FFXIV Bitter Sweet

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Originally Posted by Krystalynn

This is the best damn post on the board, and guess what, Yoshi won't care... because he made money and Tanaka didn't... and it really is as simple as that. -.-

I'll miss FFXIV honestly. Hell I miss the Final Fantasy series as a whole. They're so busy trying to celebrate the past through nostalgia, they've forgotten why it was nostalgic in the first place.

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The second part I quoted I could not agree with more. Too much fanservice, to little innovation.

I don't think they were looking to turn FFXIV 1.0 around into something totally innovative. It doesn't seem like they were willing to take that chance, with what was riding on 2.0's success.

I'm willing to give Yoshi-P some time, the game is relatively new. But there are somes things that there are just no turning back from. Including the OP's statement on cramped environments, lack of immersion, and a game that's content 1-49 is pointless dribble.

I don't agree with anything in your post and I regret reading the entire thing.

Long wall of text complaining about unnecessary things... if you don't like the game, move on or go back to FFXI :\ I don't understand people that dissect the entire game and complain about meaningless things.

quit, play something else... then again, I don't think MMO's are for you.

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Originally Posted by MistressAthena

So many views on this thread.. I wonder if anyone on the dev team has looked at it...

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They probably have and they probably won't respond because despite that long preamble you had in your original post about the concept of opinion, everything you posted was still just your opinion. Just as every single response in this thread (including my post) is also just an opinion. And if you don't agree with me, that only makes sense since that's the whole dictionary definition of opinion: a personal judgment that is not necessary based on facts or positive evidence (and therefore debatable).

That's not to say your observations are bad, but as far as whether it is "right" or "wrong", that's a decision for the community - and ultimately SE - to make.

For the record, I don't think you're wrong. I actually support most of your points, and eventually SE will start to respond to the community's demands. Just remember to always try to see things from their perspective: with games like this, there is no way to please everyone. No matter what you do to the game from this point forward, you will upset one part of the community or another. So every change needs to be calculated and designed to produce the best outcome for as many people as possible, and that may not always be what you or I or even the majority of the forum users here want.

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Originally Posted by Rekujen

I don't agree with anything in your post and I regret reading the entire thing.

Long wall of text complaining about unnecessary things... if you don't like the game, move on or go back to FFXI :\ I don't understand people that dissect the entire game and complain about meaningless things.

quit, play something else... then again, I don't think MMO's are for you.

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I don't agree with anything in your post and I regret reading the entire thing.

Short wall of text complaining about unnecessary things... if you don't like the topic, move on or go back to FFXIV :\ I don't understand people that dissect the topic and complain about meaningless things.

quit, read something else... then again, I don't this topic is for you.

@Rekujen -Amazing the few people that love this game have so much time just to wander into a thread like this to complain that they read so many posts and complain about it. One thing is correct everything is a opinion and people don't have to quit or move on to a different game to express that opinion. Everyone that has paid for this game has right to express how they feel right or wrong. The white knights of the game think they are the majority and the ones that complain/gripe are the minority lol. Hello.... the devs don't care what you think or your "opinion" is either. They are going to do whatever they feel like doing.

I love this game and after playing countless mmo's I've finally hit my gold mine of mmo's. Love everything about it, the music, graphical style, gorgous backdrops, freaking chocobos and moogles!, combat, hell I even like DF, sometimes you run into an awesome group and when you finish something it's like hell yeah peeps! high fives all around. Not to mention when front lines comes out...' drool.'

This!

The more I read blanket criticisms of this game with 226 likes, the more I appreciate the work of Yoshi-san & C.

Just think only if we could craft Troll Food then crafters would have a purpose and the games economy would be fixed. Who needs expansions and updates then?

They think they have claimed pinkie pie, but PINKIE PIE HAS CLAIMED THE FINAL FANTASY, and on the eve of her demise the Square Enix shall take the trip of guilt, HEHEHEHEHEH..yes..

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Originally Posted by Pinkie_Pie

They think they have claimed pinkie pie, but PINKIE PIE HAS CLAIMED THE FINAL FANTASY, and on the eve of her demise the Square Enix shall take the trip of guilt, HEHEHEHEHEH..yes..

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This is exactly why people are uncomfortable with that fandom.

Feel free to enjoy the show, but relax. Have some warm ginseng tea.

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Originally Posted by Gramul

This is exactly why people are uncomfortable with that fandom.

Feel free to enjoy the show, but relax. Have some warm ginseng tea.

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What fandom? is that something you eat? I'm hungry, hey, I see you eating that pizza! I want some!

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YAH YOU, HELLO THERE, I SEE YOU BEHIND THAT SCREEN! WHO DO YOU THINK I'M TALKING TOO SILLY

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Originally Posted by Marael

One thing to point out, where you talked about larger zones, etc. 1.0 did have larger zones. The problem with making one gigantic megazone rather than a bunch of smaller ones is ... hell of a lot more strain on the server than four smaller zones with five hundred trees each. It was creating a lot of LAG and undue STRAIN on the servers, so in 2.0 they chopped zones up into smaller pieces to keep the lag to a minimum. It was a sacrifice where, in my opinion, you gain more than you lose out on...



>>>>>>Would you rather have larger zones with a ridiculous amount of lag, or would you prefer smaller zones that run smoothly? Personally, I'll take the one that doesn't lag like a sunuvabish.

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What I'd rather have is a game put out by a company which accomplishes the first while controlling to a minimum the second. This ain't it. There are definitely others which bring this to the table.

I even include as annoying the fact that it takes me three times as long to 'log in' to the Lodestone, and then get to this General Discussion forum. Not user friendly. Annoying period. What other site/forum do you go to that takes up to 20 seconds to load/change text pages???

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Originally Posted by Yoko_Kurama

Exactly Ventus, and to everyone who thinks it's acceptable because the game just launched or they didn't have enough time it's baloney. It's 2013, I watched a speech Yoshi made ...

Everquest was successful, their developers were probably dreamers at the time, that is what we need again, dreamers. Perhaps 1.0 sucked because the dreamers of that game didn't have proper structure, but to take away those dreamers and replace them entirely with Yoshi and his robots was a mistake...

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>>>DREAMERS/Devs Who are let loose to take their creativity places + TECH KNOW-HOW + FINANCIAL BACKING.<<<

My fantasy is that one of us wins the lottery or becomes heir to millions from a long-lost uncle and we create a game for gamers. I absolutely believe there can be a other mmo's which are inclusive of both casual players whatever you definition of that is AND competition-influenced players. It always seems an mmo is one or the other - for the locusts, or slapped together seeking 'fast-in, and who cares if they are fast-out' subs...get that moolah up front.

If I had enough money, I would do it - it could be one of my little tax-write-offs and I'd keep it going for at least 10 years. Le sigh. So instead I inform myself as much as possible, then put my money where my continued interest is for ... awhile. For a reasonable amount of time. Then I decide. I have lots of other entertainment choices in my life and this is only one of them, though admittedly one of my favorite.

So wish we were allowed to EXTENSIVELY LIKE posts. *Huge thumbs-up to Yoko!!

Uh, that is so meow!

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Originally Posted by Pinkie_Pie

What fandom?

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Why, the Invader Zim fandom. I get that all that manic energy and mad cap absurdity is fun to watch, but out of context from the cartoon, it can get a bit obnoxious.
Still a good show overall.