What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

[Firewind]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

It does backfire a bit though. Ghostlight are notorious for screwing up localisations, massive delays, and introducing game breaking bugs to games not present in the US version. So the vitriol people usually reserve for each other, tends to get directed at the publishers. Or Atlus, if we count the P4 Arena thing.

Oh and there was the refusal to release Devil Survivor 2 unless they got to a specific number of pre-orders, yes, refusing to release a game if people didn't put down the full $60 beforehand, and even then the game might not come out if the fandom decide to vote with their wallets. I refused to pre-order it, but sadly the same people who were loudly complaining about it on the Facebook page were also the same people who pre-ordered while whining about it. So instead of voting with their wallets, gamers did what they usually do and pulled a Mal.

Anyway back to what the thread is for: bitching about FFXIV.

Topaz Carbuncle's AI is frustrating when it bugs out and Obey doesn't work. My FC FATE party had a few laughs at me earlier when no matter how hard I tried, I could not get Carby to stop aggroing everything around it XD

[Ketaru]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

I've actually had pretty good luck with Duty Finder...until now. Level 44 dungeon.

- tanks who fight bosses before someone has a chance to explain the strategy
- BLMs who don't sleep adds or use their abilities other than nukes
- just now, a level 45 ARC who did not have BRD unlocked. His reasoning? He didn't want to use his resting EXP to level PUG.

[DakAttack]

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Peeve is now Ifrit (Tard Mode). It's such a simple fight, and people are willing to give any and every direction somebody might need, yet idiots still fuck it up at every chance.

[Malacite]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

Behemoth fight is just silly.

Did it for the 1st time today and if you think Odin is bad... omg. Nothing but near-constant AoE for 4k+ damage. Couple that with not being able to even see him most of the time and it's an exercise in futility.


I Also bore witness to some really disgusting level of elitism today. I forget what it was for exactly (might have been AK) but the guy basically typed "Relic Weapon only, NO FUCKING PS3!!! 4/8"


-__- people like that need to be banned from the internet for life.

[Hayde]

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So one month is up for those who pre-purchased this game or near launch. Us legacy/1.0 players had our free trial up a few weeks ago--the ultimate question is, are you going to keep subbing and if not, why? If so, are there any quirks that made you really think it over?

Personally, aside from the usual rah-rah's (server latency--MUCH better than 1.0, but on my 30mbps connection, if I don't run out of the red stuff the split second it starts casting there's a 50/50 chance I'll get it even if I'm out of the red zone before the cast bar completes) I really wish there were more varieties to grinding tomes. Coming up on my second 50 and I"m so tired of doing CM and AK for philosophy; really wish there had been 1 or 2 more additional 50 dungeons at launch--I mean most dungeons along the way seem to just impede your way from progressing too quickly (have to do Blayfox before Titan for example...though I actually really enjoyed that dungeon)--for example, I don't think many people run Darkhold or Aurum Vale more than 1 or 2 times along the way up, perhaps they should have considered keeping those as level 50 dungeons in the first place.

I was actually surprised to see quite a few communities--even the acclaimed "white knight" official forums have a 50/50 split on who was continuing to sub and who was going to unsub. Obviously the saying goes that if you have something to complain about, you're going to be more vocal about it than those who just enjoy the game; however I distinctly remember far more people during beta and the launch days defending the crap out of this game.

Since I've been with this community (albeit less vocal for the most part, and post far less...) the longest out of all the FF communities I go to, I just wanted to see what everyone's thoughts were. A definite mood killer for me is logging on and leaving the inn room only to have this stream of RMT spam and I can't do anything about it because my the game is still "loading" for that 5-10 seconds. I'm up to 113/200 on my black list and I've seriously only had 5 people deleted in the last 3 weeks. You can tell more and more that some of these accounts are hacked accounts; perhaps SE is hesitant on straight-out deleting compromised accounts and that makes sense...but I can't emphasize on how it's definitely a buzz killer. Let's not mention the part that if they do anything for another 4 weeks (presuming 2.1 is due in Nov-Dec) then my B-List is going to capped out and I'm just screwed.

[Malacite]

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^ this is also partly why I'm taking my sweet sweet time crafting, gathering & mixing in other games when i don't feel like getting on.

By the time I'm really ready for endgame there'll be plenty of stuff to do I'm sure.

[Ketaru]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

Ok. I'll bite. What's wrong with playing on PS3? I manage just fine so far.

[Malacite]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

I'd imagine he subscribes to the "PC Master Race" theology...

[Firewind]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

I bought the 6 Month Subscription because the Veteran's Award is an additional 6 Months of playtime.

I've actually had pretty good luck with Duty Finder...until now. Level 44 dungeon.

- tanks who fight bosses before someone has a chance to explain the strategy
- BLMs who don't sleep adds or use their abilities other than nukes
- just now, a level 45 ARC who did not have BRD unlocked. His reasoning? He didn't want to use his resting EXP to level PUG.

FYI, a lot of BLMs only sleep in premade groups. Attempting to use Sleep in a PUG is an exercise in futility. 8 in every 10 PUG tanks will just spam AoE. The other 2 times I will get a WAR that doesn't know how to Faceroll Sleep Immune Packs.

[Hayde]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

Ok. I'll bite. What's wrong with playing on PS3? I manage just fine so far.

I heard some people have trouble reacting fast enough on HM Titan and Coil; other than that..the only 'major' thing I know is that the PS3 tend to have longer load times in between cutscenes and zoning...and for some people (crazy people), that extra 2-5 seconds of waiting during a speed AK/CM run is a deal breaker. However, I tend to think the former issue is just a matter of personal skill, and being able to adapt with your controller quick enough. I can't argue that mouse-over macro's are a god-send for healing though.

[Wise Donkey]

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I did the six month sub as well. I love what I have experienced thus far. For the black list, I have been going through and deleting the "Adkldfj Gsiajds" names that are older to free up room. I have had no issues with having to re-blist any of those names. I imagine they are used once for a day, then scrapped. Doing this has kept my blist in the lower 100's. It's pretty ridiculous, having a blist that long even when it is managed, but what else can you do? I don't find it intrusive enough to ruin the pleasure I have in the game. SE is doing what they can, and I have noticed a sharp downturn in the spam since subs started.

[DakAttack]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

Behemoth fight is just silly.

Did it for the 1st time today and if you think Odin is bad... omg. Nothing but near-constant AoE for 4k+ damage. Couple that with not being able to even see him most of the time and it's an exercise in futility.


I Also bore witness to some really disgusting level of elitism today. I forget what it was for exactly (might have been AK) but the guy basically typed "Relic Weapon only, NO FUCKING PS3!!! 4/8"


-__- people like that need to be banned from the internet for life.

Behemoth's big move is the frontal cone AoE, which is fast and unforgiving. If you have somebody who can tank it, then you'll only have to worry about the twisters he spawns which have indicators. I didn't notice any other abilities, but I've only fought him twice so far.

[Malacite]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

I got hit by a thunderbolt from the side for 3700+, and a 7k AoE from roughly behind and to the side.

Plus again, most of the time I can't even see him, nevermind the AoE indicators because SE stupidly didn't prioritize displaying NMs over other players.

[DakAttack]

Re: What's your pet-peeve in FFXIV: ARR?

I got hit by a thunderbolt from the side for 3700+, and a 7k AoE from roughly behind and to the side.

Plus again, most of the time I can't even see him, nevermind the AoE indicators because SE stupidly didn't prioritize displaying NMs over other players.

Ouch, sounds like I'm mistaken. I remember the first fight, where we didn't have a good tank, and he just kind of spun in circles shooting the cone AoE out at random, wiping out swathes of players at a time. The second fight was easier, I didn't notice the back row having any troubles besides dodging tornados.

[Malacite]

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Yeah and I was on WAR too with Defiance up. My gear's not great, AF Helm, Odin Body, Explorer's Belt and some other junk but not horrible either. Max HP with Defiance is around 4.4~4.7k so yeah, getting whacked for 7k was a bit of a shock lol.
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What's this about 6 months extra play time? I paid for the 6 month plan as well, but primarily for the discount (works out to $8/month for legacy which paid twice, is roughly $60 less a year than XI was)