Personally, I like the enhancements, The chocobos at the crystals are a good way to help those that need to get to Rabao without the aid of a Mage/Silent Oils (which can be expensive). Plus is let's you save the Chocobo Whistle for more tactic times... Has anyone ever tried mounting a chocobo to escape monsters?

Also I don't go to Aht Uhrgan too much because I usually have to take the boat, because I've already used the Olduum ring, or I'm using a job that's not able to equip it. Now if I truely want, I can save the olduum ring for besieged.

I haven't done any of the missions yet, so I've got no clue as to what story is going on in Whitegate, etc...

I like how this update is looking so far, though I would like to see a warp taru of sorts put in Jeuno. They have one in Aht-Urhgan -- why not one in Jeuno? I understand that they'll be putting NPCs in home countries -- but that still means you'll either need to find a way to get to Jeuno to airship there to warp back to Aht-Urhgan, or you'll need to find someplace to OP from back to your home city...

It will make things slightly easier and will hopefully cut down on the lag in Whitegate.

Multiple feedings at once -- they should have implemented that a LONG time ago, but I'm happy about it. I'm tired of having to see the same CS 3-4 times when I feed my bird. Condensed trainer stuff, GOD YES. I don't need to see the same text over and over and over.

Some of this sounds nice at first, but I agree that it may start to make the game too easy. Being able to outpost warp to an area like the Dunes while you are still leveling there eliminates a lot of the challenge of getting to and from there. We all had to do it the hard way before, and we all got it done. I'm surprised they didn't just add an outpost warp to Ru'Ann Gardens along with this. Getting Sea access and using the Crags is way too much work!

Adding Chocobos at the leypoint and the other teleport crystals isn't even necessary. If you took the time and effort to raise a chocobo and get the whistle, you already can do this. This just makes it possible to do the same thing without working for it. And it makes the whole Chocobo raising thing less useful. They should make it more useful by allowing a raised choco to be used in a few places where a rental cannot, like Cape Terrigan, Caederva Mire, etc. Even that isn't necessary, but it would add more rewards for those that put in the effort.

Having the ability to warp to Whitegate will be nice, I must admit. I'm sure you'll still have to get there the hard way once, at least. This kind of eliminates the usefulness of the Olduum Ring.

If they wanted to add some really handy things, how about the ability to access the Mog Locker from the Nomad Moogles, and the Mog House Storage from all the cities. With all the new Rare/Ex gear in the game, more storage capability, or at least more NPC storage for this stuff would be nice.




Edited, May 17th 2007 10:49am by CharlieFFXI

I'm so stoked about the new teleportation options, except for one thing. I just raised all 18 jobs to 20!!! This would have made that so much easier... argh. Just a thought though, when will they raise the level cap on NPC fellows to 75? Nanako is getting a little bored of being 65.

I feel like dancing(either in they gay way or not, your choice)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This will definitely help with the lag in whitegate.

This alone will be a huge benefit, as you can now set your Home Point somewhere like Windurst, then teleport to Whitegate, then pay the warp Taru to get to Jueno or to go to your home nation (in Bastok, perhaps). Basically, if you plan it out you will be able to get from any city to almost any other city in the blink of an eye. This rocks hard, and will certainly both reduce Whitegate lag and encourage more people to spend more time in the home nations (for things like repeatable quests, for example). I can't wait to set my Homepoint somewhere else!! :D

So exciting, go go SE!

SWEETNESS!
And people complain that SE never listens to players. I'm as giddy as a schoolgirl!