Dev Tracker - Discussion

I struggle to believe there are many "new players" as in that have started since Asura closed. I did see what seems like a relatively new player accidentally casually talk in party chat about buying gil the other day though, like it's normal. It was something like "I haven't spent any money on gil yet this month" "I spend $300 last month"

Also your entire post supports what I said, which apparently is dumb, except it is fact as you have outlined.

There aren't "many" new players, just enough to influence movement.

Watch the subreddit, there's a daily "i'm new" post. 1 > 0

That entire post replies consist of "go to bahamut go to bahamut go to bahamut" It's doomed.

Look there's the Asura crowd then there's everyone else.

What's "normal" for Asurans is *** insane for literally everyone else.

You would know this if you didn't spend your entire gametime on a shithole rat infested sewer of a server.

As far as gil moving is concerned, most of that is RMT moving their bank accounts around. Now they can't go to Asura, they just move to the next highest populated server.

Same with actual people moving mules to buy/sell.

Simple economy. Where there is demand, the market moves in to meet it. No demand, no market.

There are occasional RMT shouts on small servers. The pickup rate is laughably small.

They don't want to do this because it leads to generally higher queue times on populated servers. People tend to stack their runs back to back. It's not so convenient to have extra KI if you're waiting 30-40 mins between runs... worth?

The RMT merc shouts on Bahamut have blown up all over the place. To just one guy named Denny to at least 7 to 8 more accounts *** spamming it up. It's annoying.

Welcome to hell.

Sincerely, Asura

What, you guys don't find the now built in yell filter useful?

No wei.

The filter is... usable. It needs more slots.

I would also state, but never say, "it needs to be easier to use" too many people don't know it exists or how to use it. But if they knew how, it would stop working.

i love the filter. Havent seen a single rmt shout for weeks now. Ones you get the words right its awesome.

And true on the use. Its hell to get right. Very case sensitive. Even on the base txt file.

it works, but the onus is on the player to maintain it, and turns into yet another thing to micromanage just to play the damn game.

Yep, the daily posts over there like this are incredibly annoying. "YOYO I'M NEW WHAT'S THE BEST SERVER FOR FRENS?!"

Peeing all over those posts is useless, their minds are already made up before posting on Reddit. Posts like that mainly exist to collect good guy badges, "OH LOOK HOW AMAZING OUR COMMUNITY IS," right next to the landfill and poisoned well from all garbage collecting on the beaches in Cape Terrigan.

I left Asura for Bahamut in 2022 for somewhere more quiet. Bahamut was a very nice place and tight knit. I still enjoy playing with the people I have met there over the last several years, but it's total chaos right now. Things have certainly changed, although I doubt real "new" players will stick around for long once they gaze into the abyss of endgame. I'm not getting my hopes up but here's hoping they close Bahamut, so everyone can jump ship to Odin, although I think the damage is already done. Their closure of Asura feels a bit unprecedented but maybe they've done something like this before in a different game as a method of discreet behavior modification. *shrug*

You're playing a twenty something year old game. If its too ruckus for you, maybe try bingo, the old folks home always needs volunteers.

Meanwhile, can I please get more gearsets, fewer lamp floors, and unfuck einherjar. I want MOAR!!!

lol what is the point in a 7 day campaign.

■ Phase 1
Friday, October 10, 2025, at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) to Thursday, October 23, at 7:59 a.m.

■ Phase 2
Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) to Tuesday, November 4, at 6:59 a.m. (PST)

2 weeks on
1 week off
1 week on

crackhead ***. Just run it 3 weeks like usual. Dumb *** reinventing the wheel.

Call me stupid, but do they not even list which campaigns start/end on which phases? They just have them listed....

Don't worry about it.

I'm assuming they have a lot of metrics that people engage more with campaigns in their first week causing them to do this silly split up campaign, soon weekly campaigns? The logical conclusion.

In the past I thought they were opting for shorter campaigns for those they deemed "too good" to be lasting the whole period of time, but now I'm a bit puzzled about it, honestly.

Can only assume they want 2 week blocks with some break inbetween for metrics reasons.

And then because vanabout is going to start the 6th, the have to do a short 2nd campaign.

But it's just asinine. Push bout back a week and do 2/1/2 or just run 3 full weeks.

I read it as all of the listed campaigns will be active during both phases.

There are no campaigns listed, that's what Jakey's saying.

Maybe this went up after that post then:

The following campaigns will commence on Friday, October 10, at 1:00 a.m. (PDT)

This time, we plan to split the campaign period into two different installments!
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Campaign Period:
■ Phase 1
Friday, October 10, 2025, at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) to Thursday, October 23, at 7:59 a.m.

■ Phase 2
Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at 1:00 a.m. (PDT) to Tuesday, November 4, at 6:59 a.m. (PST)
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We're also preparing for the seasonal Harvest Festival event, the second appearance of "The 'Real' Archduke of Jeuno, Back in the Spotlight Yet Again", and the third appearance of "The Shadow Lord's Dominion"! Don't miss your chance to take on these exciting events!


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Characters are easier to develop!
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Chain Experience Bonus Campaign

Experience chains will yield double to triple the normal amount of experience for the duration of the campaign.

Chain Capacity Point Bonus Campaign

Experience chains will yield double to triple the normal amount of capacity points for the duration of the campaign.

Chain Monstrosity Bonus Campaign

Experience chains will yield double to triple the normal amount of experience for the duration of the campaign.

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The game content is easier to play!
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Bonus Bayld Campaign

For the length of the campaign, reives will offer evaluation bonuses throughout their duration.
* It will be easier to earn the maximum amount of bayld and experience points that can be obtained from reives.

Voidwatch Campaign

At the start of the battle, all alignments will be at the maximum level.
(Note: This does not apply to Beguiling Radiance, Seductive Radiance, Maddening Radiance, or Provenance Watcher.)

Dynamis Granules of Time Campaign

For the duration of the campaign, players will automatically receive all types of granules of time upon entering Dynamis.

Hyper Chocobo Digging Campaign

The time that must pass between executing your next command after digging will be decreased.
* This does not apply if your skill is at its maximum.

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Increased rewards!
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Delve Campaign - PLUS!

Delve will receive the following adjustments for the duration of the campaign.
- Defeating Delve monsters and clearing Delve will yield double the usual amount of Mweya Plasm.
- Monsters will drop Airlixirs +1 and Airlixirs +2 when vanquished.

Campaign Festa

Campaign battles will undergo the following adjustments for the duration of the campaign.
- Experience and allied notes earned from evaluations will be doubled.
- The amount of spoils obtained from treasure chests when participating in unions will be increased.

Furthermore, earn special rewards, including montiont silverpieces, 100-byne bills, Lungo-Nango jadeshells, and more from the four Campaign Ops, in addition to their normal spoils.

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■ Eligible content
Splitting Heirs / Cracking Shells / Plucking Wings / Fiat Lux
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High-Tier Mission Battlefield Campaign

For the duration of the campaign, the number of personal drops in the following battlefields will be increased by one, and players will receive one of items listed below.

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■ Eligible items
Pluton / pluton case / pluton box / chunk of beitetsu / beitetsu case / beitetsu box / riftborn boulder / boulder case / boulder box

■ Eligible content
★Ark Angels 1 / ★Ark Angels 2 / ★Ark Angels 3 / ★Ark Angels 4 / ★Ark Angels 5 / ★Return to Delkfutt's Tower / ★The Celestial Nexus / ★The Savage / ★The Warrior's Path / ★Puppet in Peril / ★Legacy of the Lost / ★Rank 5 Mission / ★Head Wind / ★One to be Feared / ★Dawn / ★Pentacide Perpetrator / ★Trial by Fire / ★Trial by Ice / ★Trial by Wind / ★Trial by Earth / ★Trial by Lightning / ★Trial by Water / ★The Moonlit Path / ★Waking the Beast / ★Waking Dreams
* Higher quality items will drop more frequently on higher difficulties.
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Omen Job Card Campaign

Omen will receive the following adjustment for the duration of the campaign.
- It will be easier to obtain job cards upon clearing additional objectives.
- It will be easier to obtain job cards when defeating lesser monsters along specific routes.

Inc VanaBout in between the campaigns

Going on 6 months without i-seal campaign? That should be permanent.

After

Which will still be between 2 campaigns. But 2 different campaigns.

And it will probably have exemplar bonus campaign and maybe bring back cornelia. (it might be the next next one for corny)

I agree completely, it's ridiculous. Especially with body seals, it's a time saving ratio of 30:1 or more to get the kupons during campaign. Most other campaigns are somewhere between 1.2 and 3:1.

While it's inconvenient for people starting new chars, most veterans will plan ahead and get dozens or more kupons during the campaign to never have to farm abyssea slips anyway. If abyssea slip farming isn't part of the planned path for emp armor, make a permanent way to get the kupons. Maybe throw them in Ambuscade, idk.

curio moogle!

pretty sure we just had kupons in july

july monthly

Missed it, boo me. Three months. Still should be permanent.