Dark Devices - Phase 1 Exploit

[Fawkes]

Every other FATE in the zone needs to be made bigger, longer, and more grindable. It seems like they are all made for 4-8 people to be able to do, but with so many people trying to do them it's a mess just trying to hit a mob and they all end in about a minute.

[Astralis]

The thing about this community is why do everyone feel the need to stomp on to others interest?

I mean just because you dont like to fate grind doesnt mean everyone should stop doing it.

If you think farming mobs from dd is not appropriate then dont do it. Simple as that. If others are enjoying them then let them be. It's their life not yours.

[Terpthree]

OP got yelled at for killing lambs and cried his way all the way to this thread. Shut up and relax kid.

[Ryios]

If this is an exploit, then you better fix all the gather fates too, because people hold their drops until the fate is about over before turning them in and they farm then the same as DD Phase 1. DD is just the most noticeable example. There are at least 2 gather fates in every zone that suffer the same problem.

[Anakhu]

who wants lamb chops!?

[Ryios]

If anything, people want this fate fixed because everytime they rush the lambs, they get black listed by 200 people. I mean our server actually has people camp the back and call out people attacking lambs. Saw a guy raging out because he was the MT in his FC and they kicked him over DD... lol

[Duelle]

so, leveling is fast enough and people still want it to be faster?

i don't think it's an exploit though..

They're ignoring FATE objectives and purposely failing it to not only get it to reappear soon (failed FATEs do have a chance of respawning faster), but because they can kill an endless supply of mobs in a corner. That screams "not intended" so loudly its not even funny.

There was a similar exploit that got nerfed in 1.0 involving purposely failing leves, so this being dealt with is not that far outside the realm of possibilities.

[Devilray]

Dark Devices is a four stage L:49 fate that spawns in Northern Thanalan. The first phase is poorly designed, allowing players to farm infinitely spawning mobs while completely ignoring the target mobs that spawn near the mine entrance. What results is approximately 14:30 of people spamming AOE and doing nothing else in order to earn anywhere from 10,000 to 200,000 XP depending on the quality (and luck) of their group.

This is an XP and quality of life exploit on par with "speed runs" of certain L:50 instances and needs to be fixed ASAP.

This needs to be changed so that the mobs only spawn near the target mobs, or that the target mobs charge into the fight as soon as the non-target mobs are engaged. That way this fate can progress as intended. The other three phases of the fate are working as intended.

You call that an exploit?? Give me a break. It is a legit way to level up.

[aswedishtiger]

op is jelly he isnt 50 and his bad groups cant get him 200k xp on phase 1

leveling is not fast enough, fates should not be the only way to level a 2nd class but they are since the devs kept claiming you could level with guildhests but...you cant

so much this

[OrigamiElephant]

If anything, people want this fate fixed because everytime they rush the lambs, they get black listed by 200 people. I mean our server actually has people camp the back and call out people attacking lambs. Saw a guy raging out because he was the MT in his FC and they kicked him over DD... lol

Hah, classic. Don't want to be blackballed, then don't get in the way of other people and their fun. Nobody chaining DD is doing so because they feel like they have to, it's because they want to. A lot of people are trying to level alternate classes to 50 now, and quests are slim pickings at that level, so you go with what's easy. It's not even like it's OP. I could see the argument if you could grind cultists all the way to 50 from 40 without stopping, but you can't.

Just shut up, get in a group, and grind away, or don't. But Don't be that guy...