Personally I like the idea of the bazaar, it's a quirky, if slightly annoying system but I have cone to expect and like the randomness of the game even when it's frustrating me.
Does need better managed though.
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Personally I like the idea of the bazaar, it's a quirky, if slightly annoying system but I have cone to expect and like the randomness of the game even when it's frustrating me.
Does need better managed though.
/nostalgia mode
I remember in EQ1, you used to have to stand around actually /shouting what you had for sale. On my server it was all done in the bank square in north freeport. It was brilliant, you could hang out just listening to what was for sale, or actually haggle and do swaps with people. Because there was no bind on equip, you could equip stuff you were selling so people could see what it looked like. You had to be online and active, as there was no player shop facility, you just secure traded items from your inventory.
It was incredible, like an actual market - busy and bustling with people arguing and making deals and shouting down people asking silly prices, or crowding around someone with a particularly cool item.
Unfortunately it's another thing that's gone by the wayside in the quest to make mmos as single player as possible
I remember in EQ1, you used to have to stand around actually /shouting what you had for sale. On my server it was all done in the bank square in north freeport. It was brilliant, you could hang out just listening to what was for sale, or actually haggle and do swaps with people. Because there was no bind on equip, you could equip stuff you were selling so people could see what it looked like. You had to be online and active, as there was no player shop facility, you just secure traded items from your inventory.
It was incredible, like an actual market - busy and bustling with people arguing and making deals and shouting down people asking silly prices, or crowding around someone with a particularly cool item.
Unfortunately it's another thing that's gone by the wayside in the quest to make mmos as single player as possible
This bazaar and retainer system at present seems like a double edged sword from experience. On one hand, it's similar to what Sleepery has mentioned about EQ1. People are gathering together in specific locations, shouting for items they want to buy and sell and you can usually get some good deals.
On the other hand however, I remember a painful experience of wanting to get a relatively easy item to obtain but having to browse through 8 Market places across 2 cities which covered 200-300 people just to find someone selling it at a reasonable price... It would be nice to have possibly a way in which to search for a item and it will bring up the names of all the people who are selling it in the zone but not the price. This way it still makes you have to check the bazaars / send tells etc but smoothes out the process instead of having to randomly check hundreds of bazaars for a single item.
On the other hand however, I remember a painful experience of wanting to get a relatively easy item to obtain but having to browse through 8 Market places across 2 cities which covered 200-300 people just to find someone selling it at a reasonable price... It would be nice to have possibly a way in which to search for a item and it will bring up the names of all the people who are selling it in the zone but not the price. This way it still makes you have to check the bazaars / send tells etc but smoothes out the process instead of having to randomly check hundreds of bazaars for a single item.
I agree, i like the idea of having hustle and bustle, but it is a pain going through 100 people to find the item you want... either that, or have designated areas to be (different markets) in which you can sell specific items...
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Bahh the battlecraft levequests in skull valley for lvl 10... yeah right, I get my ass kicked, all the mobs are still red for me and im physical 15 and gladiator 10
Bahh the battlecraft levequests in skull valley for lvl 10... yeah right, I get my ass kicked, all the mobs are still red for me and im physical 15 and gladiator 10
Yeah I agree. Even at lvl 12 arch and 13 phys the solo leves are no cakewalk.
From what I've heard, that's the idea they're planning to implement. With reduced tax on items in the right zones, with increased tax with items being sold in the wrong areas. It's an interesting idea, and it'll avoid those retainers with a mutlitude of junk items.
Bahh the battlecraft levequests in skull valley for lvl 10... yeah right, I get my ass kicked, all the mobs are still red for me and im physical 15 and gladiator 10
I'm not sure what start rating you are putting these leves on, but at rank 10 you shouldn't have any problems with any of the leves unless they are dodo's (dodo's are significantly tougher than the other quests). I could start soloing these leves on 1 star when I was a rank 7 Lancer.
love it!
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Yeah that was my bad! I was just trying the 2 dodo leves haha so I picked some different ones last night and i'm all good now!
Still wish i could find a better weapon than my starting gladius though as im fast approaching lvl 20 physical
Pretty scathing Gamespot review:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/finalfantasy14/review.html?tag=topslot;title;1
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/finalfantasy14/review.html?tag=topslot;title;1
Good article on how Regimen works here
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/topics/detail?id=29c4026362c3cb8add98892a8b84d9ed371bd789
It also discusses how to incapacitate certain body parts of animals!
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/topics/detail?id=29c4026362c3cb8add98892a8b84d9ed371bd789
It also discusses how to incapacitate certain body parts of animals!
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An advert for FFXIV online next to that article made my day. I wonder if we will see another suspicious firing debacle.
And a high scoring player review allows me to sum up nicely how the fan boys are quite so deluded:
By calling out WoW he himself has just tried to call this game 'complicated, slow paced, content is as full as it will ever get, infinitely steep learning curve'. Great review
The mistakes in this game do not constitute a revolutionary, hardcore mmorpg going back to its roots and not spoon feeding its a player base every step of the way. The mistakes are what they are, mistakes. A lazy developer relying on marketing and fan boyism.
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lol actully think he right, i sooo wanted to like this game i love ffxi but i fear unless the do somrthing in the next 20 days it will gather dust on my shelf with AION,WAR,AOC and WOW ...sniff sniff
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Still trolling bunny?
Still failing to put together a coherent response?
Whats the point with people like yourself?
A long time ago you decided you don't like the game and occasionaly come in with some stupid dig quoting pointless babble.
Why do you feel the need to troll? Honest question.