Thread: 4.1 Patch Notes (Preliminary)

Originally Posted by Teraluna

This whole use Squadron bots instead of actual players ranks as one of the worst decisions made in an mmo. I stress mmo, this is not one of those isolationist single player survival or shoot-em-up efforts - but this kind of thing is moving it in that direction.

It's bad enough that many of your fellow group players seem to regard even the basic communications of 'hi' and 'thank you' as some kind of penance to be avoided at.......EDITING

Oh boo hoo Squadrons can be used in a total of FIVE dungeons, cmon now... Five OLD dungeons that require your Squadron to even be at the same level or higher, a new player would never get this started before they actually run the dungeons themselves. Please stop making a huge fuss over nothing.

Originally Posted by VitalSuit

Oh boo hoo Squadrons can be used in a total of FIVE dungeons, cmon now... Five OLD dungeons that require your Squadron to even be at the same level or higher, a new player would never get this started before they actually run the dungeons themselves. Please stop making a huge fuss over nothing.

And you don't think this will be added to? That this is the initial introduction? Of course they where going to introduce this with a limited number. That's how introductions work.

Then - when 'I only want me online' players say it's a great idea in an mmo - this hermit style of playing gets expanded.
This is an mmo - it's meant to be played with your fellow players - not some automated bunch of npc bots.

Originally Posted by Teraluna

And you don't think this will be added to? That this is the initial introduction? Of course they where going to introduce this with a limited number. That's how introductions work.

Then - when 'I only want me online' players say it's a great idea in an mmo - this hermit style of playing gets expanded.
This is an mmo - it's meant to be played with your fellow players - not some automated bunch of npc bots.

Save the fact DPS queues are terrible and you have to wait 30min+ for those dungeons anyway just to have people leave cause they hate those dungeons, this is why people run that braindead PotD over and over to level dps jobs.

Originally Posted by Teraluna

As I said, they may well see this as their answer to this.
But there are far better ways to handle this - see the post on dps queues for some good suggestions from the player base.

Like what? cause on there, all i saw was people wanting to give DPS more exp, and that doesn't work.

Originally Posted by Teraluna

This cannot be a benefit to an mmorpg which should be introducing changes to promote more interactivity, not openly encouraging people in a direction away from this.

Everything about this complaint was made redundant ages ago when they added unsynced mode for old content. Anyone can run those dungeons unsynced already. We're losing nothing, it's just reusing old roulette fodder content that almost nobody voluntarily plays after their first few weeks of the game anyway. I haven't set foot in the DF queue for Brayflox in years. I probably never will again; if a friend needs it we'll queue with my FC.

I agree that soloing all current content would be a massive waste but giving people more to do outside of prime time or the current popular activities is a good thing for the game. I sometimes log on, queue for Frontline and wait around doing nothing until bedtime (it almost never pops at night). I'm not going to queue Brayflox with three strangers in that time anyway because there is no reason to do so, so I may as well have some interesting stuff to mess around with next to my squad of attractive NPC Elezen women if I feel like leaving the queue.

Originally Posted by Teraluna

And you don't think this will be added to? That this is the initial introduction? Of course they where going to introduce this with a limited number. That's how introductions work.

Then - when 'I only want me online' players say it's a great idea in an mmo - this hermit style of playing gets expanded.
This is an mmo - it's meant to be played with your fellow players - not some automated bunch of npc bots.

Its meant to be played however a designer wants. There is no unwritten law stating what an mmo should be.

Originally Posted by Teraluna

And you don't think this will be added to? That this is the initial introduction? Of course they where going to introduce this with a limited number. That's how introductions work.

The number of dungeons you can do with your Squadron will undoubtedly increase later on.
But signing up for specific dungeons will not give you the daily bonus you get for roulettes - so people will most likely keep running roulettes just as much (or little) as they have done in the past.

Originally Posted by Teraluna

Then - when 'I only want me online' players say it's a great idea in an mmo - this hermit style of playing gets expanded.
This is an mmo - it's meant to be played with your fellow players - not some automated bunch of npc bots.

im really hyped for this and i dont see much problem at all oAo it's up to their playstyle if they want to play solo or not..
can't deny that players will try it when it's up but not like everyone gonna go hermit and dont communicate anymore...lol

people has their own purpose...can't just say that MMO is only meant to be played with fellow players all the time.
ofc MMO = online game...but are you saying that people who want solo shouldnt play it?
some play for story and some play because they're bored and need something to occupy.
also it will be a good change of pace when you dont want social and just want to be alone at the time.

i do have FC mates and friends to run contents with but sometime i want to run alone and DF is just like "hi" "tyfp" anyway
it's not like i need to make friends with all the players i met...

Originally Posted by Teraluna

And you don't think this will be added to? That this is the initial introduction? Of course they where going to introduce this with a limited number. That's how introductions work.

Then - when 'I only want me online' players say it's a great idea in an mmo - this hermit style of playing gets expanded.
This is an mmo - it's meant to be played with your fellow players - not some automated bunch of npc bots.

It's for your Grand Company Squadron ONLY. It doesn't affect your own character's leveling, but just your Squadron members with exp and leveling.