Masamune11
11-06-2013, 01:00 AM
One thing that has always differentiated FFXI from other MMOs is its story. Each expansion has told a grand story. Seekers of Adouline was released over 7 months ago and there has been a single BCNM. The lone BCNM was released back in August and it was not fun at all. No thought went into it. This update, all we have are cutscenes around town and a cutscene at Foret. That's it.
SE, you have no excuses. Where is the effort? During WOTG, an update would bring 6 nation quests usually with 3 NM battles and 3 BCNMs. Other times a WOTG update would bring assault type missions, new bosses, new battles. How is Seekers of Adoulin even Final Fantasy? There are no chocobos, no new avatars, no Final Fantasy lore. I'm sure that is all coming...but when?
The golden age of FFXI was during COP - when battles were tuned to requiring good gear and acted as stepping stones to unlock additional content. FFXIV currently does this right.
We paid for an expansion back in March. Where is our game? What's the point of upgrading our gear if there is no story to push further? What's the point of doing coalition tasks over and over if there is no goal to push towards? Basically you have released a version of FF7 that only contains Midgard. You can grind on things till you're max level, but you have nowhere to go, no progress to be made and no journey to start.
Don't release a mission update unless there is going to be at least 3 BCNMs.
SE, you have no excuses. Where is the effort? During WOTG, an update would bring 6 nation quests usually with 3 NM battles and 3 BCNMs. Other times a WOTG update would bring assault type missions, new bosses, new battles. How is Seekers of Adoulin even Final Fantasy? There are no chocobos, no new avatars, no Final Fantasy lore. I'm sure that is all coming...but when?
The golden age of FFXI was during COP - when battles were tuned to requiring good gear and acted as stepping stones to unlock additional content. FFXIV currently does this right.
We paid for an expansion back in March. Where is our game? What's the point of upgrading our gear if there is no story to push further? What's the point of doing coalition tasks over and over if there is no goal to push towards? Basically you have released a version of FF7 that only contains Midgard. You can grind on things till you're max level, but you have nowhere to go, no progress to be made and no journey to start.
Don't release a mission update unless there is going to be at least 3 BCNMs.