Thank you @Polaris for this update. I’m really looking forward to what comes out of this review:
Although I appreciate all the quality of life improvements to the system, the math really shows a drastic reduction of the amount of memories that can be gathered. At 14 hours per mission (for max r12) that’s 3.4 memories/day. Currently we can get 4/day. That’s just a straight up reduction. Also, there is currently no limit to the amount of concurrent missions, so that limit of 3 is another (in this case huge) reduction.
Also, not every server is at r12. I’m on server 22, where max level is 140/r1. This means that we will have an even bigger reduction in amount of memories/day.
I know you already said you (Perblue) were looking into it, so my point is: please do the math.
Edit: To reply to the argument that you can start collecting memories sooner:
I can usually start collecting memories within 10 days of starting a new friendship, with smart use of consumables. Assuming max r12, current system takes 10 + 320/4 = 90 days to max the disk. New system takes 320/3.4=95 days. Yeah that’s not much more for max r12. For anything else, it’s going to be a lot more.
Edit on the edit: Also note that the “can start collecting right off the bat” argument is only valid for NEW friendships. Any friendships for which the friend level was high enough will not benefit from this, and memories will strictly take longer to be acquired.