Rate FFXIV 1 to 10

9/10. Sure there's a few minor balance issues, but they're easily tweaked rather than being fundamental design flaws (unlike 1.0 which had it in droves).

I'm just having so much fun in ARR - the world is rendered so beautifully, the storyline is great (although I miss some things about 1.0's original pre-Dalamud storyline, like the original Path of the Twelve storyline), and I love being able to solo exp easily but still party for dungeons (which the Duty Finder does rather well). I adore the minions (especially my mini-Dalamud :D), and despite what some people are saying, there is a lot to do even before level 50 - the trick is just making sure you don't cram it all in a short time and thus burn yourself out. ;)

Thank you Yoshi-P and the rest of your team for an amazing game! :D

8/10

Remove FATEs and it would be a 10.

10 , but sometimes want to rate 1 (when starting AK/CM grind over&over)

6/10, game is still in its prime so i am no so immature to be so pessimistic or such..but game has a lot of serious flaws.I think crafting is one of the best i seen around, good graphic and cutscenes also music.I'd like to see more tank options, animation revamp. (try to hit and move and you will see your chara animation freeze and sliding..)Fates are not suited to this slow paced combat it feels horrible, after all this is not an action mmo. Mostly more viable option to customize you class with stats/att points, idk add some regen hp feature mp, reflect in to a specific stat. SE I will wait this game to improve

5/10

There's no variety on content, battles are boring, and there's no no customization (regarding class/jobs, gear and character progresion), also token system and lineal gear progression are the worst grind system ever designed.

Graphics, music, lore and story are awesome, and the gathering and crafting systems are the best i have seen.

This game can easily get a 8-9/10 reworking and improving some things.

8.5
/charararara

To the people rating 10; I find it hard to believe you find no fault with this game whatsoever.

I give it a solid 6.

Leveling your first job and craft is exciting and seeing all the places is cool, however once you've hit 50 you'll come to the sad realisation that your gear sucks, you won't have any of the proper sub abilities and when you go back to level said job for abilities you find out quick there's no more quests to level. The progression system in this game is very 2 dimensional.

Also duty finder.

Comparing it with all genres of games: 1/10
Relative to all MMOs: 4/10
Relative to modern MMOs: 8/10

I really just despise modern MMOs in about every way so this isn't really my cup of tea. I do love the crafting in this game though. But I can't really justify paying monthly just to craft things for really no reason at all. Especially when I can be having more fun playing other genres.

this is a difficult 1 lol

Game Storyline 9/10

fun and enjoyable storyline lost a point due to long wait times for dungeons.

Community 5/10

while most people are great and easy to game with, a lot of players at level 50 are just jerks forcing new players to skip cutsceens is just wrong they have the right to watch them if you want speed runs do premade and not duty finder

Game Security 4/10

thousands of players have been hacked, teleport hacking, botting, gil spamming.

SE communication with fan base 1/10

No response from SE regarding the hacking/boting that is going on

10/10 for the game, 'cause I'm a white knight of course.

2/10 for SE dealing with bots and spammers and general customer service

5/10 community, because 5 in 10 people (statistics are 100% made up and only by my experience) are ridiculous elitists asking for relics for AK runs OR anti-social OR deliberate non-readers OR that-one-person-ruining-titan-run-every-single-time. :) Forum community gets no rating. 'Cause trolls.

FFXIV My Ratings

Graphics: FFXIV 1.0 -> 9.5/10 ARR 2.0 -> 5/10

Suroundings/Layout: FFXIV 1.0 + 1.23 -> 4/10 ARR -> 8/10

Exploration, sense of adventure: FFXIV 1.0 + 1.23 -> 9.5/10 ARR -> 4.5/10

Gameplay: FFXIV 1.23 -> 5/10 ARR 2.0 -> 7/10

Battle System: FFXIV 1.0 -> 7/10 - FF14 1.23 -> 6/10 - ARR 2.0 -> 4/10

Basic Content: FFXIV 1.0 -> 2/10 - FF14 1.23 -> 5/10 - ARR 6/10

Leveling System: FFXIV 1.0 -> 4/10 - FFXIV 1.23 -> 6/10 - ARR 2/10 -> Sorry but fates are too easy, mindless and basically destroy all other ways of exping coz everything else seems pointless. EXP gained from fates seriously needs to drop.

Story line: FFXIV 1.0 -> What story??? - FF14 1.23 -> Ohh that story 4/10 - ARR 8/10

End Game Content: FFXIV 1.23 -> 5/10 - ARR -> 6.5/10

End game enjoyment: FFXIV 1.23 -> 7/10 - ARR -> 4/10 - I still think ARR is way too easy. Also the majority of the content is so pointless now that you basically repeat the same two dungeons CM and AK and there is even a cap on how much you can earn...

Casual Friendly: FFXIV 1.0 -> 5/10 - FF14 1.23 -> 3/10 - ARR -> 9/10

Hardcore Player Worthy: FFXIV 1.0 -> 6/10 - FF14 1.23 -> 9/10 - ARR -> One fight Titan thats about all I can recall having any difficulty sorry to those who disagree ARR -> 3.5/10

Honestly given the huge pro and con differences between all three versions 1.0, 1.23 and 2.0 I have a real hard time deciding which I prefer, it's a shame ARR didn't retain all the good things from 1.0 + 1.23 and for that reason ARR only gets a 4.5/10 from me.

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Originally Posted by texhnolyze

my score is 9/10
reason: this is my second month and i'm still going back home from work as fast as i could just to play
that's how much i'm addicted to this game
i also feel bored a bit, especially on castrum grind, but i usually do other level 40+ dungeons to refresh things

this is from metacritic

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You know metacritic means nothing to MMOs...especially MMOs. Remember that other MMO that got even better scores than FFXIV and people praised it out the bum....and that game went F2P in less than 6 months. http://www.metacritic.com/game/ios/s...e-old-republic

8.5

no dye to all gear
i hate crafting and here have alot

Other than that, i still run from work to home too to play.
I love the graphics, because I can play the game with a decent framerate, where on 1.0 my lappy couldn't even run the benchmark.

8.5/10

I don't have 'ping issues' or problems with the 'netcode' or whatever else everyone fabricates because they suck at dodging.

I'm having lots of fun, the game is beautiful. Crafting has come a long way since 1.0, but it's a little bit too easy right now. I really miss party grind dynamics, and feel that if there was open world exp parties I could bump this to 10. I'm more of a casual than in my XI days though, so this may be a good thing.

I'll be a long-time subscriber, will probably play this for years. Nothing else interests me in the slightest, game-wise.

9/10

its really fun to play and i hope it will be 10/10 someday :D

Game experience(36+yrs)"this is the year 2013"

Rating for this year compared to whats out there now (9)

Rating as to what i speculate should be out there (2)"We should be playing holograms by now!"as far as graphics go
(remember the star wars chess set on the milenium falcon?)more than 20 years ago....

Gaming Community (Lucipurr got that covered in previous reply)

6/10
Good game but not perfect.

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Originally Posted by Lucipurr

The game? 9/10
This game's community? 2/10

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what did u expect with WoW community coming to FFXIV of course be like that

4/10

Pretty but very dull. It will not be very successful long term, it has nothing original to offer. Uninspired WoW derivative.

4/10 total

likes

maps. 100% improvement from 1.0
crafting. hated alt tabbing to look up mats for synths
gathering. lots better then 1.0
dyed gear. love this just wish i could dye more. a white set of darklight would be sexy
UI. not a big fan of the boxes everywhere but it works.
gear change. like switching gear with out taking 5 mins every time
DF. i actualy like this. what i dont like is the ppl comming in bitching about how long it takes and treating new ppl like shit because its there first time. if your so hot and so elite run with your free copany you are ruining the game for everyone. and stop clogging the DF with your nerd rage.

hates
battle. worst battle ive played in a final fantasy title. although i didnt play 12 because of the wrong way summons was implemented. even final fantasy tactics advanced for game boy is better.
spam galore. every ability is super flashy as if yoshi said dont stop till they get seizures
many vs many. so much is going on with any one fight its hard to tell what is actually happening
elemental wheel. wtf? i cast ice on a ice elemental and it does damage. whats wrong with this picture?
sword of oath. this should be on all the time the whole point of jobs was to play a specific roll in a party.
minions. this is just stupid
war. should not be a tank
ah. supports undercutting
exp grind parties. none
community. yeah it sucks
summoner. this is not a summoner its an evoker (see ff3)
fates. should only be used for ppl who cant get an exp party
i also hate how fights are about movement rather then stats

8.

Would be a 10 with a lot more content

as always , squareenix is capable of creating a visually impressive aesthetic,

however everything after that falls flat on its face...

game balance
game mechanics
difficulty curves
variety

all these categories bring it down to i wanna say a 5/10 or 6/10

call me crazy but 1.0 was better then 2.0 in a few ways... lol

The way it is now? 6. Game has huge potential but not enough content at lvl 50, too much grinding in one place with little gil reward, some basic quality of life things are missing and 2 BROKEN classes because of the pet ai and lack of tools to handle pets manually. If pets are not fixed in 2.1 i will no longer be interested in playing this game.

Game at its core: 4.5/10
IMO: 3/10
Community: 2.5/10 (mature community lolno)

When you have no real innovation in your game, what is there to do after the carrot on the stick is gone? The only thing that you could consider groundbreaking was "omg job change in 2 clicks!". Fates are horrible knockoffs of rifts in RIFT and looks like a beta version of GW2's living world. Jobs are anything but unique. Combat and dungeons lack smoothness and flair for a modern AAA MMO. I used to craft out of necessity for end game in other games but nope crafting isn't as beneficial here. In short, this is a game where you're a mindless sheep that has nothing more to do but to level up and gear up.

8/10

FFXIV has such a solid foundation with so much untapped potential. I feel it would be cheating to give it a perfect score now when there is so much more to come.

8

This game has amazing potential and has got a nice start, but could really use some work with certain technical things as well as content(which I'm patiently waiting for over the next few patches). But I can see it going far compared to most MMOs I've played over the past few years.

8/10

Subbed for 180 days, ex-FFXI/WoW/EQ2/GW2 player.

A few things that really need fixing/attention. However the core is solid and with the promised content it will be 9/10 or even 10/10 in a year. So far Yoshi did all he promised, so I have no reason to doubt.

I would say, on a scale from 1 to 166 (166 being fairly average, 1 being fairly average, anywhere in the 80’s being fairly average, 17 being really good, and roman numerals included for obvious reasons)

I’d give it a rating of 44XXIVIV.

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FFXIV My Ratings

Graphics: FFXIV 1.0 -> 9.5/10 ARR 2.0 -> 5/10

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I couldn't take you seriously after this because, I assume, when you say graphics, what you really mean is Mi'qote body shape, as the game graphically looks quite a bit better than ver. 1.

8 or 9/10 for the game.

4/10 for the general populace.

1/10 for a person with 'troll, whiner, fanboy, whiteknight, go back to wow' in their post.


All in all, I'm having fun.

Rating the game on how it is now, ignoring the upcoming updates that will most likely affect my ratings.

Game mechanics: 9/10
The multiple class system is just too cool, I no longer need to re-roll if I want to try something else, and it motivates me to actually play other classes.

Progression: 5/10
After your first lv50 it's nothing but fates and leves. It gets boring, fast.

Graphics and sound: 9/10
More than excellent.

Customisation: 2/10
REALLY lacking. Lack of vanity, dye-able items, faces, hairstyles, everything is lacking. All trash armor and weapons look exactly the same.

End-game content: 5/10
Loads of grinding just to get better gear to do even more grinding for more gear to grind for gear. Just no. Needs PvP!


Average score of the 5 things I find most important in an MMORPG: 6 out of 10

It's enough to keep me subbed! :rolleyes:

6/10

It's obviously much more polished than 1.0 was, and is a much more complete game. But they gave up being unique and trying new things for copying everything from WoW and then adding back in chocobos.

Everything is a rush to get to the "endgame" which means there's nearly 50 levels full of content no one cares about because it's over with in a week. Then endgame itself is just farming the same dungeons over and over again to get better loot; that's fine for people who are dedicated to the game and have been playing a long time, but when you make it the entire game everyone is going to get bored in short order.

Tons of content, which is actually good, gets completely shafted in this rush to the end as well. The crafting system in this game is amazing, and yet the triple turn-in leves make the whole experience mostly pointless. All the stuff you can make is either outclassed by dungeon drops or requires them in the end. And all the mid-level equipment is barely worth crafting or farming for because people can get to 50 naked.

Gear progression is just sad. Not only are you required to do everything in order to get better stuff, but the stats are the most boring, homogenized crap I've ever seen in a game. Even equipment which was made specifically for one class or job just has more of the same basic stats, nothing unique at all, at any level.

There's nothing to do other than what they've laid out for you to do. The quests lead you by the nose to explore everything, there's nothing actually to do in the open world other than FATEs and hunting logs, and God forbid you want to play with one or two other people instead of soloing or taking exactly 3 or 7 other people into a dungeon.

The game is plagued with poor decisions that lend themselves to people being jerks, and because they just copied everyone else there are no plans that will really fix it. Everyone said duty finder would be a bad idea, and it is. Their plan to incorporate story along with some starting endgame rewards has been disastrous to the community. Having to "farm" coupled with gimmick-based bosses and the duty finder is leading to people expecting everyone to know things by heart before they've even seen it.

Beyond that there are still a ton of things wrong with the way the game is written, which developers won't even acknowledge are problems. 300ms polling leading to mass confusion about AoE dodge mechanics, which are a huge part of the game in general. Global cooldown not allowing the use of instant abilities right after, even though the icons show usable. Absolutely zero regard for the art when it comes to clipping; stardust rod goes right through artifact/relic hat for instance. Again, this is nowhere near as bad as 1.0, but that doesn't make it good.

There's a good game in here somewhere, but it's buried under broken mechanics and gogogogogo post-WoW bullshit.

5/10
- Abysmal responsiveness: Lag and terrible netcode. Endgame is pratically unplayable for me and other people too.
- Outdated mechanic: Every instance has to be on Duty Finder, including Chimera, Hydra and Bahamuth's Coil. It's 2013, we're not supposed to sit still in one place spamming "LFG!".
- Levelling: Fate farming is TERRIBLE and it's our only option to level jobs after the first one, due to lack of quests and very low xp on dungeons and levequests.
- Terrible community: Harassment and insults are out of control.
- Some QoL stuff that really annoy me (especially the terrible TAB targeting and the chocobo issues).
- Crafting is pretty cool, but NOT when you have to process tons of raw materials. It takes WAY too much time and effort, and quick synthesis (which is not that quick anyway) is not an option due to really low XP gain and higher chance of failing and waste of materials.

I'll be a bit less whiny than some. I'll start from pros and 10/10 and then start taking points off.
+ I LOVE the setting and the style
+ Engaging story
+ Pretty
+ Fun gameplay mechanics
+ Nostalgia bonus due to FFXI

Design irritations:
- The game world feels sort of small due to map size and such fast level progression. Immersion penalty. -0.5
- The game mechanics could be a lot deeper without really impacting the introductory difficulty. (Weather elemental bonuses, skill chains, support classes etc.) -0.5
This'd make FFXIV ARR be at 9/10.

Current issues that can be fixed:
- Loopholes in level/gear progression that render a lot of content obsolete. -0.5
- Biggest RMT/botting problem I've seen up to date. -1
- Lack of communication with the customer base in billing, botting/hacking reports and action, security issues etc. -1

That would total to 6.5/10 as it stands.

0.

Been in the PC industry for over a decade.

SE has the worst customer service to date of any of them. (I include Aion/NCSoft in this AND ArenaNet in that comparison)

This includes the RMT issue. Lack of spam control. Complete lack of in-game support and the lag.

Oh, the lag. I'm on a F/O connection, have 3 enterprise racks in the office, play often from work...Yeah, lag is on their end and someone needs a new buffer rack, very very very desperately.

At the end of the day, their lack of CS in //ALL// facets, is destroying the game.

Time to go all in or gtfo. IMO.

6.5/10

+ game is gorgeous. Job/class system leaves alot for future jobs/classes. I don't like alts so having an "all in one" character is nice and I feel invested. Crafting as a seperate class=awesome. Customizable UI good (from the PS3 perspective).

- latency issues like getting hit by AoEs that I dodged on my screen atleast and abilities not firing off or character not doing animations. Instanced zones take the magnitude out of the world/main cities (I get why they did it). Lack of GM support. RMT gone wild. Community.

I would say 7/10.

The game is fantastically laid out with the combat and questing system. The instanced dungeons are very well designed and present the challenge of learning new mechanics every time. The armory system allows you to get very attached to one character and feel more immersed while playing as that character. The in game groups (Linkshells and Free Companies) are a nice addition and provide an acceptable way to communicate with your friends. The crafting and gathering classes have a nice place in this game. The can be focused on and not become boring or be a break from combat for DoW/M players. They also present a viable method of obtaining gil in this game.

Some flaws I have noticed are the general lag in the game it is very minute and doesn't affect much, but can be rather annoying at times. Some flaws in planning of the game have produce undesirable effects. (Amdapor Keep being the only viable way to obtain Tomestones of Mythology and other things that escape me at the moment) Some of these things are beginning to poison the wonderful community we began with. People are becoming more focused on speedrunning through the endgame dungeons in order to reach their cap. FATES were a nice idea, but were poorly implemented. The became massive zergfests that have been reduced to AoE spamfests in order to get your gold rank for the fate. Considering this is the primary method of leveling any class after your main class is not a good sign for the classes without AoE attacks. (Lancer, Conjurer, Arcanist, Pugilist until a certain level)

Overall this game is a great game. It provides many things to do up to a point. It is a solid game with the potential, with future patches, to jump up to an 8 or 9/10. I can't wait to see what this game becomes and will be here every step of the way. :D

First play through: 8/10
Leveling a secondary job: 5/10
End game: 4/10

Overall: 6/10
End game just destroys the hope I had for this game being something refreshing. It is tolerable however, due to my experience with various mmos.

4/10

It could've been a really great game but in my opinion they screwed up in so many ways. Almost zero player interaction since you can't trade equip, everything is solo or people are from other servers. You don't really talk in FATE PTs either and yea..
It doesn't feel like an MMO.