Subscription deadline is coming up and the question is: will you subscribe?

I was originally pretty happy with the game but as I kept playing the lag issues became more and more apparent. As it currently stands I have no motivation to subscribe to an MMO that still has huge lag issues, and SquareEnix still haven't addressed the issue other than moving a thread to the Accepted Bugs forum (and that was nearly a month ago now).

Endgame and PvP are going to be a joke if this internal lag issue keeps up. Granted I live in Australia so I expected some lag (and I've tried the usual fix like using Pingzapper etc.), but the latency in FFXIV is abysmal (I get better performance with EVE Online which is even further away) and seems to affect people that live in the US as well (hell I've seen people that live in Montreal complaining about lag) due to the fact that the servers supposedly only 'tick' once every 300ms (how the hell is that acceptable in 2013?). I also played on Tonberry during Beta Phase 4 and while it felt a little snappier it definitely didn't feel like the 150ms it was supposed to be (again due to the 300ms tick rate).

Of course then there's QoL issues like the tab targeting only selecting the nearest mob the first time you press Tab and then moving in a left-to-right fashion (just make it work exactly like how WoW handles it for crying out loud). I don't want to have to click targets just to make sure I'm selecting the right one (especially in instances).

I've also had friends that have already decided the game wasn't worth grabbing after they weren't able to pick up copies on launch week at all, and others that weren't able to make a character on Behemoth since character creation was locked and so they continued on their own separate server (even when server transfers eventually open up I don't see any of us moving servers unless they're free, which I very much doubt).

I want to subscribe, I really do. This was the first MMO I've had genuine interest in since WoW itself during The Burning Crusade, but until these issues are addressed I cannot subscribe in good conscience.

I have nothing but respect for the new dev team behind FFXIV, but the upper management and support teams need to get their heads out of their asses.

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Originally Posted by Scootaloo

[*]End game content isn't challenging.

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...No one has even beaten Turn 5 yet (legitimately).

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Originally Posted by Scootaloo

Are you going to continue playing and why?

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Nope. Boring endgame, boring combat system, boring questing, hilariously awkward user interface, etc. FFXIV is, at best, aggressively competent. It doesn't excel in any area, and virtually everything in it is copy/pasted from other MMOs. I wish I could say I feel they've at least improved on those systems, but that isn't the case.

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Originally Posted by Scootaloo

will you subscribe?

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Yes. and TL: DR.

Nope I won't be subscribing, it doesn't offer anything significantly different than most other WoW like MMOs (or watered down EQ clones if you prefer), I think other than EVE Online I won't be playing any other MMOs until Camelot Unchained is released.

One more thing, if I pay a sub for a game I expect a certain level of service, the idea of paying a sub for a game where they can't even be bothered to provide servers located in Europe for Europeans is a joke.

not subing now. there is no more content for me. i got my relic already, and seeing as i was forced to start playing on a japanese server due to all the launch issues starting coil is out of the question for me. i dont want to level another class ive done these dungeons a 100 times already, just thinking of doing all that AGAIN makes my skin crawl.
i will definately be subing once the content patch hits and there will be more stuff to do, from then on out i can see myself being subed if there is enough content in said patch (not looking bloody likely), or resubing whenever 3monthsPatch/expac content comes along.

Already did for 6 months and will do so in the future.

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Originally Posted by Godshelp

Stopped reading when you said that patterns is something totally new to MMOs.

Almost every MMO uses patterns in boss fights, it's not new. If it was completely random, it's be unfair in certain circumstances.

Edit: Also, stop using white knight incorrectly. Square Enix isn't a woman.

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I'm gona say something and you're gona hate me for it. TERA

And yeah, this whole white knight biz has to stop. Its like seeing someone say 'word for word verbatim'. Cringe worthy.

Although I have no problems seeing SE as a tall voluptuous woman.

I subbed for 6 months, I would have subbed for a year if they'd had that option. All MMOs have growing/starting pains. If in 1 year it's still this bad.... I'd probably consider another MMO, but I'm willing to stick it out through a few patches.

Despite some frustrations, I'm paying for 180.

Classes I never planned to play ended up being fun, so I'm going to continue and try them all out now, so at the worst, I'll be here till each DoW/DoM is 50.