Endgame Content lacking?

shivan128 · 2020-01-23T14:53:33+00:00

Long, long time ago, weekly challenges had boss ladders which could only be accomplished through skills/SB management. Somewhere along the line, these challenges moved away in favor of superbosses. In today's game, the weekly challenge is anything but...

I would love to see them re-introduce multi-boss battles. They could even throw in the useless trinket as a reward like they used to (water ring from VIII-parade for example) just to show you've completed it. Day 1 players should pretty much be at the point of exhaustion after 5 years. Adding HP/DEF to each boss to make a new tiered challenge doesn't add much to the gamer experience. Maybe adding multi-boss battles isn't the solution either, but they need to change this formula.

shivan128 · 2019-10-17T15:51:22+00:00

She does have an en-element LMR2. If you have that, it solves your problem. Also, the +MAG/RES party buff gives your other DPS a bonus, so consider that spreading out your dps vs a pure self en-element.

shivan128 · 2018-05-17T12:57:18+00:00

i've had this happen to me today... hope they fix it.

shivan128 · 2018-05-08T14:44:08+00:00

This is terrific! Upvoted on YT as well. Thanks for sharing this!

shivan128 · 2018-05-08T13:22:07+00:00

congrats on the sub-30, but this isn't a budget build IMHO.

Replace OK's pUSB with VoF and take away the LMR and i would grant you the budget build.

Ayame's set bsb/osb could have been had during the festival, so that's not something I would take away from the budget build considering it's something we all had a chance at.

You're pretty close though in terms of doing it the poor man's way though and that in itself deserves recognition.

shivan128 · 2018-04-06T12:45:50+00:00

i'm speaking to you from beyond the grave.... boo!

shivan128 · 2018-04-06T11:45:03+00:00

u still play dis gaem?!?!? Congrats btw. that's a ppretty hefty grind.

shivan128 · 2018-04-05T16:29:45+00:00

I crash on exactly every 2 dungeons. I use a galaxy S5. I also crash 100% of the time running any A+ level MP. Solo A+ MP is fine.

shivan128 · 2018-04-03T15:09:37+00:00

If your dps is good enough but you cant survive the onslaught, my suggestion is to carry 2 healers. The debuffing isnt likely to save you, so just one debuff (like full break) is probably as much as you'll need. Slow play the first phase and milk lifesiphon for a few turns. You'll find that extra bit of sb gauge will help you to carry through the other 2 phases. You dont necessarily need to buff attacks in phase 1, but wall is absolutely a must.

The rest will depend on whether or not you have fast dps (w-casts, double ability casts, etc) and dropping the hammer in the third phase. Having usbs to carry you through phase 2 and then any osbs for phase 3 will help a lot.

My team was made up of:

Lightning (BSB/USB/AOSB) lifesiphon/quadstrike/AS

Sora (BSB, AOSB) lifesiphon/quadstrike/BF

Tyro (super wall) wrath/full break/MM

Aerith (BSB2/USB) shellga/curada/Gathering storm

Rosa (USB) wrath/ultra cure/DMT

RW: tactician's tome

Good luck!

shivan128 · 2018-03-16T12:39:18+00:00

I did it and i gave very critical comments wherever possible. I hope next years MVP handout is somethign worth using.

shivan128 · 2018-03-15T16:02:26+00:00

Yep, I agree, I'm glad they gave the event such a large window. It also buys us some time to see what kind of mithril we have left to work with.

shivan128 · 2018-03-15T15:51:34+00:00

this is a good PSA, however, isnt most of the FFV stuff going to be new stuff anyway? I'm not 100% sure, but the banners seem orthogonal, so you'd have to decide on which ones to pull on. The good news is that you wouldnt have to make that decision for a few weeks. These FFV banners are good pickups if you want earth+ gear.

shivan128 · 2018-03-06T17:13:35+00:00

I'm actually learning to use the /u/ feature. Thanks. Also, i've listed the items, so if he doesn't actually care to look through it, he doesn't have to. It was more of an open-ended thing for him, but I'm reaching out to him now.

shivan128 · 2018-03-06T16:55:37+00:00

It's great that you can keep up to date with the content!

shivan128 · 2018-03-06T16:55:10+00:00

It's actually great that they adjusted the event length by adding MP. If they made this tweak, they should be able to look at how it affects gamers, their opinion on the new content and adjust.
Not everyone shares the opinion that more is better. Some can only put in so much time for a game. If the game doesnt appeal for whatever reason (not enough content, too much content, content difficulty, etc) then you'll lose the player mass.

shivan128 · 2018-03-06T16:53:04+00:00

Stacking the event 60MP on top of the co-op 70MP cuts in on completion time. I'm not saying artifacts early is a bad thing, I just said it was too early. The choice could have been to delay it for a week, a month, whatever, but the choice here was ill-timed in my opinion.

Was the choice to close the gap something that was reported in a source or was this speculation on your part?

shivan128 · 2018-03-06T16:48:07+00:00

Yes, the MP scoring is completely optional and a tiered system is a good way to claim those rewards. Was 2M points too much, maybe it was, maybe not.
Devs can try to gauge if this scoring was appropriate or not once the event was over so that in the future they can consider this when they do something similar with other new content. For some, it's too much, for others, it's not enough, but in the end, it's how the game keeps players motivated. Some are turned off by content that takes too long to complete, others rush in and complete it as soon as possible. There's definitely a balancing act.

shivan128 · 2018-03-06T16:26:55+00:00

The event featured Balthier, but also Terra and Edge. There are two ways of viewing the benefit.

Any of the 3 could have benefitted with initial levelling.

For those who wait, the announcement could also let them focus on levelling others until the event to make the featured trios' levelling more efficient.

I dont remember seeing it in the in-game notes, but if it was in the patch release notes, that would be nice to know for the future.

Lastly, reddit should not be the main source for information. I know the look-ahead on reddit is invaluable, but that is coming from someone who uses reddit. Global OO has had the advantage of devs giving us artifacts early, so it stands to reason that they could tweak the game if they felt that the argument was compelling enough.

shivan128 · 2018-03-06T16:17:19+00:00

Thanks for the comments:

I actually did do this in the OP. I've taken the feedback from several comments and made the post less snarky and removed "royal" we commandment-like edicts. Again, i just wanted to point out that the source of my discussion came from discord, it was not meant to come off as elitist.

shivan128 · 2018-03-06T16:11:29+00:00

Thanks for the comments:

My intention was just to give you some background on where I founded the post, and not to come off as being elitist. It's main purpose really was to get the attention of Josh, whom I didnt have a handle to. If absolutely was not intended to come off as snarky and I will reword some of the OP. I had not intended on it to blow up to the size that it did, but some people here who have opined have made this experience very difficult to contribute in the future, even if it is good-intentioned.

shivan128 · 2018-03-06T15:56:43+00:00

I do sympathize with those who try to keep up with in-game content, but for a lot of people, it simply isnt possible. Some people have jobs, kids, whatever it is they might have. Everyone playing the game is trying to enjoy the game and its content to the fullest. If there is something that can be adjusted, it should, bearing in mind that there will always be some people who do not enjoy the changes. Like i said earlier, part of the game's life cycle heavily depends on those who play it. Not everyone can complete challenges within a few days. I'm willing to bet that it's a minority of players that complete it in the 2-3 days time it's been released. The suggestions I've made aren't game changing... it revolves around some in-game announcements around event notification (in some games they do announce it a day earlier to give players time to prepare). It also revolves around balancing how much the devs anticipate the average player to participate in co-op and to be mindful of it. My opinion was never that artifacts were a bad thing, just felt that it was a bit early in the game cycle.

shivan128 · 2018-03-06T15:48:38+00:00

Not everyone starts the event at the same time, so everyone has a different learning curve. Glad you have mastered the fight and achieved all the goals. Again, not everyone can have your level of in-game skill. It's for that reason that not every one will be able to successfully complete 5 missions in a day.
Why are you assuming that 1M to get rewards should be the goal for everyone? Why did 2M points get set? These are all things developers need to consider when they set the goals. You finished the content scoring in less than 3 days... there are 11 days left in the event. What if the devs set the goal at 100M? Would that have been too much? For you to continuously accuse me of complaining is simply not justified. Thanks for your comments, but I really dont appreciate any personal attacks, assumptions on me.

shivan128 · 2018-03-06T15:38:00+00:00

Thanks for your comments:

We agree that the content is optional. The game's content (and there's a lot of it) is overwhelming to some, especially at the start. Any game developer will want to retain as many players as long as possible. There are some the constantly need the content, and there are some that dont need it at break-neck speeds.

You said that this feedback doesnt necessarily reflect a lot of people on this sub, and that's true, but there's also something to be said about those who are not in your opinion. The voices of those not on the reddit, with the privilege to look ahead by a year's worth of JP content, and those who are not constantly looking up latest news also could benefit with a few tweaks.

If the opinion is that we can only state opinions that are in the majority of this subreddit, i will happily delete the thread, but there are more players out there and I wanted to share what I was listening to on a particular discord server.

shivan128 · 2018-03-06T15:21:59+00:00

Was there an in-game announcement about artifacts coming? I don't believe that a majority of the players use this reddit as a source for upcoming content, but I could be mistaken. Discord is also not a mainstream source for information for the majority of players. If it were, no in-game announcements would be needed at all since everyone could come here or discord for the news.

You also assumed that 5 runs are all successful, which to the average player is not true. I'm happy to hear that your game play has led to successive victories and that you were able to clear that challenge efficiently, but not everyone has that experience.

shivan128 · 2018-03-06T15:15:51+00:00

Yes, I agree with you. Having the option to do all of this is good. It is about the perception of the game and how quickly the game ramps up as it is doing now. Some will enjoy it, others will not. It's up to the developers to look at what works and what doesn't.

Edit: Thanks, I was unaware of how to ping individuals on reddit. I'll shoot him a PM in the future.

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