Any News for Blitzball?

[HyoMinPark]

I have to echo those who have said they would rather the developers focus on either fixing content that needs it (e.g., Eureka), or making something with some longevity to it; something not so incredibly niche. Stormblood has been full of niche content in most patches that, if you aren’t one who enjoys the current niche thing, you are left with very little to do during main patch cycles until the next update that features a major type of content (e.g., Deep Dungeons, Eureka, Ultimate, new Savage tiers, etc.). A patch cycle with MSQ, a 24-man, a new Ex trial, and then a piece of niche content just doesn’t last long enough for those who don’t enjoy the niche content, or who cannot make use of it.

[KisaiTenshi]

The last thing I heard was that they're still trying to figure out how to actually implement it in the game as far as it being similar to FFX as a team simulator or having our individual characters form teams with other players. This was a little bit after SB was released...I forgot which article I read that from.

So I think it's definitely a thought but nothings been made official.

The last time we had one of these threads, it basically went down the "don't bother with it if it's not going to be an actual minigame, no more menu ventures"

As it is, I'm someone who tended to skip all the mini-games in the FF games, part of that was that they never felt like they were part of the game (remember that FF8 chocobo world thing? I had the PC version and let that run for a few days and then never opened it again.)

I didn't care for the triple triad and the FF9 CCG either. I didn't care for the Blitzball game in FFX, but at least there was a reason for it. Still didn't play it.

Like there are things in FFXIV that I don't bother with, because either I see the time-sinkiness of it being deliberately wasteful, or people won't even attempt to play it and they rather win-trade (LoV, PvP) to get the reward rather than play it.

Like I know I rail on cheats all the time, but good grief, why do people bother paying for a subscription game, only to suck the fun out of everything so nobody else can enjoy it. I hope Yoshi-P puts some serious thought into how to combat "win trading" type of rubbish gameplay in the existing mini-games before rolling out a new one, because otherwise it will be suffer the same fate.

[Tiaque]

I have to echo those who have said they would rather the developers focus on either fixing content that needs it (e.g., Eureka), or making something with some longevity to it; something not so incredibly niche. Stormblood has been full of niche content in most patches that, if you aren’t one who enjoys the current niche thing, you are left with very little to do during main patch cycles until the next update that features a major type of content (e.g., Deep Dungeons, Eureka, Ultimate, new Savage tiers, etc.). A patch cycle with MSQ, a 24-man, a new Ex trial, and then a piece of niche content just doesn’t last long enough for those who don’t enjoy the niche content, or who cannot make use of it.

I agree with the beautiful Lady Park. They need to focus on fixing content. Shake things up maybe. Eh, I hope things may be different by next expansion at least. I honestly wish they would add the Merit, and that other system, FFXI has, but I guess that would be a content balancing nightmare if they did, unless done right.

[ErryK]

Blitzball would be another thing I don't invest time into just like Chocobo Racing, Lord of Verminion and Ultimate.

That's just my opinion on it though.

[xaventh]

Nostalgia be damned, blitzball sucked then and it would suck now. That game was never fun and having it just to have it is pointless.

[Tiaque]

Nostalgia be damned, blitzball sucked then and it would suck now. That game was never fun and having it just to have it is pointless.

I would only do Blitzball if for a championship reward, we get the exact hands on hip, head back, laugh emote of a certain Blitzball playing crybaby protagonist. To then annoy my friend with who absolutely hates that protagonist.

[SenorPatty]

Hence why, like some others, suggested to add strategic turn-based mini games in the gold saucer instead of blitzball. That seems far more doable. It could have bi-annual updates to it and the rewards could be mgp-based.