Starting to lose interest in the whole game...

[Zumi]

Personally, the way SE ignores the Non-Japanese player base, I feel they'll ignore us in 14 as well. I'm thinking it might be nice to try an MMO that tries to appeal to all.

It's just a lot easier for them to get feedback from their Japanese player base since they can look at the JP forums and read stuff players are posting. They have a couple of community reps on the NA side. They basically have to read what we post and bring up some of the top issues and a lot of it gets missed.

[kylani]

This actually made me laugh. I remember the uproar when a hippogryph was selected even though scorpion polled higher. And yet, Falcorr is like 99% of the pets I see bst running around with.

Because we didn't get the scorpion and the other choices aren't that great either? I actually see a variety of pets not just Falcorr. I kept a variety on hand, but I really am not crazy over any of them. If anything, I liked Falcorr because I like fishing the bladefish.

[kylani]

I'm sure they seen the ff14 forums and the 300k plus post in the general area of NA area and all the positive feedback that it got going on and there like holy crap lol. ( I wish they would allow us FF11 players to read there posts over there with out having to read it from friends shared skype screens even if can not post anything until you got the ff14 beta or ff14 game register.), and how they on the beta have limited the amount of NA players do to the volume. FF14 got a global feel to it , Yes it might be missing some of the suff NA and South Korean mmos people are accostumed to, but it does got a great ff vibe and feels fresh in it own world.

FF14 feeling like a classic game. One that we all be playing for years to come and be the game that get the japanese developers out of there funk and globalized some there awsome games.

And already the beta weekends cater to JP playtime. NAs get a partial weekend unless they take off work Fridays.

I really don't care that much. I'm probably MMO'd out. I've played a lot of MMOs and always came back to FFXI, but I'm feeling more and more that it's over. My sub ends June 28th, and I'm not sure what I'll swap to, if anything, but I would like something where I feel the devs care about me enjoying their game even if I know gaming companies just care about the bottom line.

[OmnysValefor]

Falcorr: Does more single target damage than Yuly, has Treasure Hunter.

People use falcorr because it makes sense, doesn't matter if they voted for a scorpion.

[Jaall]

And already the beta weekends cater to JP playtime. NAs get a partial weekend unless they take off work Fridays.

That's just because it's a beta. They're based in Japan and need to do tests all the time as a part of the beta, if they're asleep while the beta is running then no tests will be done which is the idea of a beta. The feedback offered by players is only a small part of what actually goes on. it would be exactly the same if an EU/NA mmo was about to be released and went into beta - the japanese would have to cater to our timezones in order to take part.

When the game is actually released the Japanese will probably have more of a say of what goes into the game in the same way as they do in XI, but I highly doubt it'll be as bad as XI due to the fact that there is a larger team working on XIV. Also it would be in their best interests to listen to everyone and they probably realise that already, given the start XIV had.

[kylani]

That's just because it's a beta. They're based in Japan and need to do tests all the time as a part of the beta, if they're asleep while the beta is running then no tests will be done which is the idea of a beta. The feedback offered by players is only a small part of what actually goes on. it would be exactly the same if an EU/NA mmo was about to be released and went into beta - the japanese would have to cater to our timezones in order to take part.

When the game is actually released the Japanese will probably have more of a say of what goes into the game in the same way as they do in XI, but I highly doubt it'll be as bad as XI due to the fact that there is a larger team working on XIV. Also it would be in their best interests to listen to everyone and they probably realise that already, given the start XIV had.

I've enjoyed FFXI. It may end on a somewhat depressing note, but I really can't complain that I haven't gotten my money's worth over time, so I'd just as soon let this drop, but I'd really like to understand your comment. The beta runs from Friday morning to Sunday morning (my time), so I don't understand what it has to do with developers having to sleep while watching it. I doubt the same developers are staying up the entire 48 hours.

Maybe SE will care more about the entire player base. Just not expecting it to. Hopefully, I'm wrong.

[Tennotsukai]

Definitely lost interest too. I'm taking a break for a while.

[Jaall]

I've enjoyed FFXI. It may end on a somewhat depressing note, but I really can't complain that I haven't gotten my money's worth over time, so I'd just as soon let this drop, but I'd really like to understand your comment. The beta runs from Friday morning to Sunday morning (my time), so I don't understand what it has to do with developers having to sleep while watching it. I doubt the same developers are staying up the entire 48 hours.

Maybe SE will care more about the entire player base. Just not expecting it to. Hopefully, I'm wrong.

Probably not but they are Japanese therefore they mainly focus on their times, in exactly the same way as an NA/EU game would in their beta. We are no better than Japanese game designers, it only makes sense to run the beta in your own time. The fact that it is only every weekend makes this really clear, but maybe phase 4 in a few weeks will be up full time and it's open so anyone can join. If you play any Japanese game and expect them to care the same about NA/EU customers as they do with their JP player base then you may be a bit disappointed that's all. I personally don't mind how it works out and whether they listen or not as long as it's a good game, which it looks to be.

[Olor]

Well, first thi I am doing if a game company ignores me, belittles me, ruins a game I love... Is to play the game that was so bad they apologized for it. I am sure they would never abandon it as soon as something shinier comes along

[Umichi]

News flash : Care Not Given!

FFXIV - Not XI 2.0 HD remaster.

No gear swapping, No auto-attack-gear swap-tp-care. With the vanity tab(Costume), you see what players want you to see.. Is that PLD wearing clouds getup from ff7?....its hiding his armour! I could go on about why nobody will care for elitist ppl but just read the beta forums and you'll see..

Umm he said nothing about FFXIV being a XIv2.... I'm with spectre... I wonder how these elitests will shape that game because they did a damn good job gutting FFXI... I love all of the content because I'm still progressing and never had acess to powerfull allies due to time restraints and when I played... But it gets boring when you having nothing but really powerful people outpacing you by alot... then your trying to help new people play catchup because xp system is f'ed up and they are leveling faster than game progression should be and thats because we have a system that allows you into abyssea at lvl 31... amongst other xp exploits while legitimate are merely powerleveling tools abused by higher level players... combine lack of players even existing on the game it makes for a hard time rapidly adapting to where your inbetween everything...