Beseiged Discussion

[Omni]

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Geez, that sounds so fun... 30 min till workie done. XD

[Dark Raz]

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Long as people do Assault, they'll be weak, during the fan festival..they just devistated us. So once the Assault spam goes down, Besieged will be worth something, and yeah its true, some LS WILL try to basically screw it up, well not try, but WILL for sure.

[UnnamedGalka]

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Did this the other night. Quite a few mobs got through.

When you have 300+ people defending the town, however, it's not too exciting. The mobs drop dead as soon as they spawn.

[kazuri]

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http://yujen0513.myweb.hinet.net/uvs060426.MP4

Here’s a demo of Besieged... pretty disappointing, seeing as how this was the biggest thing I was looking forward to (and have wished for ever since I heard about FFXI 3 yrs ago) :[

Hopefully, S-E will make the monsters a bit more buffed up, and also implement something to the mobs marching towards town so they can't be slaughtered by BLMx18 Thundaga 3 :/

[capitalistnihilist]

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Besieged is a joke so far and a waste of time as well. All in all I waited around for 30 minutes to get 2 cutscenes and 100exp/IS.

[neighbortaru]

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for those who are "let down" by the brevity of Besieged, please keep in mind that you have 300+ people in the zone. That pretty much guarantees instant death for any mob that steps foot in al zabi. Wait until there's like only 50 or so ppl in zone, that should prove more interesting.

[capitalistnihilist]

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I doubt we'll see such a poor showing to a beseiged in months though.

[Darkhound]

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Well, like some of you have mentioned, we need to take into consideration that there it a lot of people on the new areas and the mobs will get slaughtered easily. Onc the ToAU fever drops a little and the population settles to an average I am pretty sure besiged will be much more of a challenge. My question is... Will things like Assaultand Besiged get old fast?

[kazuri]

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The problem is, although eventually less people will wander around ToAU zones, I estimate the main town to be the new Jeuno, which equals player central. I mean, look at what the town offers... Jeuno AH-link, free telpo to Jeuno by NPC, All Guilds, and those are only a few of the pros.
I know in time, it won't be like 200-300 players around the town, but I can't image it being down to 50-ish when the zone has so much capability for high level players (actually, probably everyone- but I've read up ToAU zones have 70+ favorable EXP areas which gives a bonus.) Many players will probably choose ToAU as their playground and stick around quite often… which ends up to Besieged being weak due to many players again. Maybe they could increase the strength of the monsters, but S-E also needs to be fair to mid-level players, so I have no idea how this will work out.

As for Assault & Besieged getting old and boring… probably not. They’re a great way to obtain some top-notch gear (Yigit set and some of those lv50-60~ accessories are stunning) and is fun at the same time, it’s like ENM+1. And everyone does ENM every 3 days. :]

[Darkhound]

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Thank you for your post! I also think that Al Zhabi will be the new player central!
I have already established my hp there for good! And I think the average number of players there will roam among 100-140. I see jeuno as the new "mid level central" and Al Zhabi/Whitegate as the endgame-highlevel base...

Any comments?

[Omni]

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yea i had a friend that said, in 2 beseiges.... he got in a total of 3 whacks.....
here's the thing, once assault dies down and say besieged will be 'fun' no one will be in town to defend and the people that are there, will get slaughtered.... GAH!

[neighbortaru]

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There might be some hope yet,
http://www.theorderls.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=9288

summary:
At level 2, the mobs are harder.
With 100+ people in zone, many seem to enjoy the experience more.

[Omni]

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nice! does sound promising.

[Ayrlie]

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last night about 2 AM the Mammooks made it to town. they did not start advancing until they were at 110%

[Omni]

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Thx for telling me where jeuno warparu was Ayrlie ^^