Cosmic Exploration Opinions

[Meillquei]

Yea... this was clearly not designed with Dynamis and Materia in mind. We're struggling a lot because of a lack of people. As of writing this, only 3/8 Dynamis servers, Seraph, Hali, and Maduin are on stage 3.

[Anonemoose]

Pre 7.2 LL: "the game is dead the sky is falling and there are so many longstanding problems with the game"
Post 7.2 LL: "the game is saved! Best content ever! all of our dreams have come true and everything is fixed! based yoship!"
7.21 released: "hmmm this is actually kinda shit" <-- we are here
7.25 released: "so its just more of the same with the same problems just with a new coat of paint, like lipstick on a pig."
Pre 7.3 LL: "the game is dead the sky is falling and there are so many longstanding problems with the game and the devs refuse to listen to us!"

The only difference is that the talking heads, streamers and content creators will pretend like they weren't criticising the game pre 7.2 LL
and feign ignorance so as to not jeapordise their media tour and fanfest invites.

It's all so tiresome.

[Raim]

Still, it's just bad design to have to start the timer to even see where the leve is, and then spend a minute surfboarding and sprinting over to it when you only get like 3 minutes on the timer. We're going to need to have a wiki so we can check where a leve is before we start it so we can actually complete it in time.

Theres a button on each mission page that shows you the location on the map.

[Khryseis_Astra]

I think my disinterest may stem from the fact the name Cosmic Exploration sounds pretty cool, but what we're doing on the moon is not.

"Cosmic Construction" might have been better

With a name like Cosmic Exploration, I was hoping for more… exploration! I get that we’re just on the other side of the Moon we already know, but I hope there’s some kind of exploration aspect when we get to a new planet or moon. Like maybe we have to explore before we can gather in certain areas…

My personal experience… got on about 11am my time (an hour after reset). It had already progressed to the point where the hoverboard launchpads were there. I don’t really mind missing out on the growth stages. Firmament was like that too, I think I got to participate in 2-3 major events like that because of my work schedule. No one can be there 24 hours a day…

The Fates are what I enjoy most in there at the moment… the only thing where you really get everyone together. I started off on one of my specialist crafters. Did a few sets of recipes, only managed to get one silver and one gold, but I only have orange scrip gear and barely any current materia so far. I wonder how those not at max level are finding the recipe difficulty? I’ll go back to crafting when I have better gear/materia. But it does feel like we’re missing the “starter” recipes that Firm had for each level grouping, 5 recipes ranging from easy to expert.

Gathering… I never thought I’d miss Diadem so much! lol With Diadem, you could put on a podcast or a show, do your endless loop and enjoy the local chatter. I’m not enjoying the timed levequest format. I really wanted an endless gathering loop like that, but in space! Still have to have 500k in each for the title, and this is going to feel like much more of a grind than Diadem did. It feels rushed with the time limit, and honestly the “challenge” is running from node to node since we can’t use mounts, and waiting for our tools to be put away at the end of each node eating into our timer.

Rewards in general feel too expensive for the amount of credits you get per craft/gather… 6000 for a framer’s kit?! The gear is on par with Firm gear, but again, it was much easier to earn Skybuilder scrip than it is to get the Cosmic/Lunar credits. The amount of time/effort to reward ratio is a bit daunting. I spent 7 hours in there yesterday and couldn’t afford anything as a souvenir of my first day! lol I also didn’t get selected as a mech pilot all day, and only got one spin on the wheel of fortune, which I did before realizing that was the currency I needed for the pilot’s license! LOL Again I feel like the scratch tickets in Firm were a lot easier to earn than wheel spins here.

I’ll probably plug away at it, at least for the gatherer title… I love all the titles, but I know I’m not going to have the patience to grind for all of them.

[Catwho]

With a name like Cosmic Exploration, I was hoping for more… exploration! I get that we’re just on the other side of the Moon we already know, but I hope there’s some kind of exploration aspect when we get to a new planet or moon. Like maybe we have to explore before we can gather in certain areas…

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Gathering… I never thought I’d miss Diadem so much! lol With Diadem, you could put on a podcast or a show, do your endless loop and enjoy the local chatter. I’m not enjoying the timed levequest format. I really wanted an endless gathering loop like that, but in space! Still have to have 500k in each for the title, and this is going to feel like much more of a grind than Diadem did. It feels rushed with the time limit, and honestly the “challenge” is running from node to node since we can’t use mounts, and waiting for our tools to be put away at the end of each node eating into our timer.

Also hoping that once we get to other planets, we'll get more exploration and a gathering loop - but I suspect the reason they DIDN'T do that this time is because they didn't want to clog people's inventories any more than they already have. When I was active in Diadem, I had a retainer dedicated solely to holding all the stuff.

Since crafters are gifted the raw materials for their missions, it's unlikely that crafters will have physical items either.

Perhaps they can create a loop for non physical items? And get to a stack of 99 to turn in, at your own pace?

[BunnyBrat]

Is it me or is the a rank doh missions too difficult? Like I can figure out how to do them but I never seem to have enough skill for them even though I'm wearing the crafted ilvl 720 gear. And the cosmo tool they give you is insufficient for the missions.

[Kaurhz]

Is it me or is the a rank doh missions too difficult? Like I can figure out how to do them but I never seem to have enough skill for them even though I'm wearing the crafted ilvl 720 gear. And the cosmo tool they give you is insufficient for the missions.

What are your stats because some people have insane meld combinations, e.g., like 6,000 craftsmanship and no CP

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Is it me or is the a rank doh missions too difficult? Like I can figure out how to do them but I never seem to have enough skill for them even though I'm wearing the crafted ilvl 720 gear. And the cosmo tool they give you is insufficient for the missions.

Easier with the Ceviche than Steak in my opinion

can do all with macro and to 100% stats 5428 craft 5193 control Cp 726 with food

[Balmung_Griffin]

Wow, I'm on vacation and away from game until second week of May, so I shouldn't even bother with this when I get back?

[Musashidon]

Wow, I'm on vacation and away from game until second week of May, so I shouldn't even bother with this when I get back?

it depends on what you want to get out of the content.

the progress as a community part is bare bone as big communities will complete it in just half a day or even faster while smaller ones will get more bang for their buck.

there are plenty of rewards and a couple ok mechanics in the area, but at the same time the whole place is just the normal crafting/gathering the game has always had.

there are some complaints about the place and getting around/ no aetheryte crystal but i believe that is just because the area is being developed and as we get closer to completing the area more things will unlock, because i am pretty sure there was a tele in the trailer/what we saw in LL.