Battle Adjustments (02/01/2011)

[Yygdrasil]

Re: Battle Adjustments (02/01/2011)

(lol we always derail everything. Sorry guys)

...we do... it's never intentional... but we do.

It's just who we are (underworked, bored employees of organizations who are too ignorant to realize that FFXIO consumes more than 50% of their work day)

[ItazuraNhomango]

Re: Battle Adjustments (02/01/2011)

There should be still people interested in Sea. At the very least, there would be people who want Novio Earring. (As awesome as Hecate's Earring is, nukers would want something for the other ear--if they can get Hecate's to begin with.)

Probably don't need that many people, either.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Battle Adjustments (02/01/2011)

Yeah, not anymore. We were 12-manning most of the jailers anyway, duoing/trioing the Ix'aerns. Pretty easy to farm a popset with about 2-3 people and just get a party or so to come help you blast the shark.

[Aeni]

Re: Battle Adjustments (02/01/2011)

As much as I hate to keep playing the comparison game, I do love how they removed the need to level up your weapon skills in WoW. Not that it was hard to level in the first place, but it was just annoying if you wanted to switch to two-handed sword after using axes for 80 levels.

I remember the last skill point in WoW was the most insane experience. It could happen in a couple of hours or a couple of days.

[Malacite]

Re: Battle Adjustments (02/01/2011)

>.< lol I highlighted it too with my mouse to see if it was hiding anything... nope.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: Battle Adjustments (02/01/2011)

So the fewer subscribers FFXI has:

- The more TH improves
- The easier skill-ups become
- The more EXP you get per kill
- And missions become even more of a joke.

Seriously, can you just make an offline version now? The only problem I'm seeing now is people have to pay to play this.

[Aksannyi]

Re: Battle Adjustments (02/01/2011)

I remember the last skill point in WoW was the most insane experience. It could happen in a couple of hours or a couple of days.

Sucked so much as a caster. Which is pretty much the same as it is in FFXI, if you wanna skill up, you're gonna have to do that shit on your own time. I can't imagine being in a Heroic and trying to skill up on trash on my Priest.

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underworked, bored employees of organizations who are too ignorant to realize that FFXIO consumes more than 50% of their work day

And this pretty much sums it up, but as long as they keep paying me, I'm content to do fucksquat all day.

[Kailea]

Re: Battle Adjustments (02/01/2011)

So the fewer subscribers FFXI has:

- The more TH improves
- The easier skill-ups become
- The more EXP you get per kill
- And missions become even more of a joke.

Seriously, can you just make an offline version now? The only problem I'm seeing now is people have to pay to play this.

honestly wish a fan or someone would do this, would love to see an offline, mode where you can some what control up to 5 other NPCs, or make a semi-online mode where you and 5 other friends can linkup and play (like Diablo or something)

[Aksannyi]

Re: Battle Adjustments (02/01/2011)

I would so buy that and play the shit out of it. FFXI was, for all its flaws, a pretty fun game. I'd love the chance to experience all the content in my own way, without having to rely on a bunch of people to fuck it up for me.

[Takelli]

Re: Battle Adjustments (02/01/2011)

I would so buy that and play the shit out of it. FFXI was, for all its flaws, a pretty fun game. I'd love the chance to experience all the content in my own way, without having to rely on a bunch of people to fuck it up for me.

Same here. I would buy it in a heart beat! I Loved FFXI, and you could play your job any way you wished too! No need to elitist jerks to tell you that you can only go as /nin for half the shit. Also, make it so that you don't have to farm for more than half the game for half the stuff.

[Mezlo]

Re: Battle Adjustments (02/01/2011)

I'm content to do fucksquat all day.

lol

[Balfree]

Re: Battle Adjustments (02/01/2011)

when does the sum of all halves make a full?

[ItazuraNhomango]

Re: Battle Adjustments (02/01/2011)

Pfft. I bet most of the people who say they'd play FF11 if it's an offline, single-player game would lose interest fast if that becomes the case. For all human beings' flaws, machines and programs cannot offer the same richness of experience as interacting with fellow players. At least, not quite yet.

Same here. I would buy it in a heart beat! I Loved FFXI, and you could play your job any way you wished too! No need to elitist jerks to tell you that you can only go as /nin for half the shit.

Er, you can do pretty much whatever you want now--if you're soloing. Just don't expect to win the harder fights if what you're doing isn't logical. Oh, and don't expect other people to let you force the way you want to play onto them. Other than that, you're golden.

By the way, plenty of people don't use /NIN now--but A) Getting sufficient cures if they are on the front line, or B) Playing a back line job, or C) Fighting easy stuff.

(Well, A) would also require setting up your character in a way to be able to survive long enough for cures to come in, but you wouldn't want those elitists to tell you how to gear and buff, would you?)

[Raydeus]

Re: Battle Adjustments (02/01/2011)

Pfft. I bet most of the people who say they'd play FF11 if it's an offline, single-player game would lose interest fast if that becomes the case. For all human beings' flaws, machines and programs cannot offer the same richness of experience as interacting with fellow players. At least, not quite yet.

I'm sorry, I really am.

But while I myself enjoyed the game a lot back when I had a LS I have to say human interactions outside of old Trials-like content are a bother and a chore.

I wouldn't go as far as to prefer offline XI (since other players make very good background characters, even if they tend to kill the framerate), but soloable XI with the option to maybe team up if you wish to do so would definitely be the way to go for me.

Which is probably why I'm loving DCUO and it's more casual approach to partying on instances. No need for to be in a league to do multiplayer stuff, you just queue and get teamed up automatically with other people wanting to do the same thing as you at the same time. x10

(And yes, that game also includes League/Linkshell based content too for those who prefer it that way.)

[Aksannyi]

Re: Battle Adjustments (02/01/2011)

For me, and this is not the case anymore since the level cap increase, the sheer reliance on anyone to do just about anything was really frustrating. I wanted to get some kitty pants for my WAR, but I had to farm a popset. Okay, I can solo that part, slowly as fucking balls but I can solo it, then when it comes time to popping Byakko? At least a full party, usually a few more for safety's sake. Only to be fucked by the drop rate. At least a dozen times.

Either the drop rate or the lack of people to do anything with by the time I quit was the major cockblock to progression. Naturally, an offline version of XI couldn't work the same way. Imagine the same world that you progress through in a much more linear manner with your party? You're more of a main player in the storyline of Vana'diel instead of just an extra? That would be sweet.

I'm not saying I would want the exact game of XI replicated and put into offline mode, but I'd really love to experience an offline RPG game in the world of Vana'diel, with all of the characters, zones, mobs, etc., that I loved. Would I run into Prishe at some point while progressing through the story? Of course. Or Naja, or Lion? That would be quite awesome. Could they maybe even join my party for a brief period of time? That would be even more awesome. The possibilities for this type of game are endless, and I doubt SE would ever do it, but I'd love if FFXI-Offline was basically like the "missing" XIth Final Fantasy RPG game. Since a lot of people I know never played XI because they didn't really feel like it was a true FF game. Give it a start, progression, exploration, etc., and an end. Make it fit somehow with actual online XI if you want, even. But it would be cool.