Problems that need to be fix for 5.X

[Felien]

I know that no game is perfect and have always room to improve but 3 things will get worst in 5.x if they not fix.

1 -> I think most of us have encountered the same problem over and over again with ppl have no idea about mechanics at all. I’m not talking about new mech or mistakes in the level that they supposed to learn those things. But levels 70 (max levels) that still have no idea about stack mechanics for an example or role basics.

I’m not against a skip potion or HoH/PoD, since this is probably the most eficiente way to get level 70, behind MSQ. But I think they should improve the Hall of Novice (do something that really help) and make it a must if you buy the jump potion for a role for the first time if you don’t have level 70 on then. Spam HoH and PoD is just good for leveling up, almost don’t help in game.

2-> Add min ilevel for all the dungeons. Who haven’t have a paper tank, no dmg dps or can’t heal healer because his/her ilevel is way to low. And I can’t blame them since is a game problem not player.

3-> Fix the Mentor status, make something that gives proud for those using it and make it account wide. Also do something about Ex trials specially because now most of the ppl get the clear using unsync so they sometimes have no idea about the fight at all.

[Bright-Flower]

I'm all for min ilvls for dungeons.

There have been plenty of times where someone gets a dungeon via roulette they don't have the gear for, such as tanks in Bardam or later SB dungeons who have leveled via HoH or for whatever reason don't have the gear for it. They might not have meant to get into a higher level dungeon and just hoped for a lower level one for exp, but now they're a liability the group has to cope with or replace.

Also, any duty past level 50+ require a JOB no classes.

[ReiMakoto]

3-> Fix the Mentor status, make something that gives proud for those using it and make it account wide. Also do something about Ex trials specially because now most of the ppl get the clear using unsync so they sometimes have no idea about the fight at all.

I think something should be done about mentor roulette in general, the amount of successes i've had when mentor roullete queues you into sync'd ex's can be counted on one hand, because the kind of person who queues via DF for those duties are generally not skilled enough to go blind into any ex content despite out gearing it, and no amount of mentoring can account for that (especially on EU when you factor in language barrier). And I get that the point of that roullete is to help people clear things and to teach people, but getting chucked into sephirot ex with a gaggle of sprouts isn't a learning environment, its a shit show.

They should probably make the mentorship system an opt in thing which pairs up newer players with a mentor if they choose to want one. Make it like a beacon that new players can toggle on when they unlock the duty finder and the mentor roullete throws you in with people with that beacon active, then once you meet the qualifications for mentorship (which should be raised), you have to apply, and there can only be a finite amount of mentors on any world at any one time, you get placed on a waiting list, and eventually you get given the status when room frees up, and then you have to keep doing the mentor roullete or you lose the crown and have to reapply and go back on the waiting list.

[deadman1204]

They should probably make the mentorship system an opt in thing which pairs up newer players with a mentor if they choose to want one. Make it like a beacon that new players can toggle on when they unlock the duty finder and the mentor roullete throws you in with people with that beacon active, then once you meet the qualifications for mentorship (which should be raised), you have to apply, and there can only be a finite amount of mentors on any world at any one time, you get placed on a waiting list, and eventually you get given the status when room frees up, and then you have to keep doing the mentor roullete or you lose the crown and have to reapply and go back on the waiting list.

I think an infinite amount of mentors is fine (why limit them). However maybe have no "bonus" like the symbol by your name? Make mentor be something you can do if you want, but it doesn't give any benefits - which will keep alot of the trash out.

[Rongway]

I think an infinite amount of mentors is fine (why limit them). However maybe have no "bonus" like the symbol by your name?

Removing all the crown icons and replacing them with watering cans will instantly fix a lot of the perceived mentor problems.

[Fredco191]

Removing all the crown icons and replacing them with watering cans will instantly fix a lot of the perceived mentor problems.

A watering can icon would actually make sense, considering the new player icon is a sprout.

[Bright-Flower]

I think an infinite amount of mentors is fine (why limit them). However maybe have no "bonus" like the symbol by your name? Make mentor be something you can do if you want, but it doesn't give any benefits - which will keep alot of the trash out.

Yeah I think putting a mount behind doing so many mentor roulette was probably a bad idea. Make it a volunteer thing with no reward. Well, maybe like, a good amount of tomes from mentor roulette but no unique rewards.

[alimdia]

Yeah I think putting a mount behind doing so many mentor roulette was probably a bad idea. Make it a volunteer thing with no reward. Well, maybe like, a good amount of tomes from mentor roulette but no unique rewards.

Been said quite a lot, the mount didn't exist when they added the roulette, almost no one ran the roulette for months, so they added the mount as an incentive so people run it. Mentor roulette is not a roulette that matches you with people who need learning, it's just a queue filler, it doesn't even prioritize duties with newbies.

[Jollyy5]

While we are on the subject of the mentor system, I have to say that one of my biggest gripes with it is how easily you can become a mentor.

I figured mentors are supposed to help new players with stuff like general game terms and what not, but also gameplay and classes, and since the only requirement to become a mentor is having one class of each role at 50 or 60, the result is ~80% mentors being players who haven't even read their tooltips.

I -think- there might've been some other requirement for becoming a mentor, but since I've had the mentor status for years and can't remember what it was, it must've not been a big deal.

[Kuroka]

Most importantly make it a must to clear the ex fights synched... and maybe try to force language a bit more, i cant help if they cant understand^^"