Maybe you should come to a real server then. Selbina is great, maybe that makes the difference /shrugQuote:
Originally Posted by Miraa
Is that an actual figure?
This game going from "casual paradise" to "raptor grind" has already scared off two of my IRL friends who simply don't have the patience to run around Corethas for hours on end (although I know there are other methods of SPing currently) - these are the same people who I couldn't get into XI for the exact same reason. This is made worse by the fact that every class needs at least one other class leveled to be worth a damn. You can call my friends on "not being hardcore enough", but the simple fact of the matter is that these days you make casual games in this industry or you make no money. There was room in this game for a fun and dynamic ranking up process with a challenging endgame, and there still is hopefully.
The changes don't bother me personally at all, but I think that if Tanaka's original game had been given a chance to be developed properly, it would have turned out right and been a great game in it's own right. SE's marketing team must have jumped the gun and forgot that Final Fantasy titles usually require a very long development cycle. What we're playing now feels like a beta - the actual "beta" we were playing felt like a friggin' tech demo. It was rushed out WAY too early if you ask me.
One Year Ago! - The thread
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08-20-2011, 01:45 PMMuruganMaybe you should come to a real server then. Selbina is great, maybe that makes the difference /shrugQuote:
Originally Posted by Miraa
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08-20-2011, 02:05 PMIStolzI
speaking of one year ago, does this mean we get anniversary bands?
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08-20-2011, 02:08 PMKiniRyris
if they were ever going to do that, it wouldnt be till sept, on the games release. though it would be cool, i dont think we'll see them
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08-20-2011, 04:26 PMAJ_Anyia
Lots of things have changed. Lots of things have come into the game. Lots of this have, and with this upcoming patch soon will, leave this game. However despite the year and all of these things, I still only have one thing left to say.
AJ WANTS MORE STORY NOW! -
08-20-2011, 05:54 PMdarkstarpoet1when you pay my bills you can tell me what to play and when to play it. since i pay my own then nah i think i will play what i feel like playing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xaimera
edit: my deal is that i enjoyed the game a whole lot more in december than i do now along with quite a few others. alot of this has to do with the changes that are being put in place. they may wind up working out which is why i am sticking with it, but that doesn't mean that i don't have the right to discuss what i dislike on a set of forums designed to do just that.
the majority of people that i know personally that left said they were leaving til there was more content. they did not say they were leaving because of not having auto attack or swimsuits. -
08-20-2011, 06:39 PMGoldeenn_n it's STILL freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeQuote:
Originally Posted by darkstarpoet1
Why do you still play? Honest question. Is it that you sunk so much time in it, you can't imagine stopping now? You could take a few month break, or maybe until the next patch comes out at the end of September- you'll be rejuvenated and hopefully not let down!Quote:
my deal is that i enjoyed the game a whole lot more in december than i do now along with quite a few others.
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08-20-2011, 07:16 PMdarkstarpoet1hmmm i didn't know my power and house bill was free. i need to contact my power company and landlord.Quote:
Originally Posted by Goldeen
"they may wind up working out which is why i am sticking with it, but that doesn't mean that i don't have the right to discuss what i dislike on a set of forums designed to do just that."Quote:
Originally Posted by Goldeen
that right there was my reason for staying. i hope they will get it on track. that doesn't mean that i have to be happy with the pace nor the going back to the bare basics for months at a time until they get new stuff in though.
if something is broken, yes, it needs to be fixed, but you don't remove a flat tire and the rim from a car and keep driving it. you get it and remove the bad one when you are ready to put the new one on.
and on your why don't i take a few month break. i'm the type of person that will stick with something until i am completely done with it. i stuck with the game during the old mage mass sp crab parties. i stuck through having a capped class and absolutely nothing to do. just because i do not like the direction of pulling stuff out before the replacement is ready does not mean i'm willing to give up on the game itself.
my only problem is to fix one thing they need to have the actual fix ready. i don't like the we are just removing this for now and something new will be put in later. that's why i am not playing battle at all right now. they removed a flawed system and put in an even more flawed one in its place. we know they are going to continue working on it, but right now it is a downgrade. when something gets replaced it should be by something of equal or greater value. all i told my ls is i am going to wait until probably 1.2 before i start playing battle again because i want to play a complete system not parts. -
08-21-2011, 12:41 PMGazille
1 year later and im still bad at the game with no clue how to really play it.
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08-21-2011, 01:26 PMJayvirDeforte
Wait... the game changed since beta? O_O
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08-21-2011, 03:37 PMalexi14
I remember thinking 1 year ago, this MMO has been getting bad reviews, but there is NO WAY I could ever find it not fun. I loved FFXI to death, and this one is going to have even better graphics!! Little did I know.. graphics is the ONLY thing it has. Everytime I check in on this forum, I cross my fingers hopeing the devs have made drastic changes only to find that they are making WOW instances for good gear, dumbing things down, and messing up the game more and more.
/fume
crystal tools is amazing. SE needs to just sell it to a game creator who actually has some good ideas. It's a waste of a good tool in SE's hands. -
08-21-2011, 03:37 PMpolyhedral
November 11th will be the 1 year anniversary of when I was suppose to receive my rites of passage, but never did...
I'll take an in game item instead of it, if you guys are reading this... -
08-21-2011, 03:44 PMLeelooI never got mine either = (Quote:
Originally Posted by polyhedral
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08-21-2011, 04:14 PMelreedQuote:
Originally Posted by darkstarpoet1
You really must be a masochist type of person, Goldeen asked you in a good why do you still play a game that you dont like that much? if is getting worst everytime they put a patch on it, what are you doing here? take your time, go out, play another game, we're not giving you an order, we are telling you that you should try different games, at least for me im here because i like the game and i play everytime i can, im really excited to see what the new patch will bring everytime, so in a few words, give the game some time to grow a little patch 1.2 its supossed to be the golden patch that everyone is waiting, so if you dont like the game by that time get a new one.
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08-21-2011, 04:56 PMalexi14
everyone is waiting? do you honestly think so many people care about FFXIV that they dont want to paly it now, but they all cant wait until 1.19? the only people WAITING for 1.19 are the few who still play it. the rest of us are off playing red faction or eve
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08-21-2011, 05:29 PMdarkstarpoet1please show me where anything in this post was directed towards goldeen at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by elreed
"Quote Originally Posted by Xaimera View Post
dude what is ur deal? you knock everything about FFXIV lol even the new changes. If you dont like it go play WoW or FFXI."
this post was not polite nor by goldeen, but it is the post that the quote you had actually comments on. i answered goldeens questions in another post. i did not mean to be rude to goldeen and if they took it that way i will apologize.
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08-21-2011, 08:50 PMHiirNoivl
I like FFXIV I'll stop playing when they stop adding content.
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08-21-2011, 09:17 PMOrcishgrappler
not nearly as far along as I had hoped it would be, but at least its not starting to look better. Get back to me next year and we will see :)
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08-22-2011, 05:29 AMKiniRyrislolwut? You honestly must be kidding, are you saying you liked how you had to click on every npc in the market wards just to see what they were selling? you liked it taking 30sec just to bring up your inv? you liked having 0 NMs, no instances, 0 side quests, with only class quests and main story to do? You liked randomly earning SP, sometimes getting nothing for a mob.Quote:
Originally Posted by JayvirDeforte
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08-22-2011, 08:12 AMFrisque
one year ago........
-You had to have your panties repaired by the NPC (OR you had to roll w/ a spare set so they could be repaired thru crafting)
-You had to search every single retainer in the wards to find an obscure part to finish a synth, only to find out it was ridiculously expensive because only 2 people on the server could make it.
-Everyone and their mother were packed into the starting and secondary camps for each city
-You couldn't skip cutscenes (LOL, I know the guy who posted the "sight for me sore eyes" was in closed beta)
-you got to hear about it in your chat box every time someone crafted something (or pulled something from gathering)
-There was horrible UI (Menu) lag. (10-15 minutes to make a trade, anyone?)
-There were random DC's during levequests/behests
-Everyone seemed to have a "don't attack red-named mob" macro
-Every 20 mins or so in town, there would be /shouts from people looking for shields
-People would spam shout w/offensive crap just to see how long it would take for them to get kicked
-Parties would fight high HP low attack mobs like Nannys to draw out every single kill as long as possible to increase chances of SP from more actions
-Every mage looked like a real-life trappist Monk (Cowls & Rope belts FTW)
-Practically every recipe was guess-work because the Lodestone recipes were fail (and YG/Zam etc were having a helluva time trying to catch up)
-We only started with ONE retainer
-We were unable to summon retainers from outside of wards
-There was no Sort function on inventory
-there were "emergency maintenance" patches and server outages like once every few days
-There were no Forums (although to be fair, there are some days when I wish they weren't here)
(that's all I got time for.......for now)
*Edit: wait.....I think i"m wrong. Weren't the Behests added later? If so ignore my behest items, and add in: "-We did not have behests" -
08-22-2011, 12:52 PMKiniRyris
pretty sure we had behest. but im not 100% sure
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08-22-2011, 02:00 PMCoombah
We was promised player ran companies and would be able to make airships , boats, and Buildings... what happened?!?!!? I was really exited for them to add this!
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08-22-2011, 02:24 PMelreedQuote:
Originally Posted by darkstarpoet1
I wasnt reprehending you at all, i was only telling you that if you dont like the game why do you use your time in something that you dont like anymore? the same goes for alexi14, if you dont care about it and actually dont play the game anymore what are you doing here? it seems for me that you are wasting your time. But one thing i can tell you if you leave it for a while till patch 1.20 or 1.21 you might like it again, i dont know what does this game has that i actually enjoy it a lot, i see all the bad things that still has but theres something really good that i cant find in other games, since i started playing this game i left the WoW forums, im actually more like a reader so hardly 1 or 2 times i wrote something in those, but i havent even looked what did the expansion brought.
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08-22-2011, 03:39 PMSeifYou weren't the only one. It seems that their plans were so ambitious but now most of the planned features are not only downgraded to their XI counterparts but actually a far simplified version of XI's numerous systems.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coombah
To me linkshell buildings and own airships were the things I was most looking forward to.
Let's hope they'll keep working on these simple features after they're released. At least we already know that they'll add something unique to Chocobos even though they'll be released as a bare bones version first. -
08-22-2011, 05:36 PMdarkstarpoet1who said i don't play the game anymore? i can promise you i never said that any at all. i said i stopped playing battle classes until 1.20. i still craft because i enjoy it. just because i have stopped doing one part of the game because i do not like its current condition does not mean that i hate the entire game. i never said the system is garbage and it should be trashed. what i stated was i enjoyed the system much more in the original form. i say 1.20 because that was the original projection of when it will be completed. if it's not done by then i'll just continue to wait as long as there's something else in game i enjoy.Quote:
Originally Posted by elreed
once 1.20 gets here and i can play the final vision they have on the battle system then i will pass my judgment on battle. until then i just don't play a system that is more flawed and less fun than the original system to me in its current state. the system could turn out the best battle system that has ever been put into any game, but i am not going to give it my blind backing until it's done and i can play it myself. -
08-22-2011, 07:55 PMNeroShow me the Letter or Interview where that was promised.Quote:
Originally Posted by Coombah
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08-22-2011, 09:51 PMAsterBarnivere^THIS. ^THAT. ^THESE.Quote:
Originally Posted by darkstarpoet1
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08-22-2011, 09:53 PMAsterBarniverehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cW56J8Gc5AQuote:
Originally Posted by Nero
Tanaka's vision of the latter before Yoshi swept it all under the rug. -
08-22-2011, 10:15 PMNeroWow .. i never saw that.. thank you for the Link.. i so hope now that Yoshi's Crew will get some of those Tanaka Visions.Quote:
Originally Posted by AsterBarnivere
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08-22-2011, 10:20 PMAsterBarnivereYou're welcome, I hope this comes to fruition (I was looking forward to the dynamic ship battles and making a giant cake with my fellow culinarians..)Quote:
Originally Posted by Nero
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08-23-2011, 03:06 AMKiniRyris
honestly i never saw that either. how hard is it to add a hair stylist with new hair styles?
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08-23-2011, 03:29 AMAsterBarnivereIt's "WERE LOOKING INTO IT" hard. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by KiniRyris