(10-09-2013, 07:42 PM)Ildur Wrote: The first thing I want changed in the game is the dungeon timer. It discourages communication, exploration and learning.
Specially when the final boss has some difficult mechanics and a whole dungeon preceding them. Because of the timer, after you wipe at a boss, you can't stop to discuss what you did wrong or how to change the tactics you are using.
The 'sense of urgency' is meaningless when all it does is push you into smashing your head into a wall and hoping you manage to break it eventually.

So what if you are stuck with a terrible organized group, like most PuGs? Well, you try to organize it, of course. The timer does nothing but discourage that: you have limited time, so you can't explain and analize what people are doing wrong, what their roles are and what they should be doing.
If the group is still bad after attempts at organizing it, then you can just leave. The timer does literally nothing about badly organized groups. You would problably 'cut your loses' and leave before 90 minutes in the dungeon anyway.
Besides, what if the badly organized group is part of my FC? Like, say, trying to teach them Amdapor Keep, or the Hardmode Primal fights or whatever. I'll need time to coordinate them properly and if we run out of time because we wipe at the last boss, when the timer runs out we get to do the WHOLE THING again.

Do not fool yourself: the timer is only there to 'alleviate' the load on the instance servers. A load that would be better alleviated if there was a lockout timer: once you enter the dungeon, you can't get in again in for, say, two hours. It would have a better impact on the instance server's load and would discourage constant, unstopped farming of instances. And it would probably make Amdapor Keep's queuing times with full groups less of an issue, I bet.

(10-09-2013, 07:39 PM)TheCurls Wrote: The reason for this is because there is limited space in their instances. That's why you see waits for AK and other places even when you queue up with a full party. The time limit prevents people from locking up places.

(10-09-2013, 09:04 PM)Naunet Wrote:

(10-09-2013, 07:39 PM)TheCurls Wrote: The reason for this is because there is limited space in their instances. That's why you see waits for AK and other places even when you queue up with a full party. The time limit prevents people from locking up places.

It does nothing of the sort, though that is the excuse SE has given, yes. It doesn't prevent people from continuously re-entering, however, which is what puts a load on the server. Actual lock-out timers would work significantly better in alleviating any server stress, though I must say - XIV has maybe a million or so players. Their servers, were they actually decent, should not be experiencing much stress.

(10-09-2013, 06:43 PM)LiadansWhisper Wrote:

(10-09-2013, 06:06 PM)Kismet Wrote: As for people who want longer hair, typically you don't see a lot of super long styles in MMOs due to clipping/physics/coding issues. But I would like to see more styles around the length of the longest fem Roegadyn styles. That's probably as long as it's gonna get, realistically.

Oh, I know that.  It's just that Midlanders get no access to those styles.  There's only one "semi-long" hairstyle.  I guess you could count the one with the bangs, as well, but it's pretty terrible looking.

(10-09-2013, 09:04 PM)Naunet Wrote:

(10-09-2013, 07:39 PM)TheCurls Wrote: The reason for this is because there is limited space in their instances. That's why you see waits for AK and other places even when you queue up with a full party. The time limit prevents people from locking up places.

It does nothing of the sort, though that is the excuse SE has given, yes. It doesn't prevent people from continuously re-entering, however, which is what puts a load on the server. Actual lock-out timers would work significantly better in alleviating any server stress, though I must say - XIV has maybe a million or so players. Their servers, were they actually decent, should not be experiencing much stress.

(10-10-2013, 01:00 AM)K Wrote: You know what would really help with instances? 

Putting out some more healing/tanking options to expedite things. Not even whole, new classes right off the bat, just broaden the parameters a bit. That would be nice. I know they said Arcanists will be able to queue as healers 'soon' but that's only going to help so much.

(10-10-2013, 01:41 AM)TheCurls Wrote:

(10-10-2013, 01:00 AM)K Wrote: You know what would really help with instances? 

Putting out some more healing/tanking options to expedite things. Not even whole, new classes right off the bat, just broaden the parameters a bit. That would be nice. I know they said Arcanists will be able to queue as healers 'soon' but that's only going to help so much.

I hope they add a level cap/dungeon cap to the Arcanist-as-healer thing. I can just imagine the people that queue up as a level 50 Arcanist (without a soulstone equipped) to AK or CM. That will not go over well.

(10-10-2013, 03:05 AM)MizoreYukii Wrote: Also a way to combine glasses and hats. o3o

(10-10-2013, 03:30 AM)Erik Mynhier Wrote: A lv30 mount quest for every class. That would be crazy fun. I wonder what each one would get... other the lancer, you know they would get a wind drake, like Hiryu from FFV, that one is obvious.