How do you like Fields of Valor?

[aegina]

What do you think of Fields of Valor, now that it's been out a couple weeks?

Lately, I've been playing Bst and /bst, so I think it's sliced bread...but, I was out soloing/duoing before it, and would have been soloing/duoing without it.

Since FoV came out, I've noticed a lot of people out soloing or duoing instead of partying for the first ~30 levels. I used to have Buburimu all to myself, but now grabbing sylvestyres feels like nm camping, lol. In Qufim, while I was there once (Doing FoV, no less,) I saw one XP party try to survive, then disband after 20 minutes or so, I assume from lack of mobs. Obviously, It's popular.

Have you used it yet? what's your take on it?

[hexx]

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Im totally digging it, my lvl 20+ jobs have progressed pretty fast in the zone thanks to FoV! Feel bad for the XP pts tho ; ;

[Van'derfel]

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I solo'ed in dunes on my Blu and decided to try it out. It really just saves you some time

[fallenintoshadows]

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I love it, I've been using it whilst leveling BST in VD and an extra 500ish EXP per hour is good in my books

[ruffrydasean]

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I like it, haven't done too much of it lately thought because i was rushing BLM to 75 XD, but now I can get back to lvling my lowbie stuff.

[Neverslip]

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I FoV. When I started growing my Samurai, I used the Refresh available thru the manuals to make low-lvl /Whm feel almost like I was a mini-Dancer. It also made lvlin' Nin up solo post lvl 30 very nice as I'm tired of being a Nin in pt's. 10 tags for Raise is nice too. Other than Refresh and Raise, I haven't felt the need to use any of the other options.

The extra XP and Gil is always very nice. I also like that I'm fighting mobs I hadn't wanted or thought of fighting earlier and learning about what they drop.

I have noticed searching for people "sfp" has kinda gotten to be more of a chore. With the experience increase, level-synch, and FoV; it seems people find it easier or would rather buddy up w/ 1 or 2 buddies instead of waste tons of time getting that pt together only to wander around for an open camp, one d/c's, two afk, a wipe, 2 don't have access to area, etc.

Qufim is now a mad-house, lmao...

I've also been in parties using the FoV and it's really cool when everyone is on the same page; but I've been burned by a leader too over-zealous at getting his own list done. Somehow he was 1-2 mobs ahead of everyone and insisted on stealing camps, splitting to get new orders, and just being an dick'ish-idiot until he aggro'd and linkt a bunch of mobs and we lol'd and ditcht him.

The chests really don't add much imHo... If you do happen to get a non-temp-item chest, and you happen to guess the right combo, you might have a its-bitsy chance at getting something you proly won't use... BIG ol' meh They seem to be a minor speed bump during experience solo'n and partying.

Don't know if it's FoV related but I believe it started with the addition of those chests (correct me if I'm wrong...) There's nothing quite like finally getting that key dropt, finding that coffer, risking your life to open it, and having it tell you it was all an ILLUSION... oh man I was angry. I swear it happens to someone every other day in my LS .... WTF

[Clever Ninja]

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Leveling in Qufim is now a madhouse if I actually tried to party there lol, but it's great for leveling low jobs, or to get a quick level/buffer if I don't have alot of play time before an event or rl thing. Or just for leveling a low level job thru some of the crappy level spots(ie crawler's nest, this zone should be set on fire). Probably wouldn't be as worthwhile if they didn't bump the EP and DC mob xp up like they did.

[LilithAngel]

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Don't know if it's FoV related but I believe it started with the addition of those chests (correct me if I'm wrong...) There's nothing quite like finally getting that key dropt, finding that coffer, risking your life to open it, and having it tell you it was all an ILLUSION

That was added to make it easier for people that are going after those coffers for their AF to actually get their AF. People have been complaining for years that having to go after their AF alongside people (mostly THFs) that are just camping them for gil/items to sell was too restrictive and time consuming to be worth it, so SE changed that. Now getting AF is a cinch, while people out to just farm for gil are the ones out of luck.

IMO it's the better choice. If you're limited to having to farm a key and then look for a coffer to complete a quest, you'd be pissed too if some random THF just ran up and picked the coffer right in front of you, spout some nonsense about needing the gil more than you need your AF, then run off to pick the next coffer, wasting 30 minutes of your time. Now it's the other way around, as it should be.

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As far as FoV is concerned, it's the bee's knees. I took my Samurai from 47 to 55 in short order, mainly with heavy doses of FoV-injected solo EXP (and one ENM that Penta Thrust just totally wrecks). Parties tend to want to go back to 45 or so around that level for some reason, and since I dislike not getting skillups while I'm getting my levels, I'm finding Level Sync to be a bit annoying (it's great otherwise, were it not for the skill up issue). I'm just disappointed that FoV is only for the mainland, because there's quite a few places I'd love to go solo/skillup that having FoV around would help out a lot (I'm looking at you, Altepa and Elshimo).

Hopefully in later updates, they'll expand FoV, because I can already tell you, it is indeed a popular addition.

[Clever Ninja]

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Oh yea, that new coffer/chest change was AWESOME. Seriously, leveled SAM and honestly the coffers were easy as hell to get(had to race a DRG in Quicksand Caves, fun one), fully expect the same thing when I level PLD to 50.

[Nuriko]

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So how does that illusion thing work for the coffers, anyway? I read something about not being able to get more than one an hour, but I don't think it's that simple ... we had a day when it was just RAINING keys in Monastic Caverns, and every chest we tried to open was an illusion. There was somebody else around too, but /anon and s/i a lot of the time...

[LilithAngel]

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Basically it checks if you or someone in your party has opened a coffer within the last 30-45 minutes, and if so, then you get the illusion message (there's also reports of the message happening even if you haven't popped one, and SE has listed this as a known issue). Logging and swapping zones still counts against your time to open, so be aware.

If you're after AF, however, then there's no restriction; you'll get your AF, even if you've opened a coffer within the last 10 minutes or so. The coffers also repop within 5 minutes of each other, which is a great thing. The odds are in the favor of those after AF now. I managed to get all of Samurai's AF within the span of about 30 minutes due to this update. Made it that much less of a headache than going after Paladin and Dragoon was back in the day.

[Clever Ninja]

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SAM AF body has to be the most annoying. Needing all those damn keys if you're not lucky enough to find it in the beginning rooms >_<

[LilithAngel]

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That's exactly where mine was. Fortunately, there were a few passing Thieves that were kind enough to lend me a hand in getting the key I needed for it. I popped Seigan/Third Eye, ran in, and popped my coffer just moments before I died. I'll happily trade a few EXP that I can easily solo back for my AF.

[Ellipses]

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FoV is great. The additional XP is handy, but what really does it for me are the things you can get with the points. The Refresh and Regen are just fantastic. Especially for hunting spells on BLU, being able to take out mobs that are just a leeeettle bit tougher than I would otherwise.

I've been thinking of setting my home point in either Windurst or San d'Oria. My home nation is Bastok, so with the FoV Repatriation available right outside the gates of one of those cities, the ToAU warp NPCs, and OP warps, that would leave just one city that I wouldn't be able to get to in a hurry.

[Elwynn]

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If you craft, you could set your HP to the city of your main craft. Also, if you have WHM58/BLM29, taking the Teleport-Altep + Escape way into Bastok is easier than getting to San d'Oria from Holla, making Sandy the HP choice in that case.

Lately I've been mostly trying to level my WHM main in campaign, and a 50+ WHM isn't really able to solo anything worthwhile, so 50 is a lot of tabs right now. Also, I'm trying to level as many of my crafts as I can to 60 and getting all the important key items, so I'm not really any any particular city for crafting. Right now using Repatriation regularly just isn't an option for me. My tabs are better saved for Reraise and Refresh while leveling my BLM sub.

FoV Reraise probably makes Dunes suck a bit less... or it would if everybody didn't have a PL all the time now.