"..." 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]

You missed last year's Summerfest, which was actually quite fun (though I know Draque was annoyed with it after Kyssa and I spent almost two hours looking for points in CN). Being levelcapped at 1 and running around in scary dungeons was exciting. Too bad someone figured out you could use the event's perma-sneak/invis to mine Ifrit's Cauldron without risk, so Squeenix decided not to do it again. ;_; I hate it when perfectly good events get ruined by people who like to exploit stuff.

[pomr.livejournal.com]

Wowser.

So...you got to run around uber dangerous locations but were Invisible and had Sneak up for the duration. I'm not surprised that people found a way to exploit that and ruin it for everyone else. :)

Sometimes it really feels like the game is designed for just that; abuse and other people screwing up your fun because of it. Thus far what I've seen really hasn't impressed me all that much. It is either far more work than the rewards are worth, or it just isn't fun to begin with. I /tried/ to smite a buffalo, I was right outside of Windy. I got knocked back to the opposite side of the city. Yeah. That's fun. Whee. :) That knockback ability has to be the most annoying thing ever. :)