Yokai Event

[ElasmoFan]

While it may be optional, I don't think that excuses making it a long and tedious fate grind. I just hate that a lot of the time their default for something being "difficult" or "taking time to get" seems to default to fate grinding. I have no problems with something being hard to taking time but it seems like almost everything goes right back to fates, especially events. Even for a fate grind, this seemed a little over the top.

[Gemina]

It's interesting reading people speaking of feeling disoriented after completing the event. I had a similar feeling. For a couple of weeks I assigned myself a daily quota of medals to acquire until I got all the weapons, and my daily routine in game essentially revolved around the Yokai event. Once I finally finished everything I was at a complete loss for what to do. I couldn't even remember where I was at in my various other activities in game. I ended up just giving up and not playing much at all until 3.4 rolled around.

I found it interesting as well, and went through the same thing. I even joked about it with my FC saying that after yokai was over, I would lose all purpose. I had a daily quota as well, and would feel guilty if it was not met, or if I decided not to log on for that day. Once it was done, it definitely felt like something was 'missing', but it didn't last long and I got back into the normal swing, or I rather should say: what I was doing before yokai.

Though I wonder where my progression in the game would be at this point if not for the event, I don't dwell on it much. I don't regret the time I allocated towards completing it, especially since slow and steady progression is kind of how I work. :P

[Evangela]

It's not optional. If you want the rewards, you have no other option but to do this torturing boring quest.

[Gumbercules]

next time I want a glowing sperm imma just microwave my testicles.

[UnaLihzeh]

Considering the level sync, their gear wouldn't matter much.

Serious question, if the item level scale perfectly down why do I personally do better damage and have higher MP/HP as a WHM using higher level gear, than i do of level gear? I mean, it's not that I'm bad at the game, I can finish certain level 15 fates in 30-45 seconds wearing item level 120 gear, so. I have never seen this happen with hoards of people geared of level.

[Zomkei]

Serious question, if the item level scale perfectly down why do I personally do better damage and have higher MP/HP as a WHM using higher level gear, than i do of level gear? I mean, it's not that I'm bad at the game, I can finish certain level 15 fates in 30-45 seconds wearing item level 120 gear, so. I have never seen this happen with hoards of people geared of level.

When you're synced down you have the highest possible stats from your gear (for that level) and usually leveling gear doesn't have that much.

[Chiramu]

While it may be optional, I don't think that excuses making it a long and tedious fate grind. I just hate that a lot of the time their default for something being "difficult" or "taking time to get" seems to default to fate grinding.

Or another option for "dufficult/taking time to get" is to lock it behind old raids, like Wondrous Tails. It'll be like Blizzard upset people aren't running Icecrown Citadel any longer so they make current content that makes you run it .

[UnaLihzeh]

When you're synced down you have the highest possible stats from your gear (for that level) and usually leveling gear doesn't have that much.

Ahhh, that makes sense. Thank you.

My original point pretty much remains then, it wasn't like I thought it wasn't scaled back at all or something. There is just clearly a difficulty change based on the kind of gear you have. Either way, I can now level other classes through fates again since the grinding hoards are gone, so I don't really care on the technicalities.

[Bourne_Endeavor]

While it may be optional, I don't think that excuses making it a long and tedious fate grind. I just hate that a lot of the time their default for something being "difficult" or "taking time to get" seems to default to fate grinding. I have no problems with something being hard to taking time but it seems like almost everything goes right back to fates, especially events. Even for a fate grind, this seemed a little over the top.

Far as I'm concerned, "optional" has become an excuse the game industry likes to throw away to dodge criticism. Yokai is particularly egregious as we basically had a content drought throughout August and their solution was this event. If one good thing came from it, I finally picked up Saints Row 2 again. Needed a chill game after RNG hated me.

[Theodric]

Far as I'm concerned, "optional" has become an excuse the game industry likes to throw away to dodge criticism. Yokai is particularly egregious as we basically had a content drought throughout August and their solution was this event. If one good thing came from it, I finally picked up Saints Row 2 again. Needed a chill game after RNG hated me.

I think you have the right of it. It's not just the industry either - it's something many consumers have come to parrot as well. As much as I enjoy the game and despite having a disposable income I'm finding myself increasing worried as a collector of minions, mounts and interesting glamour. Why am I worried? Simply put I dislike the rate at which interesting items are cropping up on the Mog Station as 'optional purchases' instead of being available in-game. I'm also not a fan of content being tedious for the sake of being tedious which is pretty much what the Yo-Kai event ended up being.