Did patch 1.18 make the game more appealing to new customers and potential customers?

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Originally Posted by Shai

Where do you get 20-30k per hour at Rank 33-44 if I may be so bold?

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Nine Ives Eft Camp from 28-35

Tree Speak or Crimson Bark from 35-42

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Originally Posted by LuxLex

worse than that is the stat points, honestly. Especially for anyone playing mage. If you have to take points out of EVERYTHING to load up on mind you're going to be boned by the restat timer.

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True. That should come along with an ability save function.

Why didn't they think of something like that before? They even advertised it on the main page. Even XIV's ten year old predecessor had some kind of it.

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Originally Posted by giftforce

I would NEVER in good conscience recommend this game to anyone.

But I dunno. Maybe it made the game more appealing, who knows? Stranger things have happened.

What does the general populace have to say:

http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/07...es-patch-1-18/

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Yes, let's see what they're saying:

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Still waiting on map/landscape improvements (run from Ul'dah to Gridania and you'll know what I'm talking about) more specific con system (slaughter dozens of orange eyeballs or dodos only to be murdered outright by a blue-con marmot) better chat (too many problems to list), jumping (sure, laugh, but I VERY quickly tired of running ten minute detours around monster-encircled ridges that were no taller than my character's shin. That's not immersion or challenge, it's =lazy design=).
Oh. And for the love of all that is good and holy a client-side focussed UI, not to mention escaping the over-reliance of the Menu button. I only have to load the game for five minutes to know if the latest patch has reduced the degree of torture post-launch-beta-players have to suffer through.

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Oh look, they're complaining about things that were fixed MONTHS AGO.

I hate the internet.

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Originally Posted by TonyMontana

Did patch 1.18 make the game more appealing to new customers and potential customers?

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No, and it's easy to tell why:

Ok let's say i'm Mister Smith, looking for a new MMO to play! two possibilities now:

1- i know about ffxiv = means that i already looked up for ffxiv and found out i didnt like it, it's most likely that i will not hear about a patch!

2- i don't know about ffxiv = means i'll look for it, maybe go on this forum, and see hundreds of people complaining about pretty much every aspect of the game, what would you do if you were in Mr Smith's shoes?

To prove this i'll ask you all a question: If a revolutionary patch would come out tomorrow on let's say, Eden Eternal, or maybe League of Legend (random mmo's) and actually make it the BEST game ever, Would you know about it? ^_-

The same handful of people whining in a dozen threads about one thing =

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Originally Posted by Icopico

hundreds of people complaining about pretty much every aspect of the game

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Originally Posted by alexi14

They are going to get in game. Leve to 10 or 15, and then ask you "What do we do now?". You can tell them to behest, or grind. They will quit after trying behest, and finding out they can only do it once an hour. Maybe they will grind, but I doubt they will do that for more than 10 minutes.

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How about telling them to do storyline quests or some of the sidequests? Geez

It added the foundations for a solid game, but people should wait a little so that SE has time to fix the pacing of the game. Right now, things are just all over the place.

The patch is somewhat of a double-edged sword... But I think ultimately customers who are new to the game or coming from other MMOs might become frustrated if there aren't solid implementations for both party and solo play.

On a side note, keeping leveling predominantly party-centric could (and probably will) hurt retention of new players gained after an expansion pack release, if for the sole reason that they will have no one to level with and will grow bored of solo grinding pretty fast XD (though solid content definitely helps keep new players motivated).