Odyne2005

My PB can kill Nosferatu as an AV but he has to have a Shivan along to counter the regen rate.

I'm in. I've done this before and gave Oan (PB) a healing/debuff build. Let me know time and date. After 8 EST any day is best for me.

When can we expect to see this merit system fixed? The games no longer rewarding or fun. There's no point to running missions with others. It's best to stealth as much of our own arcs as possible in the shortest amount of time. I don't even run TF's any longer I just solo arcs in OB and so far I have 744 merits. I no longer play other toons because I want the merits all on one toon. I was going to make new toons and get the expanded character slots but now there is no point. I don't even use WW any longer because I can get more for the trash that drops from a NPC. I used to sell reward IO's to fund my purples, but that's out the window now too, and I might see one purple drop in 6 months because I do not farm. Guess now I have to make fire/kins and farm all the time to get the purples I wanted for my toons.

*claps*

Good job.

I know that you all love for us to give feedback.

Now I want some.

The merits have seriously changed the face of the game and it's not fun.

Where are you headed with this? You know how we feel about them; you know our issues with them. 900 more posts that contain the same information isn't going to make the issue more clear.

I'm not renewing my subscription until the system changes. It's no longer worth playing.

I earned my 744 merits. I tried your content. I've given you my feedback.

"You have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting."

OK listen. I have 687 merits. I almost never team and I have done like 3 TF's total. I can solo and get that quickly, but other people just slow me down. I don't have a special build or anything spetacular.

I won't play my other toons because they are doing day job badges and I don't want my merits spread across 16 toons.

Are you hearing me? No teams, no TF's, and not using my other toons.

Merits get me everything except Purples and Inspirations. I do not use the auction house. I delete or sell to vendors everything because I can get more from a NPC, or the stuff is next to worthless and can be deleted. Influence is next to obsolete.

I used to sell Numina, Miracle, and LotG 7.5% and save up for a purple. If people won't pay the price for those 3 then I won't be able to afford the purples. They drop so infrequently as to be nonexistant for me. I have never seen one drop outside of intensive farming.

Is this what your goals were?

No teaming, no TF's, limited use for Inf, little use of Wentworths, and not using our other toons.

This is so frustrating!! I'm sorry but this just doesn't seem right.

I feel so let down after a really long TF and I just get 25 merits. I used to be excited sometimes about the rewards at the end, and now it's just not worth it.
Not worth finding people and getting a PuG to function and tolerating the noob questions/mistakes, and the arrogant Vet that thinks they know everything and really just hold us up.

The price for an IO is too high and the reward for teaming/TF's too little.

I don't want to get the random roll's because I don't feel as though there is even the slightest chance of getting anything good any longer and I would be out of some HARD EARNED merits for junk.

This is such a let down. PLEASE let us know if you have plans for any type of change. This is not the type of system I want to pay to play.

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I used to absolutely love this game, but after I13, I am just wondering what the [censored] happened to our devs. Bring them back, please.

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Exactly. I left FFXI because that game seriously sucked and the devs wouldn't listen and couldnt' really be reached. I came back here specifically because I felt the devs listened and cared. I actually had friends move to this game when I told them that the devs read and acted on our concerns. Well I guess that went out the window.

I don't like the idea that we all had concerns and they didn't care.

I used to run TF's to earn a recipe that I could sell and fund all the IO's for my toons. That's gone and people probably won't buy them from WW now.

ITF takes about 2.5 hours. I can solo arcs in OB for 2.5 hours and gain way more than 25 merits. Dr Q is 90 merits and takes a REALLY long time. I can get 90 merits from Arcs in less time than it takes to do Dr Q. I'll run a TF if a friend wants me to but they are not important.

Merits have cut out the whole need to build a team saving tons of time and irritation. I no longer have to teach noobs how to play, I won't have to wait for a recipe to sell, I don't have to spend hours on a mind numbing ancient TF from beta.

I am running as many arcs as I can before the devs decide that OB is preventing me from "enjoying" playing the game their way and take the merits out of OB. Wouldn't want me to miss out on all that Positron and Dr Q action. For my own good really I suppose. Shouldn't expect to buy a game and play it my own way, silly notion that.

It was a bit much at first, but mostly because I wasn't expecting it. I went through all the links and such to check out the changes, and I like it.

Thank you for not moving everything all over the place.

Everyone should still be able to navigate just as they have in the past and new people should find the flashy new look appealing.

Well done!

Storms are awesome! I love running all Storm STF's. You can watch Ghost Widow's Death by Storm on YouTube...we recorded it cause we are sick like that.

Thanks Jock for all the stories!

Thank you all.