The whole game is a bug

[ganfalfxviv]

*I got that message "double attacked" on me just awhile ago...(pissed me off) and I'm NOT about to blame my PC(Duo-Core Quad CPU, 8GB RAM and on Win7)! I feel your pain but I'm a FF-fan boy, I don't think I'll quit anytime soon.
Maybe I would want to upgrade my GeForce GTS 450 but it not really giving my problems ATM(or is it?).

SE really needs critical feed back like this and I'm all for specific improvements over these issues. I'm not so much into code but as much 14 has in it due to UI and other "bells and whistles", it's probably their ambition that's causing the system to crash( much like how Microsoft Windows like s to crash alot).

I was a fan boy myself, until around FFX when they ruined the series and then it just went downhill from there. I still buy the games and play them just out of loyalty, but none of them has been nearly as fun as 7 and 8 were. They really really need to remake 7 with current-day graphics. It was their best game ever, and SO many people would buy it if they made it.

[REDace0]

I don't have a connection integrity widget. But I can watch the resource manager while the game's running to see if that's the problem. But, if it were, why would it make people disappear? If they're already there, that means they've already loaded. I could understand it being the connection if they were never there to begin with, but that's not the case.

You have to have the widget unless you've dragged it off-screen somehow. It's right above the minimap. Those invisible rezone lines could be the cause of things disappearing. You cross one, in town or out west of Bent Branch, and everyone vanishes and starts to reload. If you've ever tried buying directly from the market wards you get the same behavior because it has to temporarily rezone you to where the item is being sold. Both of these are side-effects of some poor design and implementation choices in the server and networking code. The server and networking code are replaced in 2.0.

[ganfalfxviv]

You have to have the widget unless you've dragged it off-screen somehow. It's right above the minimap. Those invisible rezone lines could be the cause of things disappearing. You cross one, in town or out west of Bent Branch, and everyone vanishes and starts to reload. If you've ever tried buying directly from the market wards you get the same behavior because it has to temporarily rezone you to where the item is being sold. Both of these are side-effects of some poor design and implementation choices in the server and networking code. The server and networking code are replaced in 2.0.

Oh, in the game? Is that what that is? I was wondering. It never explained what that was. In fact, most of the UI was unexplained. Some of it is quite obvious, but other parts aren't.

[ganfalfxviv]

Are you kidding me??? You can't change gear in combat? I mean, that makes sense, but it makes the gatherer classes extremely vulnerable. If I could have a pickax in my off-hand (which it won't let me do) then that'd be fine, because I could still do real damage to the enemies. But if you're attacked while you have one of the wimpy law of the land classes' gear equipped, is there nothing better than running away from the enemy until you're not in combat anymore? I mean, there's the throw rock skill, but it only does like 2 damage per throw.

Either let me change to a battle class when I'm attacked or let me equip the non-battle tools in off-hand so I can still be a conjurer for when I'm attacked.

[Pawberry]

For obvious reasons, I drew this with half-effort.

[ganfalfxviv]

I also think it's funny when I'm chopping wood and it tells me "You sense maple branches below where you are chopping." immediately followed with "There is nothing left to gather at this location." I suppose that means my senses are wack.

[Skies]

I also think it's funny when I'm chopping wood and it tells me "You sense maple branches below where you are chopping." immediately followed with "There is nothing left to gather at this location." I suppose that means my senses are wack.

That can be weird, yes. But that means that you've just exhausted the node for now (or ran out of attempts I forget which). However, next time you attempt in the same place the maple branches will be in the very same place still, so you know where to aim for next time.

[MrKupo]

Although most of the issues you are talking about are a problem with the engine/servers/planned to be fixed in 2.0, it seems like you are finding any reason not to like this game. If that's the case, you really should cancel your subscription.

It's totally normal to not like a game. But there are many of us that do like it, are expecting to like it come 2.0, or have grown on it over the past year. Either way, we will continue to play. It's your choice whether or not you want to have faith in SE and 2.0 or give up on it now.

Let me at least say that the improvements that you have heard about are mainly more subtle changes to things like combat, leveling, and the overall flow of the game. And already, there's a lot more to do than there was half a year ago (which one of the complaints during launch was a lack of content)