Why are NPC parties so bad?

[Thangil]

Hi

The option to use a NPC party for dungeons during MSQs is great, so we don't have to wait for a party. In theory...

The main problem is, Aphinaud is the worst healer in gaming history! He doesn't heal me at all until I have less than 20% health. And the tank isn't much better.

I've been trying to do the Grand Cosmos dungeon for the MSQ with NPCs, and everything went somewhat ok until the last boss, the flame-something dude. Alphinaud keeps getting one-shotted, and Tancred (tank) can't control the boss at all. It's completely un-doable with NPCs.

And why is NPCs doing almost no damage at all? During trash mob fights, I'm the one to take them down. Tested several times, by AFKing and simply watching, and the rest of the group barely made a dent in any mob.

FIX IT.

Doing dungeons with my squadron is COMPLETELY different. Everything runs smoothly, like it's a group of real players, good players, and everyone is doing their job perfectly. The only issue is that they doesn't seem to take much damage if they don't move away from red areas, which is ridiculous.

[Supersnow845]

The reason trusts are bad is because they are designed to be bad to actually encourage you to play with other people because it’s an MMO

Trusts are more insurance against the game dying in the future or if people are crippingly antisocial, in general they expect you will run with other players which is why they leave the trusts as being 30-50% worse than an average player. To actually encourage you to play with other players

[Jeeqbit]

Alphinaud healed the big pull at the start of Mt Gulg. You know the like 4 or 5 packs? I did that with Alphinaud.

As for them doing low damage, it's because they are trying to make the dungeon run last about 30 minutes and only do single target attacks. They want faster runs of 20 minutes or less to be something you get players for.

[Canadane]

Trusts actually seem to end up doing more damage with a scale based on how long it takes you to get through the dungeon.
Their goal is to keep the same pace no matter how bad the player is. Thus, if you notice them doing piddle amounts of damage, you must be a good player! :)

[WeebPolice]

Hi

The option to use a NPC party for dungeons during MSQs is great, so we don't have to wait for a party. In theory...

The main problem is, Aphinaud is the worst healer in gaming history! He doesn't heal me at all until I have less than 20% health. And the tank isn't much better.

I've been trying to do the Grand Cosmos dungeon for the MSQ with NPCs, and everything went somewhat ok until the last boss, the flame-something dude. Alphinaud keeps getting one-shotted, and Tancred (tank) can't control the boss at all. It's completely un-doable with NPCs.

And why is NPCs doing almost no damage at all? During trash mob fights, I'm the one to take them down. Tested several times, by AFKing and simply watching, and the rest of the group barely made a dent in any mob.

FIX IT.

Doing dungeons with my squadron is COMPLETELY different. Everything runs smoothly, like it's a group of real players, good players, and everyone is doing their job perfectly. The only issue is that they doesn't seem to take much damage if they don't move away from red areas, which is ridiculous.

What Square should do is allow the Weeaboo Police Troopers to be selectable NPC party members for a reasonable amount of gil. The WPD would gladly offer their services to adventurers for a small fee.




Favor the road traveled by few.

[Thangil]

The reason trusts are bad is because they are designed to be bad to actually encourage you to play with other people because it’s an MMO

Trusts are more insurance against the game dying in the future or if people are crippingly antisocial, in general they expect you will run with other players which is why they leave the trusts as being 30-50% worse than an average player. To actually encourage you to play with other players

I have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING against playing with other people. The issue here is not about that. The ONLY reason I wanna do dungeons with NPCs, is to eliminate the wait time, nothing else at all.

[Thangil]

Trusts actually seem to end up doing more damage with a scale based on how long it takes you to get through the dungeon.
Their goal is to keep the same pace no matter how bad the player is. Thus, if you notice them doing piddle amounts of damage, you must be a good player!

Ehhhh... no.

If the goal was to keep the same pace no matter how bad the player is, NPCs wouldn't get one-shotted.

And btw, I don't consider myself a good player, I'm pretty sure I'm average.

[Thangil]

Alphinaud healed the big pull at the start of Mt Gulg. You know the like 4 or 5 packs? I did that with Alphinaud.

As for them doing low damage, it's because they are trying to make the dungeon run last about 30 minutes and only do single target attacks. They want faster runs of 20 minutes or less to be something you get players for.

Then why is is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT when playing with my squadron?

[ShariusTC]

if you do trust party and try to pull more then 1 group at once, well, you bet, healer can't keep up with healing, tank isn't tanky enough to deal with them, and DPS doesn't use aoe, that why trust party only for people that enjoy lore or just want to afk through most dungeon, if you search a fast way to level up better do it with real player

[Jeeqbit]

Then why is is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT when playing with my squadron?

Because squadrons aren't meant for helping you clear dungeons. They are meant as a mini-game to command a squadron with only a limited few dungeons part of it.