Cosmic Exploration progression is poorly handled

[SalamanderIX]

This patch launched at 3am PST and most this stuff was done by 7am PST.

That means for the entire west, most players were either asleep or getting ready for work/school, or there. It started in the morning... The only ones this would had been a prime time to play are in Asia/OCE.
I don't see the point of having stages and community events that literally got slept through for most, and occurring only a couple hours apart from eachother. These needed to occur about every 8 hours, since those can account for a lot of shifts or sleep, and giving the stages time to breath. It is simply too fast this way aside for the low pop servers.

[CidHeiral]

The first two steps were intentionally fast to complete because they contained essential NPCs and fast travel. Step 3 has been progressing for almost 48 hours and zero servers are even halfway done.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...ration/report/

[kiwipen]

The first two steps were intentionally fast to complete because they contained essential NPCs and fast travel. Step 3 has been progressing for almost 48 hours and zero servers are even halfway done.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...ration/report/

Intentionally fast for high population servers, maybe. Dynamis is still out here struggling to get their essential NPCs and fast travels.

[CidHeiral]

Intentionally fast for high population servers, maybe. Dynamis is still out here struggling to get their essential NPCs and fast travels.

I should have used "relatively fast."

[Blindheart]

Do we know if our concerns about this content are even being looked at? I was curious if the Japanese peeps had the same issue but as far as I can tell their side of these forums is empty of new posts. Do only the English forums get much comments or do they post problems elsewhere? Or just don’t complain because of their culture?

I’m mad about not being able to participate in any of this as I don’t have much free time for a bit and I have not done anything with my crafters or gatherers this expansion so by the time I can play this will all be over and all I’ll have is just the “final form” of the zone, and no real sense of progression like other content.

[Renaclock]

Do we know if our concerns about this content are even being looked at? I was curious if the Japanese peeps had the same issue but as far as I can tell their side of these forums is empty of new posts. Do only the English forums get much comments or do they post problems elsewhere? Or just don’t complain because of their culture?

I’m mad about not being able to participate in any of this as I don’t have much free time for a bit and I have not done anything with my crafters or gatherers this expansion so by the time I can play this will all be over and all I’ll have is just the “final form” of the zone, and no real sense of progression like other content.

Thats like complaining not being able to raid day one because you can't play on release date.
This content is available from lv10 you can play NOW.
We don't have a single buildings yet and if it took a day or more to build a transportation it wouldve been miserable....

[Blindheart]

Thats like complaining not being able to raid day one because you can't play on release date.
This content is available from lv10 you can play NOW.
We don't have a single buildings yet and if it took a day or more to build a transportation it wouldve been miserable....

You don’t miss whole stages of combat if you’re not raiding on day one. This is supposed to be community content but how can I feel part of a community if it’s already complete before I can even make time to play?

[Mawlzy]

You don’t miss whole stages of combat if you’re not raiding on day one. This is supposed to be community content but how can I feel part of a community if it’s already complete before I can even make time to play?

The reality is it's not community content at all.

Do I feel part of the Adamantoise "community" if we fill a progress bar faster than Faerie? No, I'm just more likely to be asleep when something significant happens.

Is there a "community spirit" in the construction and gathering areas? Not at all. DoL don't have time to chat even if they wanted to, the gaggle of crafters is indistinguishable from the Shaded Bower other than it's far uglier, and people running around pressing their one button in the FATEs is just a bit sad.

[Supersnow845]

You don’t miss whole stages of combat if you’re not raiding on day one. This is supposed to be community content but how can I feel part of a community if it’s already complete before I can even make time to play?

But that’s the thing the moon has FIFTEEN stages and even aether’s busiest servers are barely halfway through stage 3. That means there is 12 more “progression fates” for the moon

Do people really think it can be balanced that every person can attend every one of the 15 40 minute fates

Doing anything in cosmic right now is contributing to your servers progression. I’m not sure how people expect singular contribution to feel meaningful in server wide progression

[TaleraRistain]

But that’s the thing the moon has FIFTEEN stages and even aether’s busiest servers are barely halfway through stage 3. That means there is 12 more “progression fates” for the moon

Do people really think it can be balanced that every person can attend every one of the 15 40 minute fates

Doing anything in cosmic right now is contributing to your servers progression. I’m not sure how people expect singular contribution to feel meaningful in server wide progression

It was SE's job to do that or just not have server progression in the first place after being told how much missing out on progression events sucks in the last one.