Thread: 5.3 Preliminary Patch Note

Is the flag check for Crystal Tower going to happen all the way back to 2.55?

A Time to Every Purpose (which is in 2.55 after Steps of Faith and before the banquet)
Before:
Complete the main scenario quests "Ancient Ways, Timeless Wants" and "The Least among Us."
After:
Complete the main scenario quests "Ancient Ways, Timeless Wants" and "The Least among Us."
Complete the Chronicles of a New Era quest "The Light of Hope."

Originally Posted by Yuella

Is the flag check for Crystal Tower going to happen all the way back to 2.55?

A Time to Every Purpose (which is in 2.55 after Steps of Faith and before the banquet)
Before:
Complete the main scenario quests "Ancient Ways, Timeless Wants" and "The Least among Us."
After:
Complete the main scenario quests "Ancient Ways, Timeless Wants" and "The Least among Us."
Complete the Chronicles of a New Era quest "The Light of Hope."

Looks like it, yeah. Which makes sense. That's when its current level after all. Plus it'll give you at least some distance from it before shadowbringers.

Originally Posted by Enla

Thing is, is that as of this current moment running AV with a composition of BLU's is legitimately the fastest way to get Moogle Tomes in the entire game. It takes 3-5 minutes total with a complete BLU party and can net you the entire bevy of items in under a few hours. Even if you don't have any BLU to run it with, it's still one of the faster dungeons available for that purpose and this goes doubly so when the tower climb isn't available to earn Tomes from.

I'd bet you a good deal of money that this change was made because enough people complained about not understanding Coincutter's mechanics whilst doing said grind. Particularly players who skipped the ARR Fate train experience and thus never got to face off with a few of the other early game Cyclops enemies this game has to offer. The change is so odd, so late, and yet so specific that I can't imagine there wasn't a deluge of complaints behind it.

Oh I don't doubt that, either that or they expect a huge influx of new Trial players and this has been a common complaint for years. Either way, it's AV so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

For new players coming through, it makes a lot more sense to force completion of CT at the point in the story when it's supposed to happen, i.e. shortly after the events at the Praetorium with Nero "newly unemployed" and still sore from his defeat there, and prior to his reappearance in post-Heavensward.

For anyone already past that point, there'll also have to be a second gate prior to 5.3 that no new player is going to hit.

No New Haircut ? sad noise

Originally Posted by Waterscape

No New Haircut ? sad noise

I know, right?

I knew it was coming but I still hate the mandatory CT completion.

On my alts I never unlock it so that I dont get sucked into it for every alliance roulette. Now that isn't an option.

They need to address the ilvl cheese thing even more now.

Pudding Flesh can now be bought with GC seals, for the same price as a venture which could be used for up to 10 Pudding Flesh with a battle retainer.