Occult crescent feels safe and mid

[Eastwall]

I just explored the entire zone and completed the map while level 1. While doing this, I aggro'd enemies TWICE, despite hugging enemies that were over 20 levels above me constantly. I was also mounted going at full mount speed. And exploring it was as if the enemies were not there. One of the enemies that went on me I could have avoided and kinda knew it would happen.

I did a few CEs and racked up 9 vuln stacks on a PLD+Knight and I took such little damage (unmitigated) that I could virtually handle another 10 or 20 stacks most likely. Even for a tank, 9 vulns is usually the breaking point but it's not in Occult.

All the aethernets can be got right away, which trivialized it a lot more.

I haven't tried fighting the enemies or using the jobs properly yet but I don't get the impression I even need all that stuff so far.

The story and CE battles themselves seemed OK so far though.

Oh nice to know. I thought if enmities higher level than me will aggro from a further distance. I think l will get all the aertheryte tonight

[Hallarem]

The zone is heavy memberberry, but plain
The music is decent with remixes 100%
Fates are different but the same
Phantom jobs are different but the same
Currency, woooooo who would've thought
Bozja collection items, feeling bold aren't we?
The same blacksmith guy who knows how to craft everything in the world appears, because they can't even think of a new character and angle, why bother even hiring writers
Story might be interesting, but I just grinded my airship and got the f out of there.

A solid 6/10 but honestly should've come out earlier, its nothing new, its another flash without any substance.

[Atreus]

DLL/Dalriada operations being gone is pretty wack. Duel encounters being gone and handed over to the crafters is shameful.

OC is fun but it is EXTREMELY safe, not capturing the best or most intriguing elements of either Bozja or Eureka at all.

[Daralii]

DLL/Dalriada operations being gone is pretty wack. Duel encounters being gone and handed over to the crafters is shameful.

OC is fun but it is EXTREMELY safe, not capturing the best or most intriguing elements of either Bozja or Eureka at all.

The release cadence is also horrendous for not having some of the best parts of either of the previous field ops. There will be no new actual content until 7.5X, with 7.4X just being more phantom jobs and 7.3X being the unrelated deep dungeon. It took ~11 months to release Southern Horn, and now the second zone(Northern Horn?) won't be out for another 11 or so months. It's supposed to have a raid, but I'm expecting BA 3 and not CLL/Dalriada or DR.

[Memento]

If you don't like it dont do it. Some of us enjoy a nice grind.

[ForteNightshade]

This can get in the bin, I never want to see tome weapons masquerading as relics ever again.

Umm, I hate to break it to you but once you finish your first relic it becomes the exact same 1,500 tome system from EW.

[Kurokozeref]

Man Can't believe people complaining about grind in MMORPG.
And it is still First Patch, We all know the drop rate gonna increase like crazy after first patch.
And 2nd quest is just another 1500 tomestone.
Can't accept the grind or the content that for grinders? then just skip this patch and wait for next .

[Zeekdober]

I think the worst thing about OC isn't that it's just the same ole safe slop we've been served over the years, it's that it took 10+ months into DT to get it. Almost a year wait, and we got...this.

[Misutoraru]

And how is a slow grind with a more reliable drop rate less of a thing for people with enough free time? You will still have to apply about the same time to grind the atmas, only in a more consistent manner.

If you want a more consistent grind, by all means, so do I. Feels better if you can measure the progress reliably and every bit contributes.

But stop pretending this is some way of SE ignoring the casual player when a large of the content caters specifically to them. Even if that content is just boring (which, frankly, it mostly is).

Not that the atmas came without warning and, even then, it's still far more lenient as the atma step is one and done that moves then to 1.5k tomestone buys (which is now very easy to repeatedly grind for).

I am completely lose. I dont know how you get that "But stop pretending this is some way of SE ignoring the casual player when a large of the content caters specifically to them" notion from.

I was saying SE seem to go from one end to another end. ARR/HW grind was like this, pray the RNG god on your side. Then EW come that give out Relic from free.

I believe the best would be a middle ground. Keep the RNG if that's players want but have a "progress" on the RNG so the "unlucky" players at least know they will reach it at somepoint. Just like the EX trial mount drop, you either get lucky or you know every EX you beat you are one step closer to the goal.

Grind might still be long for unlucky one but having able to see a progress will always be less frustrating than praying RNG not knowing when it will happen

[Purrnauskis]

I haven't got to play it yet. However...



Disagree, more of this please. Make people work for relics. They're meant to be a status symbol or can at least be revered as such by the playerbase.
The HW grind was one of the best for relics that we have ever had.

Relics are not a status symbol by any means lmao. They are not hard to get just a timesink, should I be impressed you are unemployed with all the time in the world and get a relic before me cuz of it?

Relics ARE NOT like ultimate weapons or such which actually take effort and not just time to get.