"..." Sometimes I hate S-E (FFXI bitching)

[thistlechaser]

While I can understand wanting to drive people back to less popular game activities, in this case it pisses me off because it was S-E's doing that made it unpopular.

From POL.com:

Navigational charts will be added in the October version update. Each chart displays the location of a secret point where adventurers will find a surprise awaiting! Charts may be obtained by completing the quest "Inside the Belly."

So we'll have to fish up some fish to do the "Inside the Belly" quest. Bets on how high of a level fish it will be? Will the "surprise" be something good enough that people will actually level fishing to be able to catch the fish to do the quest?

And if you don't have a sand charm yet, you better darned well get it now. Know how hard they'll be to get after the update?

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Dear S-E,

I had loved fishing! I spent many many many hours a day doing it! Then you ruined it by changing the system! I even sold my LSR because of the system change! Now you want to force people back to it? That's pretty low, even for you.

With no love,
Thistle

Comments

[linmayu.livejournal.com]

Yeah, seriously. x.x I used to fish lots before they changed the system. Now they've made it so that *only* bots can fish without hurting themselves. WTG Squeenix. ~.~

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I was thinking that people might start bot fishing just to get whatever the reward for this is!

[phoenix-leandra.livejournal.com]

I haven't had time to play in a long while 'cause of school, but did they change it again? Last I checked you got a fish on the line, it had a health bar you wore down by pushing left and right directionals opposite to the rod. That system actually seemed more fun than the very original to me. Have they changed it back again or something? Or tweaked it to make it suck? What's been happening while I'm away? ;_;

[linmayu.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. While the new system is certainly more entertaining than the old one, my hands start to hurt like hell after catching, like 3 fish. So I haven't fished much since that happened.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

No, that's the way it still is. People either hated the original way and liked this new one, or (experienced fishers) liked the original way and hated this new one. :/