On January 29 2018 09:54 ShiaoPi wrote:
we finally cleared unending coil, hours before 4.2 maintenance...
I don't even know what to feel anymore after 3 months of wiping :D

Grats on the clear! What party setup do you happen to be running?

ShiaoPi

TAIWAN NUMBAH WAN5956 Posts

January 29 2018 12:14 GMT

#1883

We cleared with WAR, PLD, SCH, WHM, NIN, DRG, BRD, SMN.
But we were switching between MCH and SMN quite a bit. In the end decided that having another raise in case of fuckups was more worthwhile than Dismantle every 60sec.

Tachion

Canada8573 Posts

January 29 2018 23:04 GMT

#1884

There is a bit of discussion on Reddit recently about how much casters are getting screwed because they don't offer the same amount of group synergy that physical jobs do. SMN was finally seeing some use in the meta and then they nerfed it. Some will scoff at the complaints and say the meta doesn't matter, but imbalance is still imbalance, no? Seems they should be looking for a way to even things out and make groups value casters more.

ShiaoPi

TAIWAN NUMBAH WAN5956 Posts

January 30 2018 09:56 GMT

#1885

Mhmmm the balance between dps is hard to make, since the only way to achieve complete balance would be making every job the same, which is obviously also not the way to go.
In all honesty unless you are hunting after speedkills the meta really does not matter too much. It is just that the community is stupid enough to lock people out of party finder based on what the top percentile of players are doing. every content is clearable in any group composition in my opinion.
You would like to make it somehow balanced enough that you take 2 melees, 1 physical ranged and 1 magical ranged but if you overbuff magical ranged it will turn the meta into double or triple caster combinations just as it is with physical damage now. I am uncertain what would be the correct way to balance that out.
There is also the difference between progression party and speedkilling, in progression I am fairly certain that almost every group will want to have a smn or a rdm just for the potential of raising healers to keep going and see more mechanics.
In summary the entire thing is way too complicated for some easy "just buff casters" fix.

lestye

United States4208 Posts

January 30 2018 18:51 GMT

#1886

On January 29 2018 09:54 ShiaoPi wrote:
we finally cleared unending coil, hours before 4.2 maintenance...
I don't even know what to feel anymore after 3 months of wiping :D

Grats dood!

Anyway I'm kinda unmotivated by FFXIV atm and I'm playing other games..... I think I'll wait for Eureka to come out to resub. The patch seems like the same ol, same ol, maybe I'll resub just do to the MSQ though.

Alventenie

United States2147 Posts

January 31 2018 05:40 GMT

#1887

MSQ was good. I am working on the side quests now, but still a few gear level short (320 instead of 325 for the new trial)

edit: I hit 325 and did the new omegascape bosses and trial. I loved all of them, but this should be no surprise to me since one of my all time favorite games is where these bosses are from.

They really know how to do enjoyable fights even if they aren't so extremely difficult.

TheEmulator

28100 Posts

March 02 2018 23:40 GMT

#1888

I subbed again and I'm currently re-downloading the game. It won't go any faster than 2.25 MB/s

Fucking DL cap, Square why you do this. This is going to be a while.

lestye

United States4208 Posts

March 03 2018 00:14 GMT

#1889

I'll resub I think next week. I really hope Eureka exhales a fresh breath of life into the game for me.

deth2munkies

United States4051 Posts

March 03 2018 07:36 GMT

#1890

I dunno, I kept resubbing for the MSQ, but I've just become tired of having to grind up to a new gearcap every time to do it. Even if it only takes a week and a half or so of dailies. I think I've just soured on the MMO concept as a whole of logging in every day to do chores...

Tachion

Canada8573 Posts

March 04 2018 03:06 GMT

#1891

I feel rather similar. I've accomplished most of my long term goals in 14, all that is left for me is the short term ilevel grind. Hard to find the motivation to play lately

Tachion

Canada8573 Posts

March 17 2018 01:05 GMT

#1892

So how is Eureka? I've stopped logging on since my last post but the FFXI themed rewards from there are incredibly tempting to me.

TheEmulator

28100 Posts

March 17 2018 01:51 GMT

#1893

Heard tons of bad things on day one but that was from the FFXIV subreddit so take that with a grain of salt. I haven't checked it out yet.

lestye

United States4208 Posts

April 14 2018 20:19 GMT

#1894

New patch details today for 4.3, Under the Moonlight, launching in Late May

Great summary here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/8c6bep/megathread_letter_from_the_producer_live_part/dxcglwr/

lestye

United States4208 Posts

May 11 2018 12:50 GMT

#1895

ShiaoPi

TAIWAN NUMBAH WAN5956 Posts

May 11 2018 12:54 GMT

#1896

Very excited for the new patch so far.
The trailer really nailed it this time around and for a "catch-up" patch it seems like there is tons of new stuff

lestye

United States4208 Posts

May 20 2018 08:25 GMT

#1897

On May 11 2018 21:54 ShiaoPi wrote:
Very excited for the new patch so far.
The trailer really nailed it this time around and for a "catch-up" patch it seems like there is tons of new stuff

Yeah, this trailer seems 100x better than their previous ones.... I can't help to say that I still think the 2.x-3.x trailers were so much better. I don't read all the patch notes while I take breaks from the game, and the trailers used to do an awesome job at explaining every feature.

Tachion

Canada8573 Posts

May 20 2018 09:35 GMT

#1898

On May 20 2018 17:25 lestye wrote:

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I miss those trailers as well. Gameplay and scenes from each bit of significant new content. Now it just seems all kinda mashed together and nothing is labeled. Bring back the old trailers :[

ShiaoPi

TAIWAN NUMBAH WAN5956 Posts

May 21 2018 19:53 GMT

#1899

While I also miss the clarity on new stuff you get from the old trailers, if all the future ones are of this quality for actually creating hype for a patch I think I am okay with that.
Then again they also had some hype patchtrailers with the old ones.
Well whatever, looking forward to hopefully punch that smug asahi in the face tomorrow after patch release