Thread: Patch 1.17 Notes

Originally Posted by Luhy

So, after 5 mins of killing NMs, we realize that the patch did nothing, again. NMs drop trash, repop in 1-2 mins, drop more trash and are soloable by anyone. The other shit doesn't matter either. The PT buff shoulda been an exp bonus to encourage PTing or something. The teams just aren't realizing what's important. I'm off to play other games again... get your shit together, SE.

The buff itself is for more than just pt incentives, but it is also a great incentive to party. You normally party up to kill faster = more xp/sp over time.

The teams do realize what's important..the PLAYERS don't know what's important for the game other than "LOL WE NEED CONTENT" when in reality the game needs to be FIXED as well.

Things that do need to be fixed in the gam rather than make it easier. One win you Dc you still can do you leve, nothings more fun than waiting 35 hrs than have your pc crash or your server crash mid leve it pretty stupid. Second when your fitting you should get xp from the yellow mobs as well prety stupid 3 things can agro but if you aoe you only get x1 xp retarded. simple problem that need to be fixed moths ago, some time i wonder if any of the devs have ever played this game? class system is fine. i don't think your making the jobs more unique buy make them more structured, how is it going to make everyone have the same class with the same skills is unique. i think its vary unique the way it is pick and chose your char turn your gld into a dark night with a few spells you can customize any class the way you play thats unique. some how they think buy make more people the same that unique seams flawed to me

how I had to read through this thread:

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For the love of god SHUT UP! Start private messaging or something god. You two are complete trolls talking about cgi or some shit on a patch thread. For the good of everyone here PLEASE take your convo elsewhere.

As far as the patch, love it. The new NM's are pretty sweet and I like their quick respawn times so you don't get a lot of congestion. Fought alux twice (died once) in a duo at rank 32 and took about 10 minutes. Loving new content! Keep it up SE. .

Finally did a review of the patch to keep the tradition alive.
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...e=180448&ref=1

Quest adjustments (5/10)
I don't care about these, really. The quest markers are a good addition for playability, but the rewards are still rather lackluster. A fame or reputation system or some kind of point system where I can trade in points for unique gear would make the quests a lot more appealing.

|dev1021| The following changes have been made to behests. (5/10)

I like behests every 30 minutes. I feel that the reduced party size has hampered the behest system a little. There needs to be some major changes like the ones I've outlined here:

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ehest-Feedback

|dev1031| New notorious monsters have been added. (9/10)
Really good additions, I just with they had added more R50 NMs, and perhaps more craft class gear drops.

Adjustments to mob distribution and actions. (don't care)
Didn't even notice, to be honest.

|dev1020| The maximum number of party members has been reduced from 15 to 8.
The strength of several notorious monsters has been adjusted to coincide with this. (6/10)
I like the emphasis on the smaller party size, 15 was too much. I don't like the NM weakening. They were easy enough as it is. Although, I did get a kick out of duoing and trioing certain NMs, so I guess it's not all bad.

|dev1020| Players now receive enhancing status effects when in a light party (4–7 members) or full party (8 members) (4/10)
Not necessary and puts an arbitrary number to party effectiveness. People just add a fourth or an eighth member just to get party bonus. Band-aid fix to greater underlying problems surrounding party battle mechanics.

dev1037| Graphic effects of actions and spells have been enlarged by a factor of between 1.5 to 2 times their original size. (4/10)
I don't even notice. They need to just change the animations out completely for something a lot cooler looking.

Enemy icon, enemy rank, HP bar (10/10)
YES! Thank you! Finally. That stupid color con system was too buggy and unreliable. Showing rank now lets players have a clearer idea of what they're fighting.

|dev1046| Retainer locations are now saved even following server maintenance. (10/10)
Good. Should have been implemented ages ago.

|dev1029| Character collision with relatively low-lying outdoor elements has been removed. (6/10)
Still doesn't fix a lot of gripes about the terrain. Just let us jump already. I hate fences...

As for 1.17a, the new sidequests I don't care about, and the FULL PARTY 3D effect induces heart attacks and is lame after the 100th time.