I'll admit it has potential, but personally it's last on the list of stuff I'm excited for. Also, everyone I've talked to personally isn't very hip to it.

So who the hell is voting for it? :-P

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I voted for Other, meaning I want Square Enix to fix Puppetmaster.

There are some pretty odd goings-on being posted about the pet for this job (the Puppet).

I voted for Assault.

I was on for a bit during Sunday AM and completed two Assault missions.

Golden Savage from the Ilrusi Atoll Staging point: This mission requires a group of 6 players (max; minimum level 60 – I think) to find a item from a chest.

Sounds simple in theory. However, there are 15 chests in this zone and only 1 chest contains the desired item. All other chests are nasty mimic-type mobs that have a draw-in ability and are sleep resistant. Also, these mimics have a nasty stun/poison AoE (luckily we did not get hit with the “Death Trap” move). We lacked a tank, but we did not lack a smart-ass, who insisted on solo’ing everything – he died. We were lucky enough to find the correct chest and win. This Assault, in my opinion, has a tremendous luck factor.

The second Assault I attempted was Seagull Grounded from the Periqia/Dvucca Isle Stage point: . This mission requires a group of 6 players (max; minimum level 70) to escort a very mentally challenged NPC.

The NPC will attempt to make his way through the zone, and your party must keep him safe. Now, as I said previously, he is a bit of a dumbass (and also a COR). You see, certain “rooms” along the path have monsters and when this NPC sees monters, he runs. And he runs a lot and he runs far. Very far.

Rather than just running out of the “room” and having your party destroy the mobs, he likes to run to the opposite side of the map and just stand there like a dumbass. However, you can “control” the NPC from moving, by standing directly in front of him and looking him in the eye (this is much easier said than done). Effectively, you lose one party member to the task of babysitting this guy.

Side notes on Seagull Grounded: You simply do not have the time to kill all monsters in the zone (there are pug, crab and flesh type monsters). When your NPC is nearing the end of the area, you will find two flesh type monsters. It is best for a tank and a sleeper to train these mobs to a corner of the room and let the NPC complete his task. Once this is done, the Rune of Release will appear and you will have won the Assault.

FWIW: I still think the Mamool Ja Assault (NPC rescue) is the most pain-in-the ass mission. 0/3

Also confirmed, you can have up to 4 I.D. Tags issued per day.

Finally, I think this is a great poll. I personally cannot wait for additional Assault missions. If you have not tried them, I honestly think you should gather a group of folks and attempt; even in failure, these are a tremendous amount of fun and test your ability to work as a group.

Yes, I am still on a break. BUT, if you all want to do Assaults and need a 6th player – e-mail/message me!

For those curious, here is the projected timeline that Squeenix gave everyone at the FFXI Fan Fest:

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