Umbrellas...? And less content...?

[MOZZYSTAR]

Umbrellas were mentioned in these notes.
Does anyone know what they mean by umbrellas? Like equippable parasol-like thingies to protect us from rain or shine? Or umbrella terms or set-ups for systems or... something?

Also, less content (1 dng) per patch now? Does that mean we're getting other content to fill that "void," or are we just getting less content over all now? I think one less dungeon is fine if it's temporary to enable them to catch up with fixing things (legitimately fixing, not breaking), but if it's not for that then... Should we be a little concerned? What's going on? Did they specify why this is happening?


I'm rambling too much. Thanks for posting!

[Theodric]

Umbrellas are potentially a mount, they were mentioned years ago as a possibility but nothing came of it. So I reckon they might also be cosmetic.

As for one less dungeon per patch, I do hope it means we get more content elsewhere as well as more character customisation.

[Fawkes]

Seems like we're getting less dungeons but more content overall. But if you don't like crafting or fishing you probably won't be as excited.

[Khalithar]

Umbrellas are potentially a mount

Hell yeah fly around like Mary Poppins. XD

They could even re-use the animations from the rideable drones in the nier 24m.

[Esmoire]

They specifically said they are reducing the dungeon output to focus energy on new kinds of content. Let's wait and see what this is and experience it before we draw conclusions.

[Lambdafish]

Also, less content (1 dng) per patch now? Does that mean we're getting other content to fill that "void," or are we just getting less content over all now?

We aren't getting less dungeons because of resources, we are getting less dungeons because there are so many in the game and they want to keep content fresh rather than stagnant. Something I agree with. We got a ridiculous amount of content in 5.1 compared to past patches (24 man, Hades EX, Ultimate, Ishgard restoration, BLU, PVP, New game +,massive overhaul of crafting and gathering, and a large number of other changes and additions such as fellowships), so complaining about less content is kinda ignorant if not entitled.

Also did you completely ignore the fact that we are getting an additional trial in 5.2? That alone, regardless of what it is, makes up for a lost dungeon.

[Cidel]

They specifically said they are reducing the dungeon output to focus energy on new kinds of content. Let's wait and see what this is and experience it before we draw conclusions.

Giant zone with FATEs? FATE grind? Monotonous mob grind?

[Zakon]

Going to throw out a civil protest about the decision to make less dungeons.

I am fully aware that a large portion of the player base doesn't enjoy them and considers them a chore, and I also admit that they aren't particularly challenging. However, I have no desire to join a static due to having been burnt out on the raiding process when I played World of Warcraft. I enjoy PUGing the trials, but once I get the weapons I want from them, I have no reason to return.

I am part of a small group of friends who play this game to chill and spend time with each other and dungeons so far have suited us perfectly. We enjoy collecting the various tomestone gear sets and it gives us something to do every night. We were friends before FFXIV and we have our own guild and house which we share. This decision will more than likely cause us to become bored and leave, as the game no longer offers any content for us.

If the developers believe that allocating resources elsewhere is best for the long-term health of the game, I would respectfully request they look into what they can do to provide more 4-man content. To my knowledge, dungeons are the only kind of content in the game for end-game which does not require at least 8 people.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Going to throw out a civil protest about the decision to make less dungeons.

I am fully aware that a large portion of the player base doesn't enjoy them and considers them a chore, and I also admit that they aren't particularly challenging. However, I have no desire to join a static due to having been burnt out on the raiding process when I played World of Warcraft. I enjoy PUGing the trials, but once I get the weapons I want from them, I have no reason to return.

I am part of a small group of friends who play this game to chill and spend time with each other and dungeons so far have suited us perfectly. We enjoy collecting the various tomestone gear sets and it gives us something to do every night. We were friends before FFXIV and we have our own guild and house which we share. This decision will more than likely cause us to become bored and leave, as the game no longer offers any content for us.

If the developers believe that allocating resources elsewhere is best for the long-term health of the game, I would respectfully request they look into what they can do to provide more 4-man content. To my knowledge, dungeons are the only kind of content in the game for end-game which does not require at least 8 people.

Palace of the Dead to floor 200, Heaven on High to 100, Maps.

[Zakon]

Palace of the Dead to floor 200, Heaven on High to 100, Maps.

We do maps, but I wouldn't exactly call those challenging or engaging, likely even less so than the dungeons. It's random as to if we'll even find them in the first place, progression inside of them is random, and the only bosses in them are on the bottom floors. If Shadowbringer's maps are different, I wouldn't know, as our luck hasn't allowed us to progress past floor 3.

PotD and HoH are old content where our jobs' abilities would be more limited and thus less fun to play. I'm sure eventually Shadowbringers will get a deep dungeon, but it's not there right now.

Additionally deep dungeon requires all four of us to be present and that's not always possible, usually we're running a man down, which the duty finder makes up for.