Rokien's new thread on Hamlet Defense

[Rokien]

I was getting so pumped about Hamlet Defense, till I read this.....

"If the 50-hour preparation period is over and the call-to-arms has been sounded, form a party of 8 members and speak with the militia captain to enter the instanced area. Once the instance has been entered, jobs and classes will be locked and players will not be allowed to change their weapons or soul crystals."

really, only 8 people AND INSTANCED!

SE I thought we went over this whole instanced thing already. We want open world stuff.

We shouldn't need to form a party, it should just be max 20 people sign up(form a party if you want). With instanced mobs. Ya know, like with leves and stuff.

~Don't get me wrong I'm sure it will be pretty fun and awesome... stilll give me a break here.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

i'll just quote myself

Current game engine cap displayed characters to 40, so it's just impossible a massive non-istanced event

So, no.

[Sephrick]

What do you really expect out of this thread other than a 20+ page flame war? Seriously.

80% of polled players wanted instances. That's the future of Final Fantasy XIV.

[Irishwars]

Did you ever play FFXI? Do you remember the beseiged events. SE can't do open raids. The lag is KILLER. I want to be able to see the mob attacking me

[Rokien]

i'll just quote myself

So, no.

I'm hoping that's becasue of the server ya, I'm hoping it will change in 2.0, though look at strong holds........ stuff is everywhere

[Issac]

What do you really expect out of this thread other than a 20+ page flame war? Seriously.

80% of polled players wanted instances. That's the future of Final Fantasy XIV.

How about a damn middle ground? Instance, fine. But just ONE party?

Please.

[Raistlin]

someone need a hug

[Lyndis]

What do you really expect out of this thread other than a 20+ page flame war? Seriously.

80% of polled players wanted instances. That's the future of Final Fantasy XIV.

I think I'm giving up. Instances are boring. I'll stick around till 2.0 to see if this changes. There's no reason to play an instanced final fantasy MMO. Hamlet defense was the one thing I was excited for until now.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

I'm hoping that's becasue of the server ya, I'm hoping it will change in 2.0, though look at strong holds........ stuff is everywhere

People displayed in uldah should give you an hint. They could do an open world hamlet, but you'll see 39 npc..and yourself. no one else

[Sephrick]

Did you ever play FFXI? Do you remember the beseiged events. SE can't do open raids. The lag is KILLER. I want to be able to see the mob attacking me

Yup. Nothing was worse in Besiged than dying to Mijin Gakure spam from mobs you didn't know we're around you.

If it being instanced allows for coordinated tactics and gameplay we can actually respond to then so be it.