Blue Carnival

[EusisLandale]

They're talking about single player instances having easy mode options added to them if you fail. You know, the incredibly easy stuff that takes alot of effort to mess up.

That is news to me. Interesting.

[LilimoLimomo]

Once again here posting as to why blue's story line is gated behind doing a boss in Carnival. All other classes and jobs do not have such silliness and considering it is a limited job as well why do that, all you do Square is upset people who just want to see the story

I think part of what you need to accept is that Blue Mage is a totally different game compared to other classes. You can want it to be like other classes, but the reality is that it's not. It has special rules for leveling, learning abilities, instances, level cap, PvP, and quest progression. I understand wanting it to work more similarly to other classes, but don't let that blind you to the fact that it's thoroughly distinct from every other class in the game.

And like other game content, you can't progress the story unless you do the associated content. Eden requires raids, Eureka requires Baldesion Arsenal, and the Fisher class requires catching specific quest fish. And if you want to experience the Blue Mage story, you're going to need to farm some moves and do the Carnival.

For what it's worth, I don't like farming moves and I don't enjoy the Carnival, so I haven't progressed BLU's story past 50. I've accepted that if I want to experience the story, that requires doing the Carnival. And I've decided not to do the Carnival, so I understand that I won't get the story.

and don't even get me started on the difficulty of some of the things in carnival for older and/or disabled people to get thru. Why not have an easy mode option

Can you explain this a bit more? I didn't like the Carnival, but I don't recall it having anything that seemed like an ability concern. I'd be curious to hear about what aspects can cause trouble and how.

Regardless, an easy mode sounds fine; they do offer that for other solo instanced content so it doesn't seem like an unreasonable request.

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

Can you explain this a bit more? I didn't like the Carnival, but I don't recall it having anything that seemed like an ability concern. I'd be curious to hear about what aspects can cause trouble and how.

Regardless, an easy mode sounds fine; they do offer that for other solo instanced content so it doesn't seem like an unreasonable request.

I'm not the person you quoted but I can answer from my point of view. I'm older now... older than the typical gamer I'd imagine. My reaction speed, manual dexterity, and steadiness of my hands aren't what they were 30 years ago. I still haven't cleared all the stages of the carnival yet since my brain and hands have a hard time keeping up at times. Some of us older folk just aren't as quick as we were in our 20's & 30's. It happens to all of us eventually

[LilimoLimomo]

I'm not the person you quoted but I can answer from my point of view. I'm older now... older than the typical gamer I'd imagine. My reaction speed, manual dexterity, and steadiness of my hands aren't what they were 30 years ago. I still haven't cleared all the stages of the carnival yet since my brain and hands have a hard time keeping up at times. Some of us older folk just aren't as quick as we were in our 20's & 30's. It happens to all of us eventually

Oh, to be clear, I'm fully aware of this! I'm middle-aged and have been increasingly affected by arthritis for a few years now. I was just wondering what the specific issues with the Carnival are. With the help of macros and customizing my UI and crosshotbars, I don't typically have problems that prevent me personally from overcoming the kinds of content I want to engage in. So I'm interested in learning what these obstacles are for two reasons: because my own experiences navigating ability issues might help work towards a solution, and regardless it helps me to better understand the challenges that people with differing ability face.

[Atelier-Bagur]

Oh my goodness, you people DO NOT TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME.

I love actually being challenged and having to put some work into a job questline for once. This is the same exact feedback that'll encourage SE to axe the only lasting continued job storyline left in this game.

Quit crying, learn the fight and mechanics and then be rewarded with a finished storyline.

[JamieRose]

Oh my goodness, you people DO NOT TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME.

I love actually being challenged and having to put some work into a job questline for once. This is the same exact feedback that'll encourage SE to axe the only lasting continued job storyline left in this game.

Quit crying, learn the fight and mechanics and then be rewarded with a finished storyline.

Please take this garbage away from me.

There's challenge and then there's MC which is nothing more than a conga line of OHKOs that make you start all over again because Yoshi P has no concept of what a check point is. >_<

Quit fanboying and stop accepting low rent content.

[Atelier-Bagur]

Please take this garbage away from me.

There's challenge and then there's MC which is nothing more than a conga line of OHKOs that make you start all over again because Yoshi P has no concept of what a check point is. >_<

Quit fanboying and stop accepting low rent content.

Others have managed to clear MC no problem but all of a sudden we need to pay attention to the brain dead few who cry out for not being able to do it because they cant bum rush through it? Get out of here with that logic.

The only low rent here is OP's and your's posts about MC. This is exactly why the current state of the game is just so streamlined and braindead with content, because of people having this line of thinking about parts of the game.

[Bacent]

Go get some of the newer spells. Makes older fights way easier.

It kind of feels like this 'silliness' is because you can't get past a fight.

[Thurmnmurmn]

Please take this garbage away from me.

There's challenge and then there's MC which is nothing more than a conga line of OHKOs that make you start all over again because Yoshi P has no concept of what a check point is. >_<

Quit fanboying and stop accepting low rent content.

Skill issue.

[Burmecia]

Just take BLU as puzzle content. Isn't that what it is? Use it's silly tools, spells, to figure out puzzle.

Seems cool to me, much fun, very silly