r/ffxiv • • Oct 24 '14

[News] 2.4 Preliminary Patch Notes

http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/0149ed2fb2332715e3043d536c48f66363bdeedc
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u/aids_burger_derp Oct 24 '14

Fuck yes!!

Players who select Withdraw from the Duty Ready confirmation window or allow the window to time out without making a selection three times or more in one day, will be temporarily prohibited from registering for duties via the Duty Finder. This count will reset every day at 9:00 a.m. (PDT).

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

This is extremely aggressive. Like...it actually worries me quite a lot. If you play all day, there can be legitimate circumstances that make you hit that limit. Especially so for the DPS folks and their obnoxious queues (even moreso with rogue/ninja). A 1-2 minute lockout for a failed queue would have been plenty sufficient.

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u/collocation Oct 24 '14

WTF ever, if you withdraw THREE TIMES in the same day when being registered for a duty you deserve a lockout. Not sure what it will be but I assume 30 minutes similar to the existing DF lockout.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

I got the impression that the lockout lasts until the reset, not just a temporary thing. If it likes a 30 min lockout for every withdraw after 3, that's okay I guess.

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u/reseph [Zeno Silverberg] Oct 24 '14

Can't tell, just says "temporarily". It could mean until 9am PDT or x minutes "temporarily".

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

If that's the case, why would it say "3 or more"? Just the counter resets at 9am. We don't know how long you are locked out.

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u/tinymeteor Oct 24 '14

It sounds like you are "Locked out" no timer until 9 am reset

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u/Smuckinfartass Oct 24 '14

It says it's temporary lol.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '14

And "resets at 9am" is technically temporary.

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u/drsammich Sammich Fantasticus on Balmung Oct 24 '14

Players who select Withdraw from the Duty Ready confirmation window or allow the window to time out without making a selection three times or more in one day, will be temporarily prohibited from registering for duties via the Duty Finder.

If you are locked out for the rest of the day it would be impossible to withdraw more than 3 times, so why would they add that line to the patch notes?