Shame on you, you failed us with Hamlet Defense

[stanleyyoung]

your right with hamlet defense being more open (come and go as u please) even if it has a limit like cb did in XI. there are more then one hamlets in the enitre world so it would work fine, plus we have GC and some ppl would only defend the one hamlet that GC represents. Some other ppl dont care and would do any hamlet under attack reguardless of its GC.

maybe if SE changes it in 2.0 (hopefully)we could have a limit of 100 ppl in one battle should be possible with new servers and new graphics engine. As of this moment we dont really have any content thats a similar set up to CB in XI, after 2.0 it would be great to solo and join/leave battle as you please, or work together wilth random ppl, form light parties or even full parties maybe even alliances to take down mega boss for best reward. each perosn (casual/midcore/hardcore)could contrubite in their own way adding up to a team effort if they are in a party or a individual effort when they solo, all to get rewards from the battle accordingly. just want to point out solo player can only get so much out of the battle while a group can get more due to the fact that they can do more then a soloer. either soloing or together with a team, players all contribute to a common goal of victory and rewards!

[Victor]

I suppose it's alright... Although truthfully I haven't touched it since the first night it went into offensive mode.

[Huginn]

I am compelled to comment on the archer line.
In any combined forces army (fighting force that uses more than one weapon, yes i know, it might be hard to believe, but at once time you outfitted an army with ONE weapon in europe.) you have defensive members on the front line. This is normally someone with a shield and some other weapon, possibly with a pike at their feet in the event of cavalry. Behind the shield bearers are pikemen, because they can weild their weapon through the shieldwall. behind the pikemen you have archers. archers are always behind cover if it is available and should always be behind shield bearers.

feel free to poke holes in this quick explanation that does not include ballistae, gunpowder, terrain weaponry/traps, etc.

[Alhanelem]

In any combined forces army (fighting force that uses more than one weapon, yes i know, it might be hard to believe, but at once time you outfitted an army with ONE weapon in europe.) you have defensive members on the front line.

I think the logic here is the players provide that line. The NPC defenders are supposed to be every day people who picked up bows and started shooting them. That's why they need your help in the first place.

[stanleyyoung]

I think the logic here is the players provide that line. The NPC defenders are supposed to be every day people who picked up bows and started shooting them. That's why they need your help in the first place.

thats funny but true, i guess!

[Jinko]

I think the logic here is the players provide that line. The NPC defenders are supposed to be every day people who picked up bows and started shooting them. That's why they need your help in the first place.

Now if only you could pull them off the NPC's in time before they hack the crap out of them.

It would be fine that if you stood in front of the NPC and got the hate but it doesn't work like that, they go for the NPC's 6-7 on one npc sometimes.

[ThePatriarch]

I think hamlet defense sucks

but im glad that others enjoy it, maybe its just not for me!

[Isanien]

I think Hamlet Defense is interesting, but it could use some improvements. I found getting some dark matter and prisms for winning a little disappointing.. I was expecting to get at least a few Grand Company seals per win, especially since the Caravan Escort has a Hamlet-Company link. :/

The other thing I'm not too happy about is the fact that (once again) low- and mid-level players are being neglected in terms of new content. Imo mid-level content is an absolute necessity right now, and it would have been interesting to make those players able to participate in the defense in a lower level instance. You could also make low level caravans and low level items to contribute during Prep Phase.

[KumaAkuma]

Ugh Beseiged at Whitegate, Aht Urhgan, FFXI was better then this or even the campaigns in the past zones from what I remember. I was expecting bigger, more MMoRPG like things from 2.0, but now I'm just dreading what it's actually going to bring us.

No one in their right minds is saying right now to their friends: "OMG look at what they added to FFXIV in this patch. Hamlet Defense is amazing. Hey, you need to come back right now and play this with me" NO ONE

It's freaking embarrassing.

[Verytus]

Greetings everyone. Thank you for posting in this thread. We already have a thread largely devoted to discussing Hamlet Defense, and we will keep the dev team apprised of the suggestions raised here. Unfortunately, at this time we will be closing down this thread, but we encourage you to post in the other ongoing thread if you wish to continue discussing Hamlet Defense. Thank you and have a great day.