisfied with the type of content that we are getting? Do you feel like something was left out of Soul Surrender?

I feel like people will complain no matter what.

Originally Posted by DamianFatale

I feel like people will complain no matter what.

Absolutely. There's this growing mass off "no matter what you do, I'm going to be disappointed" people.
Only looking at something to complain or be 'offended' about, and in this case not even waiting to experience the content before once again starting up the negative bandwagon.

Originally Posted by AsteriaStarfall

Not really that, just an expression of basically "we've been waiting this long, and this is it?"

I've let my sub lapse, currently playing ESO, and guess what... between 3.35 and 3.4 of FFXIV, i have completely leveled 1 character, still have yet to complete a lot of the content, and when i read about the 3.4 content coming my thought was...guess i'll just wait until 4.0 before even trying coming back.

HAH, I had started playing ESO around the same time! And feeling the exact same way you are to a T.

Originally Posted by Lewtskie

HAH, I had started playing ESO around the same time! And feeling the exact same way you are to a T.

And when you get to the end game in that game you'll be waiting around disappointing for content because it will last you a matter of weeks and not months. This happens to every single mmo in existence

Originally Posted by Lewtskie

HAH, I had started playing ESO around the same time! And feeling the exact same way you are to a T.

Don't let that fool you. I joined FFXIV between 2.3 and 2.4
Naturally I still had a lot of content to clear between 2.55 and 3.0
Content update in ESO usually comes with DLC being put into the cash shop.

Originally Posted by Teraluna

Absolutely. There's this growing mass off "no matter what you do, I'm going to be disappointed" people.
Only looking at something to complain or be 'offended' about, and in this case not even waiting to experience the content before once again starting up the negative bandwagon.

More like they have been burned several times already with with what to expect or hope for from the devs. aiming low gets contagious.

Originally Posted by DamianFatale

I feel like people will complain no matter what.

This coming from the person who just felt butt hurt about someone using the word midget in another thread. -.-