Dev Tracker - Discussion

Yes, there is a myriad of things they can/should/I would do, to "motivate" (force) you to do besieged.

But as it is currently, and as it will likely remain, is as such.

KRT and Bibiki Bay become more packed and people don't do LOLibri until someone else fetches the generals for them

Bring Back Eco Warrior/Garrison as a form of MLVLing. With a chance of dropping Earrings.

The candy being taken isn't an issue if retrieving it is as simple as it is now. People will tako directly to the exact spot to grab it and return it. There'd have to be several steps to the retrieval process and actual penalties to make you care. I don't believe they'll take the time to actually implement those to make you want to do besieged, but I'd love to be proven wrong.

Are you sure people are POSing over? Its really not that big of a deal to farm the KIs to enter the fight, certainly not worth the risk knowing how easily it is to get caught POSing, especially over those distances.

Just add new relevant things to spend I.S. on. Boom problem solved.

So upcoming ambu for spooky season is headless + horse meng!

I don't remember it, but it sounds like a pain sync fight.

It is painsync. TP horse, WS headless, repeat. Horse makes a light based conal move that can one shot KO if not enough meva/mdb for light.

Was pretty easy IIRC. With today's gear can probably use monk roll instead of chaos and have everyone WS the headless.

I remember going monk last time and 4 stepping light onto the dullahan to finish him off. I think it was asuran fists to either tornado kick or howling fist (interchangeable) to victory smite to victory smite. I remember that trashing the thing pretty hard. But other than that it was tp on horse and weaponskill the dullahan. It wasn’t too bad.

Yes, the strategy was 3 or 4 step light, one dd. Mnk was preferred for the subtle brow, but Sam or any other 3/4 step light dd works fine too.

Also, Chi Blast the Dullahan at start and PLD uses Holy Circle + Sepulcher. By the time you kill the horse from normal attacks, Chi Blast will be ready again and Dullahan will be so low that a multi-step will take care of him. I remember doing this fight with 3 people before.

Tried and true SMN burn on dullahan with Ifrit then finish off pony with Ramuh also works.

They killed SMN strat already (kind of, at least slowed it down)

As it didn't really work like they expected, wouldn't be surprised if they alter it more.

The highlights shows a revision to gamepad config.

We are extremelly excited for this!

Yuhuu

Finally F8 on controller, rejoice!

Also something about Sortie earrings, I guess that's the job distribution being adjusted?

If it's just that... well talk about PROMPTLY fixing an issue lol

Sortie has been out for what, 2 years?

Only took 22 years.

What is the item that makes endgame easier?

My guess is a Exemplar Points cape that gives a bonus %.

An item that "makes reaching end game easier" is a skip missions button. All reforging locked behind antiquated sea access is janky. And all htmb locked behind more antiquated missions too.

What it could actually be though, their idea of what a player needs to be able to do content isn't what a player actually needs to get into content. All a player "needs" to get to "end game" is gil. The ability to buy better stuff is priority one. (well, the time to throw away is paramount, but you can't give time)

If a person can simply get into 5/5 nyameR0 or 5/5 malig or 5/5 empyrean+3, they're set (full time)((good enough)) for everything up to the penultimate end game. (v15 gaol)

Formor month returns, another bug report for the PLD body only for it to be marked as unable to verify once again.

This is SE we're talking about, so my guess is an item that gives 75 merits.

Or a voucher for upgraded job specific gear or something similar.

Adventurer Coupon +1.

Awards 500 gil.

Yeah, I would not be surprised with a voucher for reforged Empy +2 or something like that.

I would also not be surprised if it was a Maat's Concoction ._.

Hopefully Vana'bout puts out and the earring fix is significantly more than a 1% variance. There was mention for Besieged being ready by the end of the year, but unless that's an XIth month or christmas gift then it looks like we're waiting.

Should be another 8 until the autotarget is fixed.


There's still hope they fix the terrible drop distribution on HTBF fights too, right?


They actually said

Sounds like a higher quality version of Maat's Mix/Concoction that probably gives you straight MLs or 2100 JP in a single use, allowing new players to completely skip CPing entirely and get right into content. Job points grant a ton of stats and job perks, and makes you eligible for Master Levels right away, which further allow you to enhance your job skills. If the item gave you MLs, you would still need to skill up to see some of the improvement in levels.

Don't be silly XD

Why would that be silly as a one-time reward for Vana'Bout, which comes around only 1-2 times a year?

Yeah I am not sure it would be job points or anything like that. "end game" content is locked behind missions and time. I interpret "reaching end game content easier" as somehow reducing steps required to have access.

Now as to what or how, no idea. But "making it easier to reach end game content" is not the same as making end game content easier through job points, job mastery and or gear etc.

I guess it depends on how we or SE interprets "reach". It could be a KI to skip certain mission requirements for sure. They added mission KIs that gave you perks or bonuses and shortened certain timers on entry to stuff.

I see everything in their model as a progression. Its reaching 99, then enter entry level content like Ambuscade, collect some JSE armor, Job Point/Master, enter endgame/ML era. They've added items in the past to move into the endgame faster, like deeds to make skipping past certain content (you can direct buy specific +1/+2 armor pieces without ever questing lower AF or farming Relic pieces). Mix/Concoctions are small skips you get from missions and deeds. Even Bonanza rewards allowed you to skip past progress to get the reward directly. So I was thinking as a one-time reward for something similar.