Can we get a free night mode?

[Fallen_Echo]

The current rotation of day and night mode is good and all but it locks out plenty of people from doing the soo much advertised big boss fights.

Can we get atleast 1 free nightmode runs?

This would not do anything but players who dont have the time to wait 1h 30min for the next night cycle could go use up one charge and get into a nightmode.

Konzu opens up the nightmode bounties and the whole plains is avaible for nightmode activities as long as the you still have time on the charge.

You want people to play the game, to fight these big guys right? Then let us do it whenever we are avaible and not in some time circulation.

[Xaero]

They also want us to get all the gear so why not hand it all to us immediately.

[[DE]Grzegorz]

Well, the day-night system was designed to operate on 2:30h cycle exactly for what reason, so day and nighttime drifts over time letting all people experience both versions of the Plains... in theory.

Letting a player pick and choose whether they play night or day would prove problematic, even if such option was provided only once a day (how would it operate in groups?)

It's too much hassle for what it's worth and could lead to exploitation.

Just now, Ksaero said:

They also want us to get all the gear so why not hand it all to us immediately.

Having numerous grind and timegates does that already, also poor design of some mechanics leads players away from progressing through them anyway.

Edited March 4, 2018 by JuicyButthurt

[Fallen_Echo]

4 minutes ago, Ksaero said:

They also want us to get all the gear so why not hand it all to us immediately.

Okay what part of a free 50 minute long night mode means stuff just gets handled to you immideatly?

Am i missed the npc what gives out free  in the plains or what?

 

[Fallen_Echo]

7 minutes ago, JuicyButthurt said:

Well, the day-night system was designed to operate on 2:30h cycle exactly for what reason, so day and nighttime drifts over time letting all people experience both versions of the Plains... in theory.

Letting a player pick and choose whether they play night or day would prove problematic, even if such option was provided only once a day (how would it operate in groups?)

It's too much hassle for what it's worth and could lead to exploitation.

Its a host based system what creates an 50 minute long nightmode cycle. The host starts up the nightmode than using konzu opens up the teralyst hunting group bounty, as fast as your time expire you are ported to the gates and sent back to cetus as you completed the mission.

I cant really think of anything what could be exploited here. At best people would get arcanes faster but they are already tradeable and the horrifying credit cost was already confirmed to be a bug.

We currently have 2 hour long daytimes and 50 minute long nighttimes, whic are not in sync with the earth day/night rotation what is 4 hour long on each.

[[DE]Grzegorz]

Just now, Fallen_Echo said:

Its a host based system what creates an 50 minute long nightmode cycle. The host starts up the nightmode than using konzu opens up the teralyst hunting group bounty, as fast as your time expire you are ported to the gates and sent back to cetus as you completed the mission.

I cant really think of anything what could be exploited here. At best people would get arcanes faster but they are already tradeable and the horrifying credit cost was already confirmed to be a bug.

We currently have 2 hour long daytimes and 50 minute long nighttimes, whic are not in sync with the earth day/night rotation what is 4 hour long on each.

2:30h (100 minutes for the day and 50 for the night).

The problem is, at what point do you decide that the player is no longer eligible to set up a night instance? At the beginning, which could lead to griefing or the charge being wasted due to connection issues or at the end, which could result in squads playing night around the clock?

What if the host leaves? Does the time stay? It could be possible to exploit the mechanic to have a perpetual night, it could result in loads of twink accounts for the sole purpose of playing at nights.

[CapAllan]

Honestly, my bigger gripe with the day and night system is that the important stuff happens by night. Most of them. Glappids and other high rep fishes can only by farmed for at night (there's like one exception, but hey. Cuthol, Glappid and Norgs....). Eidolons, night. Bounties- Day and night. Mining - Day and night. Since night time is sooo important, you'd kinda think that it'd last longer. Personally, a few of these need to be balanced. Have more interesting activities going on during the day or perhaps, have night time last for 1 Hour and 30 minutes while Day lasts for 50.

[Fallen_Echo]

18 minutes ago, JuicyButthurt said:

2:30h (100 minutes for the day and 50 for the night).

The problem is, at what point do you decide that the player is no longer eligible to set up a night instance? At the beginning, which could lead to griefing or the charge being wasted due to connection issues or at the end, which could result in squads playing night around the clock?

What if the host leaves? Does the time stay? It could be possible to exploit the mechanic to have a perpetual night, it could result in loads of twink accounts for the sole purpose of playing at nights.

Theres no point where you cant start up your free night cycle, you could waste it in the middle of a nightcycle too. The charge is only consumed from the host and he is requied to start up the nightime bounty message at konzu if he wants anybody else to join him.

If the host leaves the nighttime stays and it will still expire once the instance closes in 50 minutes. This is literally nothing more than a timed instance system found in any MMO's on the market. You cant increase the instance open time by popping another free charge, since it creates a new instance with another 50 min long area.

5 minutes ago, CapAllan said:

Honestly, my bigger gripe with the day and night system is that the important stuff happens by night. Most of them. Glappids and other high rep fishes can only by farmed for at night (there's like one exception, but hey. Cuthol, Glappid and Norgs....). Eidolons, night. Bounties- Day and night. Mining - Day and night. Since night time is sooo important, you'd kinda think that it'd last longer. Personally, a few of these need to be balanced. Have more interesting activities going on during the day or perhaps, have night time last for 1 Hour and 30 minutes while Day lasts for 50.

That too could work.

[Ham_Grenabe]

1 hour ago, Ksaero said:

They also want us to get all the gear so why not hand it all to us immediately.

Why not indeed? I want to have all the gear too, so if DE comes through with “hand it over immediately,” I’m gonna have to say “Cool, thanks.”