Mark of Tanaka

[captainpicard]

Jesus mog exploiting Christ you really are just like the badger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQE44ojeAso

In ref to betelgeuzah, I stopped reading this guys posts a long time ago and just have him on perma-ignore because he never has anything useful to add except cheerleading SE and insulting anyone who isn't cheerleading with him.

What boggles my mind is he has 2856 posts as of this moment, but barely plays the game, at least with the profile associated with his forum posts. http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...icuid=12102310

I have assumed for quite some time that he is either a SE employee, a mod who has a non-mod account to post his dribble with, or someone who really needs to get a life, because why post upwards of 3k comments, on a game you barely play.

These are the type of people that tell those of us that actually do play to STFU and go away.

It wears me out.

[Bahn]

Jesus mog exploiting Christ you really are just like the badger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQE44ojeAso

Gah, browser ate my post.

I'd kick that badger in the mouth if it did that nonsense to me. Closest thing you can do to someone like that on the Internet is to put them on ignore in these forums.

tl;dr of my eaten post: I'm giving Yoshida the benefit of the doubt that they REALLY thought this was "OK". I also will assume that their QA crew probably are more tolerant of grindy content than we are (assuming this is the same QA crew from the alpha/beta days). Like I said in my other post, the world community is here to keep Yoshida and his crew in check and to slap them on the wrist when they make bad game design decisions like this. You know you did something wrong when the JP population complains it's grindy. I have Stockholm syndrome with XIV, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that they honestly thought this was okay and pushed this through without thinking.

If they do it again though, THEN I'll start worrying.

[Ilean]

In ref to betelgeuzah, I stopped reading this guys posts a long time ago and just have him on perma-ignore because he never has anything useful to add except cheerleading SE and insulting anyone who isn't cheerleading with him.

What boggles my mind is he has 2856 posts as of this moment, but barely plays the game, at least with the profile associated with his forum posts. http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...icuid=12102310

I have assumed for quite some time that he is either a SE employee, a mod who has a non-mod account to post his dribble with, or someone who really needs to get a life, because why post upwards of 3k comments, on a game you barely play.

These are the type of people that tell those of us that actually do play to STFU and go away.

It wears me out.

lol you take him too seriously, for this thread he really seems to be glued to my boot but the poor thing just makes no difference at all while I walk through the desert XD

[Isaveron]

But you people wanted the game to be more like FFXI, and you got your wish. Don't complain.

[Ilean]

But you people wanted the game to be more like FFXI, and you got your wish. Don't complain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAlVKgl_zCQ

[Bahn]

But you people wanted the game to be more like FFXI, and you got your wish. Don't complain.

Who said that? Oh right, the people in your head you make sweeping, inaccurate generalizations for.

I personally said keep the good points of XI (such as AH) and to not implement the bad (grindy time sinks, "strict" job specifications, etc) I don't know what you said, but since you don't seem to be informed about what people ACTUALLY said when they wanted aspects of XI in this game, I won't care about what you said either.

[Kopuno]

Well although I agree with hating the mechanics of getting the keys each time, there are already a ton of people on my server that are getting close to the 7/7 mark. So it's really not time consuming, tedious yes. But honestly, most people on these forums would turn around and bitch if all you had to do was show up to the fight, win and you get a choice of your weapon. Then cry there's nothing to do because 4 hours later they had every weapon they wanted.

Imagine though, if they made each weapon Unique. In other words, if you opted for the Moogle Sword, you couldn't get anything else. Same With Ifrit, It would make each weapon unique but piss tons of people off in the process. That was a little off subject, just sounded funny to me for some odd reason..

Edit: Poster above, SE did not add these specific class's orny thing you see going on. You can very well beat the Moogle and Ifrit fight without 4+ Archers in your group. Its the community that does that.

[Jinko]

In ref to betelgeuzah, I stopped reading this guys posts a long time ago and just have him on perma-ignore because he never has anything useful to add except cheerleading SE and insulting anyone who isn't cheerleading with him.

You and me both dude

[Betelgeuzah]

The people whose opinions I always argue against have me on ignore!?

Makes me wonder whether any personal bias is involved affecting the rationale behind the decision! Obviously not.

One thing is for certain, though- circle-jerking is easier when the opposing opinions are ignored.

[KitCat]

Yep. Anyone who actually defends any ideas or opinions they like must be ignored! Nothing like the usual daily dose of ignorant sanctimonious bull~ to start the day with :/

I agree with a few points, but don't think Tanaka has much influence in the game. The materia levels made me laugh after they went through so much trouble to drop the +1, +2 etc. And they're in talks of reducing inventory space again! hah. I already vendor or drop anything under a lvl III materia because it isn't worth the space. I guess this is a good way to get people to buy more retainers when they actually make them available.

As far as the moogle fight pre-quest being tedious, I think they're being a little counter productive if they're trying to add longevity to the battle. Make the battle fun enough and people will keep doing it, without the obnoxious time-sink.
In this case, I'll get what I need from it and never waste time doing that annoying pre-quest again unless the linkshell is short on participates and needs my attendance. Probably not what SE had in mind.

Like anything though, it's trial and error. Hopefully garuda will have something a little more interesting.