companion duration

[Rizon]

Please answer a question before I file a report. Was this supposed to be active this patch? "The active duration of companions summoned with Gysahl Greens has been increased from 30 to 60 minutes." This is from the patch notes. Did I misread something. Thank You.

[Vidu]

You have to use a second Gysahl Green to get from 30 to 60 minutes, just how you do with food.

Your chocobo can be summoned for 60 minutes now (mine is right now), but he demands that you feed him twice. You can use the second Gysahl Green right after you used to first one and the timer will go up to 60 minutes.

[Rizon]

Then that post in the patch notes is misleading. Should have specified the double usage for the extended time. The way it reads now is you only need 1 green for 60 minutes. Thank you for the clarrification

[Iscah]

I guess the actual core of the change is that you can renew the timer before it runs out. Previously you just got a "companion already summoned" message if you tried to use gysahl greens, even if you only had seconds left on the clock, and the chocobo had to leave or be dismissed so you could re-summon it.

[Niwashi]

I guess the actual core of the change is that you can renew the timer before it runs out. Previously you just got a "companion already summoned" message if you tried to use gysahl greens, even if you only had seconds left on the clock, and the chocobo had to leave or be dismissed so you could re-summon it.

That's a good change. It's just not what the patch note description sounded like it was.

[Vidu]

Then that post in the patch notes is misleading. Should have specified the double usage for the extended time. The way it reads now is you only need 1 green for 60 minutes. Thank you for the clarrification

The patch notes are never 100% accurate - I got used to taking them with a grain of salt. Specially in this case it doesnt seem like a big deal to me though...

[Rizon]

Sorry this was not mildly inaccurate. It was completely misleading. This could have been avoided with a little better proof reading at he various steps involved in compiling and translating the notes. I know people think I am making a mountain out of a molehill but I don't care. If we continue to brush off things like this then SE will care less about quality in everything. It is human nature

[Ilyrian]

Sorry this was not mildly inaccurate. It was completely misleading. This could have been avoided with a little better proof reading at he various steps involved in compiling and translating the notes. I know people think I am making a mountain out of a molehill but I don't care. If we continue to brush off things like this then SE will care less about quality in everything. It is human nature

It's all in the translation - remember we English speakers are playing this all second-hand (I refer you to the 'Lardboard' discussion). SE are Japanese - I don't think there's a Machiavellian plan to undermine part of their player base.

[TaranTatsuuchi]

I dunno, when I read the patch notes I thought it sounded like it was the same thing they did for food...


Which it is, you can use another to increase the timer.

[SigSauer]

Is the message misleading? Yes, it is. Is the message being misleading, relevant, important, game breaking? Not at all.

Also, there is a difference between "The active duration of companions summoned with Gysahl Greens has been increased from 30 to 60 minutes" and "you can extend the duration of your companion by using an additional gyshal green to a maximum of 60 minutes".

Some people need to improve their reading comprehension skills for sure.