Feedback on the delay of Savage

[Menriq]

I'm not a WF or week 1 clear group raider. However, as someone who does raid week 1, I would like to offer my feedback from that point of view.

I enjoyed being able to not feel rushed to hurry through the story and normal mode just to get to savage. It was nice to just take my day on day / week 1, enjoy the MSQ and other aspects of the new patch at my own pace. Does that mean I blew through it and consumed it all? No where close. But I didn't feel like I had to put everything on the back burner to get ready for raid.

I like that for our group, we can spend some time this week to work on our strategy for the fight and not have to rush to get the crafted gear, wait on BiS, etc. As an onicrafter, I didn't have to rush and spend the day gathering / crafting not early gear, but food and pots.

Overall, I liken it to exactly like the first tier is after an expansion is released. There is some potential adjustments to jobs based on changes, and this week allows players to play with new changes in a more relaxed manner. I would highly recommend going with the approach for future tiers.

[Amelimie]

I miss making sweet gil from hardcore raiders.....

[DixieBellOCE]

Honestly the break between EX4 and Savage is really nice.

Not feeling rushed into gearing, having the entire week to just chill with static and talk about stuff, practice together is good.

I hope they continue with the 1 week delay every time.

Only downside, as an Omnicrafter i haven't bothered to craft this patch, would be nice if master books were released with the savage release.

[Tigerlilley]

Being able to have time to do the story first with friends was just so, so good. My raid appreciated it so much. AND we got to do the extreme primal first! That has never happened. I'm running some learning parties for my FC this weekend, its so nice to be able to do this!

The other tiers where we had to rush through raid story was just depressing. We'd get into these fights like, hey wait, is that Thancred? This is Thancred. Why are we fighting Thancred? Midgard? Who are these shiny metal people? What is a Mitron and how does he know Gaia?

Only downside, as an Omnicrafter i haven't bothered to craft this patch, would be nice if master books were released with the savage release.

Unless I'm confused here, what do you mean? They were released. The crafted gear, food and pots are out.

[Amelimie]

Being able to have time to do the story first with friends was just so, so good. My raid appreciated it so much. AND we got to do the extreme primal first! That has never happened. I'm running some learning parties for my FC this weekend, its so nice to be able to do this!

The other tiers where we had to rush through raid story was just depressing. We'd get into these fights like, hey wait, is that Thancred? This is Thancred. Why are we fighting Thancred? Midgard? Who are these shiny metal people? What is a Mitron and how does he know Gaia?



Unless I'm confused here, what do you mean? They were released. The crafted gear, food and pots are out.

He means were released with savage, but even then demand for new gear would not be same, EX weapon bis tome parts, etc. The days of making mega gil from raid patch are over.

[Tigerlilley]

He means were released with savage, but even then demand for new gear would not be same, EX weapon bis tome parts, etc. The days of making mega gil from raid patch are over.

Oh I see. So now raiders have time to craft their own stuff people aren't making gil. Lmao. Meh, most of my group just didn't sleep trying to get gear out so I can't say I feel sorry for anyone here.

[EmoriNova]

I've got to agree, thank you SE for delaying the release of savage! I loved this adjustment before and still find it very useful.

In the past, I would have to ignore MSQ while all my other friends are doing it and chatting about it, so I could prep properly. It was a rush to find the right pre-raid gear, not to mention I craft for my whole raid team so if I didn't take a vacation or sick day from work irl, there was no way to make it happen and we'd be at a disadvantage to other groups. It's also given us proper time to find a few replacements in our static.

This has been a very peaceful pre-raid week and I'm really grateful. I've gotten to enjoy many aspects of the patch before even worrying about gear and the gather/craft grind.

Please keep this up!

[Ransu]

I like it. I can go at my own pace and actually enjoy the new stuff without feeling rushed to unlock everything. I hope they continue with this approach.

[ThaCa]

He means were released with savage, but even then demand for new gear would not be same, EX weapon bis tome parts, etc. The days of making mega gil from raid patch are over.

At least on Light the gear has been selling like hotcakes and at times with absurd price like 3-5 million a piece, it seems the player growth has pushed for even more active market than previously. Even though more money wise people will probably wait for the latest moment to get the gear a bit cheaper or have their crafter friends lined up with tome mats and other stuff.

[SnowVix]

Gotta agree, the delay has been nice, getting a chance to do extreme with the static (and thus guarantee we'll do enough clears to pick up the weapon) and having a much more relaxed week 1 than if i had to log in on Tuesday, slam through MSQ and normals, start crafting a massive batch of raid food and super-ethers all by Friday.