September Version Update Ready to Migrate Aboveground Follow

YAY!

Does the food effect bonus mean my red curry buns +1 will start lasting 1 hour again? I thought I was just looking at the clock wrong the other times it happened, but I actually wrote down when I took one this morning and it was gone in 30 minutes.

for anyone who hasn't been following it closely, please notice the lack of the new 2hours, and let me emphasize; Not including them was a very good thing.

Oh, POOP!

Description of burrows sounds like possible testing for exploration game mechanics in seekers. Calling it now!

20 is the better alternative to 24 hours, as it's still technically a daily restriction, but does allow to events being late one day without hindering the schedule the next day.

Still, shouldn't have been there in the first place.

20 hours is 8 and a bit in a week. NPC holds up to 4. That's 2 runs of 4 tags a week, and you can gone same times same days each week. If they did 24 hours then you'd either have to do 3 and 4, or keep constantly shifting when you go.

The terrible thing isn't 20 hours, it's the NPC only holding 4 tags. The worst part of assault.

It's one thing to restrict, another to put that out of the player's control. If your whole party had to farm something to get in, and that took maybe an hour or two, I doubt people would mind if the rewards were worth it. Yet, long cooldowns on top of the "tag" cap is pretty much par for "do it or suffer" in the sense you're pressured to do something daily (Dynamis-style) or at least every 3-4 days in bulk (Assault).

But yes, as I continue to play other games, it's a bit nauseating looking back and seeing creature comfort and general design perks SE could add, but just won't for whatever silly reason. Other games may have 10-20 man raids on longer lockouts, but basic dungeons are pretty much free to spam, and I'd correlate stuff like Meeble and Assault to such. Does this mean the hardcores get their sh*t quickly? Sure. Yet, those devs also give them incentives to go back through daily rewards and the simple virtue of salvaging unwanted items into rarer craft goods. Basically, they grasp the concept that warm and fuzzy feelings aren't enough to motivate people.

This.

Personally I play this game on and off, so when I come back after a long-time away and I have a decent chunk of abyssea stones saved up, it's good to allow me to play catch-up since I will clearly be behind.

Tags/Stones/Whatever generating over a time-period are a GOOD idea, it stops initial content-spamming and allows developers to really focus on their next project as well as making people "work together" to get things done efficiently in most cases, so the limited time is not wasted.

When they limit Tag/Stone/Whatever storage at the NPC level, that's just plain stupid, and a BAD idea.

It's like saying "OH! You are way behind everyone else? TOUGH SH*T YOU SIT THERE AND YOU ROT. NO ONE ELSE DOES THIS EVENT ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY HATE WAITING ON TAGS AND SCHEDULING REAL LIFE CRAP AROUND A VIDEO GAME. YOU SHOULD HAVE PLAYED WHILE THE PLAYING WAS GOOD IDIOT".

As stated already in this thread, it just forces you in a stupidly unrealistic routine so instead of having the ability to play the game (no matter how difficult or complex) at your LEISURE... you are stuck playing it at FFXI's very time controlling whim, and still subject to the same difficulties and complexities. It's not like they are throwing us a bone a few times a week, they are instead forcing us into an uncomfortable pocket 1 time a week. Absolutely horridly stupid to be limited in so many ways on content that could offer potential fun.

Another annoying concept is that there's no "supply and demand" with this method, it's quite simply incredibly high demand, no supply, it destroys the essence of any economy or desires from the player-base in favor of ... what? Manipulating the players to be addicted to a routine? That strategy is the sign of a failed mmo... one grasping at straws to stall out players rather than entertain them with an actual game.


EDIT: Also super-cool that 10 years in they change the icons for Dynamis Currency. Game developers certainly have their priorities straight...

Edited, Sep 20th 2012 2:51pm by FUJILIVES

http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/polnews/news21665.shtml

Edited, Sep 21st 2012 4:34am by Szabo

Prepare yourself this weekend for POL errors and "...congestion... Please try again later" messages on Monday!

The new Bourne movie is pretty good.