Now Square-Enix wants customers to be happy. how will FFXI make us happy now?

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: Now Square-Enix wants customers to be happy. how will FFXI make us happy now?

Or, it could be that last night I did:

/sea 15-40 WAR
/sea 15-40 PLD
/sea 15-40 NIN

several times. And, found none seeking again each time.

I mean, seeing no tank jobs with flag up night after night may be a good reason for wanting NPC tanks, don't you think? (Heck I even tossed in the "no need for amazing AI" bit to indicate these NPCs are not supposed to outperform human players, but go right ahead and believe I want robots to replace people while you are at it.)

They did that, they're called NPC fellows. Why would SE add such a feature without tagging on an EXP penalty with it. You're getting assisted by an NPC whose faith in your ability will never waver and their times with you can be extended, rather than the mobs BSTs get to charm, which will turn on you at the most inopportune times if you can enlist them at all. And for that, we dealt with an EXP penalty for quite some time.

Solution here is to level your NPC fellow, but you want to have your cake and eat it, too. You want the NPC without the penalty. You want your penalty to be payment in some form for the NPC's services. Easy way out. Level your NPC fellow, set it to tank mode and make your parties. Really, see how well it goes.

Also, again, for the levels you're describing, your definition of "tank" is far too narrow. BLU, SAM and DNC would like to have a word with you.

The only thing I'll assume is that you intend to paint me as some sort of villain for undecipherable reasons. For everyone else, I'll give him or her a chance in party to prove his or her worth.

That's rich, why the sudden change of heart? Just days ago, you were ranting about English speaking PTs for auto-disconnecting on purpose. Where was your benefit of a doubt then? Where is your benefit of a doubt about being a replacement? Surely you've had PTs that still went on for a respectable amount of time after your arrival. I know I have.

[jenova_9]

Re: Now Square-Enix wants customers to be happy. how will FFXI make us happy now?

should Summoners be improved?

[Takelli]

Re: Now Square-Enix wants customers to be happy. how will FFXI make us happy now?

Thats the thing though, just cuz you're not flagged up, doesnt mean you dont wanna party. Some people may be in the process of putting up their party flag, or may have forgotten for whatever reason (a very engaging LS conversation maybe? its happened to me =P) Needless to say, yes it is frustrating when you have said no or have a seacom up and people still keep pestering you, but no need to get THAT pissy about it

You do have a point, but its the ones that ask you to join a dunes party when you are level 60+. I don't want to go any ore than 5 levels below my current level due to skill cap issues later on. My Sams Katana still isn't capped and hes 75, yet I've played him for 2 years.

[Nuriko]

Re: Now Square-Enix wants customers to be happy. how will FFXI make us happy now?

I tend not to mind the /tells asking about a PT, though chances are fair that I won't have time. At least it's not a blind invite, THOSE are annoying.

[hexx]

Re: Now Square-Enix wants customers to be happy. how will FFXI make us happy now?

Thats the thing though, just cuz you're not flagged up, doesnt mean you dont wanna party. Some people may be in the process of putting up their party flag, or may have forgotten for whatever reason (a very engaging LS conversation maybe? its happened to me =P) Needless to say, yes it is frustrating when you have said no or have a seacom up and people still keep pestering you, but no need to get THAT pissy about it

[Taskmage]

Re: Now Square-Enix wants customers to be happy. how will FFXI make us happy now?

People actually read seacoms?

I have a bard friend who uses the seacom "{Party} {No thanks.} {Invite to join party} = {/blist}" and it doesn't do any good. I guess the lesson is if you don't want to get spammed go anon.

Seriously though, if I wanted a party I'd put my flag up.

[Takelli]

Re: Now Square-Enix wants customers to be happy. how will FFXI make us happy now?

Some of my best PTs have been while I havent been seeking, or when ive asked peeps who werent seeking. If you arent interested, simply put a seacom up. When asked though, dont ignore the person, answer back {Thanks for the offer, but I'll have to pass.} its that simple

I've done that, but it gets to the point where I just want to quit the game at times XD And it will only get worse as I level up ninja, and then eventually Rdm/Nin (Solo 1-75 ). Then I'd be getting tells saying that I'm gimp for doing /nin on rdm XD

[hexx]

Re: Now Square-Enix wants customers to be happy. how will FFXI make us happy now?

I HATE when people ask me for a party when seeking. To me its rude as hell. Especially when you just want to solo or go out and so what ever for a while, and not want to party. I even get invites when I am /anon...

People who send me invites while soloing, or doing quests annoy the hell out of me. I never ask anyone that isn't seeking to join a party as I know it is aggravating.

I even got spammed by one person... 5 tells in about 30 seconds asking if I wanted to join a party as my Sch in the dunes at lvl 14... I kept ignoreing him, until he started literally spamming me. I just sat there and replied... "I AM NOT SEEKING FOR A GOD DAMNED PARTY, STOP EFFING ASKING ME!" and his reply was this: I just wanted to gain one more level before I logged off... Eff you." And I just Blisted him. I get tells like that pretty often, asking me to join their party when I am not seeking, ignoring them doesn't work, some times even responding doesn't work.

I think that its rude that people ask you to party when you are not seeking, and its really annoying. Anyone who does this pisses me off.

Some of my best PTs have been while I havent been seeking, or when ive asked peeps who werent seeking. If you arent interested, simply put a seacom up. When asked though, dont ignore the person, answer back {Thanks for the offer, but I'll have to pass.} its that simple

[Takelli]

Re: Now Square-Enix wants customers to be happy. how will FFXI make us happy now?

did you know, you can ask people who arent seeking? =O
that's usually how i set up my parties, getting people w/o their flags up

I HATE when people ask me for a party when seeking. To me its rude as hell. Especially when you just want to solo or go out and so what ever for a while, and not want to party. I even get invites when I am /anon...

People who send me invites while soloing, or doing quests annoy the hell out of me. I never ask anyone that isn't seeking to join a party as I know it is aggravating.

I even got spammed by one person... 5 tells in about 30 seconds asking if I wanted to join a party as my Sch in the dunes at lvl 14... I kept ignoreing him, until he started literally spamming me. I just sat there and replied... "I AM NOT SEEKING FOR A GOD DAMNED PARTY, STOP EFFING ASKING ME!" and his reply was this: I just wanted to gain one more level before I logged off... Eff you." And I just Blisted him. I get tells like that pretty often, asking me to join their party when I am not seeking, ignoring them doesn't work, some times even responding doesn't work.

I think that its rude that people ask you to party when you are not seeking, and its really annoying. Anyone who does this pisses me off.

[Van'derfel]

Re: Now Square-Enix wants customers to be happy. how will FFXI make us happy now?

Or, it could be that last night I did:

/sea 15-40 WAR
/sea 15-40 PLD
/sea 15-40 NIN

several times. And, found none seeking again each time.

I mean, seeing no tank jobs with flag up night after night may be a good reason for wanting NPC tanks

did you know, you can ask people who arent seeking? =O
that's usually how i set up my parties, getting people w/o their flags up

[ItazuraNhomango]

Re: Now Square-Enix wants customers to be happy. how will FFXI make us happy now?

Because since you don't trust people to such an anal degree you'll put faith in AI programmed by *gasp* people?

In all seriousness, I'm amazed you log in. If people are a problem for you, there's a plethora of RPGs out there that don't require other people at all. Go play those, MMOs are about playing cooperatively to accomplish goals. Its never going to be perfect so long as other people are involved, but some of us appreciate being surprised by the skills of other players from time to time.

You know, rather than just assume everyone but you sucks at the game.

Or, it could be that last night I did:

/sea 15-40 WAR
/sea 15-40 PLD
/sea 15-40 NIN

several times. And, found none seeking again each time.

I mean, seeing no tank jobs with flag up night after night may be a good reason for wanting NPC tanks, don't you think? (Heck I even tossed in the "no need for amazing AI" bit to indicate these NPCs are not supposed to outperform human players, but go right ahead and believe I want robots to replace people while you are at it.)

The only thing I'll assume is that you intend to paint me as some sort of villain for undecipherable reasons. For everyone else, I'll give him or her a chance in party to prove his or her worth.

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Ok one thing that i would like on top of what i said earlier is perhaps when you are KO'd, not to lose exp or at least not as much, as more often than not, most people have gained a level, and been KO'd almost straight after, resulting in a level down

K.O. penalty have already been nerfed indirectly. SE made Raise (1) return far more exp than before, and recently lowered the MP costs of Raise II and III to Raise (1), making it that much easier to restore more of the exp lost.

In exp, full-party situations, K.O. should be a relatively rare event if the the party is set up well and working together. If you constantly seeing people go down shortly after level up, something is wrong, and the exp penalty is your last worry.

[Aylmer]

Re: Now Square-Enix wants customers to be happy. how will FFXI make us happy now?

"(There are times where there is no one in my ls that is online that can raise or, that can raise, but do not have access to the area I am in while dead.)"


Maybe to remedy this situation, make an attached command to linkpearls/sacks to warp members to another LS member for a fee?

[Nuriko]

Re: Now Square-Enix wants customers to be happy. how will FFXI make us happy now?

Silly person, gauntlets are for throwing down, not slapping.

It's a simple case of throwing it and missing the ground...

[Raydeus]

Re: Now Square-Enix wants customers to be happy. how will FFXI make us happy now?

Perhaps if you stopped bitching about how X or Y should've been in the game Z years ago, and asking for everything to be soloable, you'd realize that letting everyone get from point A to point B immediately right off the bat is stupid, and that traveling is not a time sink right now if you make full use of the tools that are available.

We have a billion fucking ways to warp (without even having to shout) or move faster. Refining old content to be less stupid, and continuing to add new, quality content is far more important. If you want to talk about pointless timesinks, bring up 15 minute waiting times between pop NMs such as Hakutaku where you usually bring half an alliance worth of people that need the hat.

I do agree that lottery spawning is pretty lame and having a shitty drop rate on top of being lottery spawn is just downright vexing though.

Armando, you should stop hanging out with BBQ. His "Miss the point entirely and read just what I want to read from a post" bad habit is rubbing off on you hard.

[Takelli]

Re: Now Square-Enix wants customers to be happy. how will FFXI make us happy now?

I like the idea someone had about city battles. Basically lowbie-Besieged. The main problem is what to do to keep the 75s from one-shotting everything before the lowbies got a swing in. Maybe a level cap (like 10 or 20 or so) when you get "tags". It would also be funny if every now and then the mobs would chase around un-tagged lowbies without actually attacking them.

Thanks. Since I started the game, there is nothing for low levels to do (As in events that are actually part of the story line, not the "Go out and kill the samurai Armor reacking havoc upon the players" events.) ALL games are like this though with all events. The level cap would be a better idea than having higher lvl monsters come into the area and one shot all lowbies so the higher lvls don't one shot all the low lvl monsters XD

And the level cap thing. (Thanks for reminding me.) They need to change level cap so it does not gimp your gear. At level 30 you get Dodge Earrings (+3 EVA), and when you sync with them to level 14, they should be equivalent to the silver Earring (+2 Eva -2 ATK.), but they are not, instead, its as if you don't have anything there. Also they need to get rid of the negitive effects you get from the gear... I've seen mages come back with 1 Hp (max) after being raised. Funny to see, but not so fun for the mage.