So... why aren't you playing Final Fantasy XIV?

[Alhanelem]

The increased communication is barely better than what we got before

You must not be paying attention or something, because it's LOADS better.

[Runespider]

The difference since FFXIV release really isn't much better than it used to be. They got better over the years but not just because of how FFXIV failed.

We had road maps before FFXIV. The only stuff the staff on here talk about is stuff most players that have been here a while know already or stuff that is coming in the impending update. They don't answer hard questions or things people genuinly want to know, you just get bits and pieces.

[Alhanelem]

toon

CHARACTER!!! NOT TOON! THIS ISN'T DAFFY DUCK AND BUGS BUUNY!!

sorry. I can't stand seeing the word 'toon' in reference to an RPG character.

[Hoshi]

CHARACTER!!! NOT TOON! THIS ISN'T DAFFY DUCK AND BUGS BUUNY!!

sorry. I can't stand seeing the word 'toon' in reference to an RPG character.

It's hard for me to think of the avatar I play in an mmorpg as a character. They don't have a personality... you're not playing the story to learn more about them or their relationships with others. It's easier to call it a toon because it is animated. I would agree with you in offline FF series that you usually play a character (although it's a bit hard to say that even for the simplest FF games). Yeah there's a story in FFXI and you are the hero of the story but the story is never about your toon.

[Karbuncle]

It's hard for me to think of the avatar I play in an mmorpg as a character. They don't have a personality... you're not playing the story to learn more about them or their relationships with others. It's easier to call it a toon because it is animated. I would agree with you in offline FF series that you usually play a character (although it's a bit hard to say that even for the simplest FF games). Yeah there's a story in FFXI and you are the hero of the story but the story is never about your toon.

Lies! My Character is a Character.

You see, Karbuncle was once a mighty Warrior in the Mithran homeland. however her life was empty as there were no enemies who can stand against her Knife. Eventually she became restless and began looking for new Enemies.

She finally came across a Legendary Sandworm. It was a Sandworm that had said to shoot lightning from its massive mouth, and had taken many from her Village. her goal was To defeat this and claim its teeth as a trophy. However Karbuncle was eventually bested by this beast, and just barely escaped with her life, able to seal the Worm in a sunken cavern beneath the southern deserts.

However the beast was still alive, her confidence shot from not being able to slay the beast, she vowed to redeem herself by becoming the most powerful fighter in the world, as such she set out for Quon continent, after hearing the recent turmoil of the war-torn country from Mithra returning from fighting in the Crystal War.

She then came to land in Bastok, and from that day would train until she is strong enough to defeat the beast that dwells beneath the depth of the southern desert, locked there by her own hand. Her Resolve was resolute.


So yah, Character. Just sayin!

[Gwynplaine]

There's too many concrete reasons for me to waste time listing here.

But the biggest reason was how the Beta and subsequent game launch went. It was clear that there was hardly anything in the game to do and the systems needed lots of work but they didn't care. The problems were too big to be ignorance or something else. That spoke loudly to me saying if their fundamental character dealing with the game would be such than there's no good reason to expect any better. I don't see myself ever playing FFXIV I'm turned off for good.

[Sasukeuchiha]

The game just way to laggy for one, no content, no ah , gear is basicly worthless, no real job uniqueness, no airships or chocobos, no auto attack, surnames suck and make sending a tell more of a hassel then is should be, linkshell systems sucks badly. Need i say more because thats not all.

[Miiyo]

I have a toon there. I didn't like the bugs at the beginning. I check in every now and then. Especially when there's a "patch" released. I like the changes Yoshi-P and Co. have brought about, but I want to wait til there's more content. When I play there full time, I want it to be when I have enough to do there, that I can leave FFXI for good. I hope that is soon cause I bought a $3500 macbook pro just to play the game on. Either more content or PS3 release so i can duo box is what I'm waiting on.

[Kingofgeeks]

because i can play ffxi on my laptop. i'm forced to play ffxiv on my desktop. I'm also never home, so FFXI it is

[Lexin]

Because it's not on PS3 yet....