Translation of current #2 top ranked suggestion for KTOS
(#1 suggestion is complaining about a certain user harassing others)
Please improve gameplay centered around automatching
1. The purpose for implementing it made sense and was understandable, but it has introduced many problems.
Near the end of last year’s episode 12 update, IMC started to add many forms of auto-matching to TOS. At first, the reward for auto-matching was lower than doing it normally, but they slowly raised the reward, and IMC basically half-forced you to use auto-matching from then onward.
Immediately after this, multi-account users with macros began to put a lot of stress on users trying to use automatch, but IMC’s response to this situation was too poor.
I remember even at that time, there were many posts asking for IMC to look into the situation, but IMC’s only response was “Automatching must be successful because the number of players using it is very high” despite them forcing us to use it.
2. Let’s examine the automatching content added after episode 12 one by one.
(Challenge Mode and Split Singularity)
Personally, while I think the new challenge mode makes using macros quite difficult and forces users to play actively, there is too much large variation on the maps, forcing people to only concentrate on doing challenge mode when certain maps are in play. Challenge mode and split singularity are the most basic farm methods/homework of TOS, but there are times when you have to use a megaphone just to get people to queue because of this.
(Heroic Tale)
You basically cannot use automatching. The most common way to aim for rankings is to aim for good times with friends. So why does automatching exist? Also, they changed the method of exchanging Heroic Tale tickets, which they said would prevent the act of only aiming for high ranks every other week, but this patch is meaningless if we alternate exchanging 12 tickets and 14 tickets every other week. [Crevox note: I honestly don’t even know what they’re talking about here so this translation might be slightly scuffed, I’ve been away from the game too long]
(Lepidoptera Junction and White Witch’s Forest)
Even though you can start the raid with less than 4 people, it’s difficult to actually start without shouting because there are many cases where you enter the queue and you are alone.
This automatch was added with the purpose of providing a small amount of expensive materials for users who cannot go through the difficult versions of the raids. However, as it is now possible to obtain a full set of Goddess equipment only through episode rewards, it would make sense to delete these automatches and increase the party version’s rewards. Personally, I think it would be even cleaner if they simply deleted the normal modes of these raids as well.
(Relic Raid)
In the past, the mechanic of eating tickets and running normal and hard mode worked well, but now normal mode is never run unless you need recipes, and you don’t have a reason to run hard mode unless you need the rare drops. Why bother with this? Just go do Giltine raid…
The supply of entry tickets to the Giltine raid has greatly increased, so the entire purpose of the relic raid has gradually faded over time.
(Giltine raid)
This is content that actually works just fine as automatching content. To be honest, it would be nice to increase the difficulty and rewards while reducing the number of entries, because it is repeated far too much, but it’s still better than other automatching content.
(Snake raid)
It’s definitely worth running. However, it is content that users have major issues with on a daily basis. IMC has been trying to solve the problem for about 2 months, but the problems still exist. I don’t know why IMC is being so stubborn about this, but I’m curious as to why they placed automatching buffs in relic raid, moringponia, glacia, and giltine, but they won’t put them in this raid. I don’t think they have ever tried to clear the raid with 5 people who have exactly 470 gear score. You won’t clear with only 5 repair kits.
(Conclusion)
Actually, the biggest problem with automatching overall is the fact the userbase is too small, no matter what anyone says. Looking at the patches and updates IMC adds, they don’t seem to be aiming to increase the number of users. They seem to just be trying to create an optimized game with the current user pool. Automatching needs to be revamped if they’re going to keep things how they are, as the situation is only getting worse.
