Thread: Your predictions for 4.0!

Originally Posted by Teryaani

HA!

Scion - "we're freeing you from tyranny"
WoL <nods>
Ala Mhigan - "Are you insane? We have indoor plumbing now, aren't starving, and can vote for local leaders"

This is why I headcanon my character secretly supporting the empire
I just wish we had the option to join the empire, because their leaders aren't inept

I've thought long and hard about stormblood and what we're getting and I'll tell you what I think we're going to get.

A main story quest from 60-70.

A few dungeons to do from level 61-69.

A dungeon needed for the main story at 70.

Two dungeons at 70 for the ex roulette which will get moved in to a level 70 roulette once we get the next two dungeons for the ex roulette.

Three 24 man raids following a storyline.

An 8 man raid with 4 turns to supplement gearing up while farming new tomestones that cap at 450 a week and will cycle as we get new tomestones. In addition the fourth step of the raid will require clearing it 7 times over 7 weeks to get a weapon. They will also have a Savage mode variation to clear.

2-3 initial primals that are part of the main storyline and have an EX mode that drop weapons and mounts. 2-3 new primals added in a side storyline with an optional EX mode.

More hildibrand quests.

Some new sidequests and stories they decide to add.

A new relic weapon.

Do you see what I'm getting at here?

Originally Posted by Khalithar

Do you see what I'm getting at here?

That you're one of the players who want change for the sake of rebelling against the man and doesn't realize how upset you'd be if they changed things, and how threads would come up on the forums about, 'Content Droughts,' and, 'SE is so Lazy: two Tome Sets an expac?!' and so forth.

You did an excellent job of listing the core of the game upon which it is based and keeps running. The fact you listed it with the air of it being bad shows a lack of understanding with how perfect that formula is. I'm not White Knight-ing for SE either. They implement new content with new gear, with various methods of acquiring gear. They space out the time between content updates so the gear doesn't become outdated in a handful of weeks or a couple of months. It lasts. That's time to catch up if you took time off, or to enjoy being as up-to-date as possible.

Then SE adds new things to the game, and updates old things. The Diadem was new, Verminion was new, Sky, Sea, and Stone was new, etc... Its not as though they only stick to that main formula.

Originally Posted by Vexander

So would you be happier if the gear upgrade was at the start of the expansion and there was no possible way to get better gear at all until the next expansion?

I'd probably be happier if I got gear at the start of the expansion and then upgraded it with stats and bonuses of my choosing over the course of the expansion.
Think relic armor but closer to tomestone grind than relic grind though.

It could even be better for keeping people playing, hit your upgrade cap for the week? Work on an alt set, something purchasing with tomestone currency prevents at the moment.

Originally Posted by Vexander

So would you be happier if the gear upgrade was at the start of the expansion and there was no possible way to get better gear at all until the next expansion?

I'm with Jandor. I'd rather be able to upgrade my stuff as we went. The gear treadmill isn't encouraging me to play and stay bleeding edge. Oh, it works for that at first. But after a few patches where your tometone gear is rendered obsolete by the next patches dungeon gear, I stop wanting to do it.