Yeah, the devs have admitted it's a problem and are actually reworking the entire storyline for the base game to make it not so oppressively long, but the changes won't come until sometime in 2020.
the finale cutscenes will probably stay the same, though
everything that happens in them is important
they're just looking to trim down the amount of unnecessary ping-ponging between two npcs, when a single conversation would suffice, that tends to happen in 2.0 quests
the finale cutscenes will probably stay the same, though
everything that happens in them is important
they're just looking to trim down the amount of unnecessary ping-ponging between two npcs, when a single conversation would suffice, that tends to happen in 2.0 quests
Just adding an Aetherite to the Waking sands would cut the length of 2.0 by 1/4th or so.
they're better, but people are lazy and you can basically faceroll through the arr raids now
the later raids require things like mechanics, and doing your rotation, and not afking in the middle of a boss to go to the bathroom, and many players don't want that
they're better, but people are lazy and you can basically faceroll through the arr raids now
the later raids require things like mechanics, and doing your rotation, and not afking in the middle of a boss to go to the bathroom, and many players don't want that
Do people just not queue for the level 60/70 raids? I want to get them done just to see them, but things aren't looking good.
I managed to do all the 60 raids by sitting in queues while going through the MSQ. I pretty much gave up on the 70 raid after sitting in one queue for 90 minutes.
Yeah the only advice I have is pretty unhelpful, which is that healers are God's special children who get to decide where the alliance raid roulette players get funneled to
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Until you open Alliance roulette and see a bonus reward for DPS and your understanding of the universe is shattered.
Your best bet to see Alex/omega is to queue as a healer or tank or queue with a healer or tank, and even then it’s a long queue because there’s no real reason to run them and they’re only in normal raid roulette which has a bad reward so people don’t do it
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I didn't actually have that much trouble getting through Alexander and Omega as DPS. Maybe 15-30 minute queues each, but usually if I got into one it would chain into the next in less time.
Until you open Alliance roulette and see a bonus reward for DPS and your understanding of the universe is shattered.
and then you try to queue for it and the queue's even longer than usual because everyone already saw it and hopped on their DPS job that they're leveling and the role in need thing only updates periodically :rotate:
Your best bet to see Alex/omega is to queue as a healer or tank or queue with a healer or tank, and even then it’s a long queue because there’s no real reason to run them and they’re only in normal raid roulette which has a bad reward so people don’t do it
Really SE should be bumping those bad rewards up a bit I think.
I have a sneaking suspicion that we'll see some 2.0 reworks that may make the MSQ roulette redundant, and re-balance the other rewards as appropriate.
You could rework both of the MSQ roulette dungeons to be normal 4-man runs pretty easily I think. Just scale HP for it and make the hands in the Juvia fight not pop to any damage (or reduce the adds) and you're basically done.
My problem is that I can't remember all the fucking mechanics of those older raids and unless they're simple enough to play by ear I will just die a lot and cause wipes. So I don't queue for content I'm no longer familiar with. Sorry y'all, this game has too many weird bosses that require a quick guide for me to tank properly.
My problem is that I can't remember all the fucking mechanics of those older raids and unless they're simple enough to play by ear I will just die a lot and cause wipes. So I don't queue for content I'm no longer familiar with. Sorry y'all, this game has too many weird bosses that require a quick guide for me to tank properly.
True. I barely trusted pugs for O11 when it was current. God help me if I'm going to risk a roulette throwing me in there.
I do think they’ll rework castrum / prae but it’s not as easy as “oh just make it a 4 man”. There’s tons of cutscenes before each boss fight they’d probably want to keep. Even the obvious thing of making ultima weapon a trial... Ultima is currently 2 different fights, and then there’s Lahabrea after it. Idk what the solution is going to be
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I think Castrum could be a dungeon with a post-dungeon cutscene. All you really get out of that is Livia ranting. Prae is a bit trickier -- probably a solo duty with Ultima as a Trial.
they have technically actually 2 fight trials occasionally like innocence and etc.
Only problem there being the cutscene between ultima fights is kinda long.
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Assuming they're doing a full re-design I don't think there's much in the content of those cutscenes that couldn't be cut or moved elsewhere. None of it was necessary or expository, it was just there to make the fights feel more epic.
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Those final two 1.0 raids basically put me off the game for MONTHS afterward they were such a terrible experience compared to everything up to that point
I've finished the MSQ and I've been going back and doing the normals for each raid, since I'd never seen any and man unlocking aether currents is about the least fun thing I've done in this game. I did it to get Alexander but now I'm trying to get them all in the Sea of Clouds for the HW Alliance Raid and I might just ... come back to this one later, this is boring as hell.
Good fucking God I just want to get to Mor Dhona for the astrologer job why is there so much talking and questing before I get there.
Do you mean Ishgard? AST, DRK and MCH are in Ishgard. Yes it is annoying that you can't get them way earlier in the story. At least they learned from that and made the other expansion jobs obtainable in ARR accessible spots, and start at a reasonable level instead of 30.
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Is it bad atm? Usually people are running the roulette with that on it for the giant XP bonus.
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Never have I been subjected to so many cutscenes.
Yeah, the devs have admitted it's a problem and are actually reworking the entire storyline for the base game to make it not so oppressively long, but the changes won't come until sometime in 2020.
everything that happens in them is important
they're just looking to trim down the amount of unnecessary ping-ponging between two npcs, when a single conversation would suffice, that tends to happen in 2.0 quests
Just adding an Aetherite to the Waking sands would cut the length of 2.0 by 1/4th or so.
14 definitely has the same basic trajectory as WoW where encounter design tends to grow a lot between expansions.
the later raids require things like mechanics, and doing your rotation, and not afking in the middle of a boss to go to the bathroom, and many players don't want that
cowards, true gamers would just piss themselves
The boss will take forever to die
I managed to do all the 60 raids by sitting in queues while going through the MSQ. I pretty much gave up on the 70 raid after sitting in one queue for 90 minutes.
i did an Akademia run the other day where i could Divination multiple times on trash packs and it was physically painful
and then you try to queue for it and the queue's even longer than usual because everyone already saw it and hopped on their DPS job that they're leveling and the role in need thing only updates periodically :rotate:
Really SE should be bumping those bad rewards up a bit I think.
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You could rework both of the MSQ roulette dungeons to be normal 4-man runs pretty easily I think. Just scale HP for it and make the hands in the Juvia fight not pop to any damage (or reduce the adds) and you're basically done.
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True. I barely trusted pugs for O11 when it was current. God help me if I'm going to risk a roulette throwing me in there.
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Only problem there being the cutscene between ultima fights is kinda long.
That is so silly, had no idea that this was something players did.
Do you mean Ishgard? AST, DRK and MCH are in Ishgard. Yes it is annoying that you can't get them way earlier in the story. At least they learned from that and made the other expansion jobs obtainable in ARR accessible spots, and start at a reasonable level instead of 30.