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#1 Oct 31 2013 at 12:58 PM Rating: Excellent
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As was mentioned during the Letter from the Producer LIVE Part IX, we'll be introducing a feature for the Duty Finder in patch 2.1 that will place you in a random dungeon in order to get people participating in a wider variety of dungeons.

Specifically, we will be breaking down dungeon content into different categories such as leveling dungeons, level 50+ dungeons, and primal battles, and players will be matched for random content. You'll be able to challenge each category once every real-world day and as a reward you will receive each kind of Allagan tomestones. Participants will be matched with priority on content that is lacking members.

Also, in order to strike a proper balance between this plan and the experience points gained by participating in FATE, we will be increasing the amount of experience points gained in dungeons in patch 2.1.


Credit to reseph on Reddit for posting this there first.
#2 Oct 31 2013 at 1:10 PM Rating: Excellent
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I'm very pleased with this news. I'd much rather run dungeons for xp than Fates.

I just hope they have accounted for the increase in instances that is likely to result from these two changes. Otherwise we may be looking at another wave of 90000 errors.

I'll give SE the benefit of the doubt, though.
#3 Oct 31 2013 at 1:13 PM Rating: Excellent
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Awesome news!
#4 Oct 31 2013 at 1:16 PM Rating: Excellent
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does this mean I could potentially run the Manor or Cutters Cry and be getting my Myth and Philo cap?
#5 Oct 31 2013 at 1:17 PM Rating: Excellent
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TheAnf wrote:
does this mean I could potentially run the Manor or Cutters Cry and be getting my Myth and Philo cap?


That's how I read it... any dungeon that is having trouble filling a group in the DF.
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Hairspray wrote:
TheAnf wrote:
does this mean I could potentially run the Manor or Cutters Cry and be getting my Myth and Philo cap?


That's how I read it... any dungeon that is having trouble filling a group in the DF.


Limited to once per day per category, though.
#7 Oct 31 2013 at 1:20 PM Rating: Good
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Pickins wrote:
Hairspray wrote:
TheAnf wrote:
does this mean I could potentially run the Manor or Cutters Cry and be getting my Myth and Philo cap?


That's how I read it... any dungeon that is having trouble filling a group in the DF.


Limited to once per day per category, though.


Category referring to Primal, Exp dungeon, 50+ dungeon?
#8 Oct 31 2013 at 1:27 PM Rating: Excellent
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TheAnf wrote:


Category referring to Primal, Exp dungeon, 50+ dungeon?


That's how I read it.
#9 Oct 31 2013 at 1:28 PM Rating: Good
Sounds like that's what they mean.

Right now, higher level players have zilch incentive to Duty Finder up for lower level dungeons (since if they're helping someone in the FC, they'll probably build a party outside.) Giving them the option to spam those lower level dungeons once a day in each category for tomes will fix some of the waiting times in the baby dungeons.
#10 Oct 31 2013 at 2:34 PM Rating: Excellent
Hopefully this is implemented right... if the tomes/hour don't match up, the speed runners will all just ignore this.
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#11 Oct 31 2013 at 2:41 PM Rating: Excellent
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Hopefully this is implemented right... if the tomes/hour don't match up, the speed runners will all just ignore this.

If you can cruise through a lowbie dungeon or kill ifrit in 5 minutes, they will definitely do it. Since it will only be once a day, i think it will be ok.
#12 Oct 31 2013 at 2:51 PM Rating: Good
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Thayos wrote:
Hopefully this is implemented right... if the tomes/hour don't match up, the speed runners will all just ignore this.


And this is a problem how? Let those asshats stay in prea and CM..ill gladly run lower level dungeons to help people out and get tomes for it. They probably won't like it anyway cause they might have to actually talk and help someone.
#13 Oct 31 2013 at 3:35 PM Rating: Excellent
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I agree I'd love to have a re-run the low dungeons over again and still "get something" out of it some of the low dungeons are awesome (I love the manor)

#14 Oct 31 2013 at 3:40 PM Rating: Good
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I wonder why the once-per-day limit.

Wouldn't it be beneficial to have people doing this all the time to fill DF groups?
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#15 Oct 31 2013 at 3:45 PM Rating: Excellent
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Archmage Callinon wrote:
I wonder why the once-per-day limit.

Wouldn't it be beneficial to have people doing this all the time to fill DF groups?


Maybe after they stand it up it would be worth reviewing. Let it run for a few weeks and re-assess?
#16 Oct 31 2013 at 3:49 PM Rating: Excellent
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Archmage Callinon wrote:
I wonder why the once-per-day limit.

Wouldn't it be beneficial to have people doing this all the time to fill DF groups?



Yeah I kind of wonder about this also, In WoW, you got an initial reward for your first random, like lets say 20 tomes for arguments sake, cause I really cant remember what it was, and then 10 tomes for every random after that. Although that was for heroics where you were getting tomes in the dungeons on top of the rewards which made it more worth while to run random dungeons in the first place. Unless they plan to start handing out tomes for running low level dungeons, I don't see anyone doing this more then once a day, at least for the story mode dungeons.

Its so weird to me how they took so many things from other MMO's but missed some of the things that to me seemed common sense, or at least seemed to work, Like having Heroic, or Hard Mode, versions of all their dungeons that reward Tomes, thus not having everyone limited to running WP/AK or CM/Prea for Tomes. HM Manor or Brayflox would be epic IMO.

Edited, Oct 31st 2013 5:49pm by Jeskradha
#17 Oct 31 2013 at 5:06 PM Rating: Excellent
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Archmage Callinon wrote:
I wonder why the once-per-day limit.

Wouldn't it be beneficial to have people doing this all the time to fill DF groups?

The less commonly played dungeons are only going to have a small number of people queued up for them, so once-per-day is probably fine. The more players there are that need a dungeon, the less of a problem you have to start with for that dungeon.
#18 Oct 31 2013 at 7:10 PM Rating: Good
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Archmage Callinon wrote:
I wonder why the once-per-day limit.

Wouldn't it be beneficial to have people doing this all the time to fill DF groups?

No limit would definitely increase the speed of getting parties for every dungeon.

I think any limit in place is for the other possible side of the equation?

People stop doing the harder dungeons as often for tomes,etc and spam the easier ones.
#19 Oct 31 2013 at 7:22 PM Rating: Good
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sandpark wrote:
Archmage Callinon wrote:
I wonder why the once-per-day limit.

Wouldn't it be beneficial to have people doing this all the time to fill DF groups?

No limit would definitely increase the speed of getting parties for every dungeon.

I think any limit in place is for the other possible side of the equation?

People stop doing the harder dungeons as often for tomes,etc and spam the easier ones.


It'd be perfectly fine to reduce the tomestone reward after the first one each day. I just don't see the reason for limiting people to one random dungeon per day. Unless there's some technical reason they can't do it... we already know their instancing system is less than stellar, maybe they don't think they can handle a ton of people spamming random dungeons?
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Archmage Callinon wrote:
I wonder why the once-per-day limit.

Wouldn't it be beneficial to have people doing this all the time to fill DF groups?


The Irony is: SE was moving away with it for XI but other MMOs does once a day/week stuff so of course ARR has to. It makes little sense since myth wise you're capped to 300/week as is.

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#21 Oct 31 2013 at 8:45 PM Rating: Decent
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If you can cruise through a lowbie dungeon or kill ifrit in 5 minutes, they will definitely do it. Since it will only be once a day, i think it will be ok.


Nah, people who cap their tomes in a couple of hours via Coil and WP will have no reason at all to go back and do level capped dungeons. The only thing that would encourage them is if the tome cap for dailies is unrelated to the current one.

Edited, Nov 1st 2013 2:45am by blowfin
#22 Oct 31 2013 at 10:07 PM Rating: Good
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Lol... Then we should all end up in Titan then no?
#23 Oct 31 2013 at 11:37 PM Rating: Excellent
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Archmage Callinon wrote:
sandpark wrote:
Archmage Callinon wrote:
I wonder why the once-per-day limit.

Wouldn't it be beneficial to have people doing this all the time to fill DF groups?

No limit would definitely increase the speed of getting parties for every dungeon.

I think any limit in place is for the other possible side of the equation?

People stop doing the harder dungeons as often for tomes,etc and spam the easier ones.


It'd be perfectly fine to reduce the tomestone reward after the first one each day. I just don't see the reason for limiting people to one random dungeon per day. Unless there's some technical reason they can't do it... we already know their instancing system is less than stellar, maybe they don't think they can handle a ton of people spamming random dungeons?

There are plenty of low tech ways for players to pick quasi-random dungeons with no additional rewards after the once-per-day limit. Darts. Coin flipping. Rolling dice. Just pick something you haven't done in a while.

A once-a-day limit really isn't that big of a deal.
#24 Nov 01 2013 at 4:45 AM Rating: Good
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With there being so many dungeons, and considering the time it takes to create them, they should be made a staple activity. Keep tombs, keep rng drops, but add a token system reward for all dungeons to trade in for gear, vanity items, crafting mats, ect. Provide a wide array of rewards to appeal to different play styles and that will provide incentive for people to run that content.
#25 Nov 01 2013 at 5:20 AM Rating: Good
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SistinasAria wrote:
With there being so many dungeons, and considering the time it takes to create them, they should be made a staple activity. Keep tombs, keep rng drops, but add a token system reward for all dungeons to trade in for gear, vanity items, crafting mats, ect. Provide a wide array of rewards to appeal to different play styles and that will provide incentive for people to run that content.


Player and Free Company housing rewards (furniture, trophies, sculptures, etc.) from dungeon tokens, unique to each specific dungeon (not just categories). Free Company boosts similar to those now that can be purchased with the same unique dungeon tokens.

Completely optional stuff, but an incentive to do these dungeons and keep doing them down the road.
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#26 Nov 01 2013 at 7:18 AM Rating: Good
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There are plenty of low tech ways for players to pick quasi-random dungeons with no additional rewards after the once-per-day limit. Darts. Coin flipping. Rolling dice. Just pick something you haven't done in a while.

A once-a-day limit really isn't that big of a deal.


Of course, you could do that now. But people won't do it if there's no reward for it. That's just a fact of how MMO players work.
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