FFXIV desperately needs a way to inform players of their performance, and to encourage them to improve.
Parsing is very clearly something Square-Enix does not want to endorse. (I personally support this choice.)
So let's take a look at something that Square-Enix themselves have successfully implemented that helps give players an idea of how well they are performing.
I want to introduce the idea of:
-Time Champions-
In Final Fantasy XI, after completing a trial fight, players are presented with the time taken for them to complete the trial, and then the time of the player who completed the same trial the quickest, as well as that players name and the job they completed it as.
FFXIV could add this feature, to give players an idea of their performance levels, but take it a step further.
Once you complete an instance, of any kind, dungeon, trial, etc, the duty finder selections you used, would present your settings Time Champion.
Example:
If you queue'd in regular no setting duty finder pug, "Standard Time Champion" would appear.
-Standard Time Champions
(players who use duty finder with no settings selected, just random pugs.)
-Undersized Time Champion
(solo players who used the undersized feature)
-Minimum Item level Time Champions
(Players who formed a group and tackled the duty at minimum item level.)
Not only can this potentially make "old" content more fun and relevant, as this could create a sort of encouragement for player improvement and competition.
But this also is a form of friendly competition as there is no real way to berate players.
This also does not slow down progression, as say how maybe my other suggestion for instanced striking dummies would, or really have any negative connotations. (That I can think of immediately.) It also has proven quite fun, and seemingly been only a successful feature in FFXI.
Thank you.
Continue reading...
Parsing is very clearly something Square-Enix does not want to endorse. (I personally support this choice.)
So let's take a look at something that Square-Enix themselves have successfully implemented that helps give players an idea of how well they are performing.
I want to introduce the idea of:
-Time Champions-
In Final Fantasy XI, after completing a trial fight, players are presented with the time taken for them to complete the trial, and then the time of the player who completed the same trial the quickest, as well as that players name and the job they completed it as.
FFXIV could add this feature, to give players an idea of their performance levels, but take it a step further.
Once you complete an instance, of any kind, dungeon, trial, etc, the duty finder selections you used, would present your settings Time Champion.
Example:
If you queue'd in regular no setting duty finder pug, "Standard Time Champion" would appear.
-Standard Time Champions
(players who use duty finder with no settings selected, just random pugs.)
-Undersized Time Champion
(solo players who used the undersized feature)
-Minimum Item level Time Champions
(Players who formed a group and tackled the duty at minimum item level.)
Not only can this potentially make "old" content more fun and relevant, as this could create a sort of encouragement for player improvement and competition.
But this also is a form of friendly competition as there is no real way to berate players.
This also does not slow down progression, as say how maybe my other suggestion for instanced striking dummies would, or really have any negative connotations. (That I can think of immediately.) It also has proven quite fun, and seemingly been only a successful feature in FFXI.
Thank you.
Continue reading...