So much negativity

Looking through the threads day after day it seems like there is just so much negativity about this game being posted. Ya its got problems just like any other mmo but we all keep subs going for a reason right? So I ask you... what's one thing YOU love about the game? I love that you don't lose xp when you die. Nothing was more frustrating in xi than getting a level after hours of grinding only to lose it on someone else's mistake.

I like the people I met through this game o.o; Does that count?

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Originally Posted by Nuinn

I like the people I met through this game o.o; Does that count?

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Lol I suppose so. :) So why keep subbing?

So stop paying so much attention to them?

I can assure you that no one who is acting like the sky has fallen because the game wasn't made the way they wanted it to be is really influencing anyone in the community.

i guess uh

i like the veteran rewards and farming twintania

I enjoy the story and the adventure. My highest is only 43 Bard but I started leveling a warrior so I can have the bard and warrior for endgame. The in game community is great but the forum community like every MMO that exist is toxic and snide.

Overall this game is a nice change of pace for me and I love it.

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Originally Posted by BoboTheHobo

what's one thing YOU love about the game?

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That the game has potential to be something special and great. Currently that is not the case but hopefully all the "Negativity" will encourage positive change.

I love the beautiful world and that we can use all jobs on 1 character and that everyday ill meet someone new so yea that's why i sub that and a lot of old good friends play^^

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Originally Posted by Jynx

That the game has potential to be something special and great. Currently i think that is not the case but hopefully all the "Negativity" will encourage the changes i want.

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fixed keep this opinionated please :)

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Originally Posted by Musashidon

fixed

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What did you fix? My original post WAS opinionated as it was my opinion that the current game is lackluster and some of the things people seem to be citing as "Negative" can bring some good to the game. Can't say that all of them will be something that I want, I can't read minds you know.

There's a lot I like: I like the aesthetic design. I like the wide range of emotes and that each race have unique animations for all of them. I like that we have facial expressions. I like that when you approach a chair you can actually sit on it with an animation that fits. I like most classes except for Conjurer. I really like lalafells and the cute overload that ensues. I like the lore (or most of it).

Sadly, none of the previous are things that can keep me interested in the game for long. A game should have fun gameplay, and I ran ARR dry after two or three months. I don't like raiding (but that isn't ARR fault), and after levelling three characters up to 50 the gameplay quickly ran out of charm. There's nothing else for me to do, and so I complain about it because I'd like to stay.

The reason I'm staying is the roleplaying community. Otherwise, I wouldn't have kept the subscription on.

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Originally Posted by Jynx

What did you fix? My original post WAS opinionated as it was my opinion that the current game is lackluster and some of the things people seem to be citing as "Negative" can bring some good to the game. Can't say that all of them will be something that I want, I can't read minds you know.

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but in the end that is all opinionated. if it is good bad i mean

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Originally Posted by Jynx

That the game has potential to be something special and great. Currently that is not the case but hopefully all the "Negativity" will encourage positive change.

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what i am talking about is this currently that is not the case which means it's bad you did not say in my opinion you stated it as a fact then at the end you said will encourage positive change what is current is bad and needs to change making it a statement like its fact instead of a statement of i would like it to be different.

which is why i changed it for you, if the game is good is an opinion and if changes to it are good are opinion saying positive change or currently not the case after saying it can be great imply's the game is bad which is opinionated.

I like my character and the thought of getting him into cool armor and in 2.2 armor I believe fits his character.

Experiencing the story is also a bonus.

As an electron, i find this thread racist. DOWN WITH THE POSITIVES!

I like that i can level all classes on one character and that the game is set in a final fantasy universe.

I like the content Im struggling to complete, its a beautiful frustration.

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Originally Posted by Truefaith87

As an electron, i find this thread racist. DOWN WITH THE POSITIVES!

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Win lol. :)

I've heard so much about "the game gets boring when you get ilvl90" so I'm not rushing anything. I explore, try to take the perfect printscreens at certain locations, I roleplay in dungeons (even though no one else does, but sometimes they actually do and it's so much fun!). I also like the duty roulette. It gives the higher geared/leveled a chance to help out the lower level players. Like when you get the navel easy mode and someone's like "I'm new here" you just want to scream at them how lucky they are that they got someone who knows the fight. Had some big troubles in there when I was level 30.

And I also love all of the different clothes. I just finished a set of weavering clothes and I look awesome!

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Originally Posted by Truefaith87

As an electron, i find this thread racist. DOWN WITH THE POSITIVES!

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I agree with you, being an anti-proton.

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Originally Posted by BoboTheHobo

Lol I suppose so. :) So why keep subbing?

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Well, I still have fun in game. In general. I can't really pinpoint what it is >.< That's not to say I don't wish some things and policies about the game changed :p

Hmmm.... I guess I do love exploring. And I also enjoy gathering and crafting in my spare time.

I love doing content with my FC, even stuff I know very well.

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Originally Posted by Nuinn

Well, I still have fun in game. In general. I can't really pinpoint what it is >.< That's not to say I don't wish some things and policies about the game changed :p

Hmmm.... I guess I do love exploring. And I also enjoy gathering and crafting in my spare time.

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I think there's a lot we would all like to see changed or added. I guess my original statement was more towards the "zomg (insert random thing) sux and it ruins my fun u suck se" type statements. There is something that draws us all to this game and keeps us subbing.

I am ok with subbing to one game, and even if I only play and hour a day, that's 30 hours for under $10 a month, not too bad. I can have a bit of fun, but it is getting old, and I think a lot of people are where I am with this, we still have a subscription, because there really isn't anything else right now, but that is going to change with competition releasing this year, even if anything releasing doesn't strike your fancy, it will have one thing this game won't, it will be new. I just hope SE steps up their game, and has a few hidden surprises they have been keeping from us to make some effort to compete this year.

I think it's because a lot of the people complaining want their suggestions addressed right away.

I love this game. Its great. My problem and many others, is I overplay it sometimes, and I get bored. Then I take a break and I can have fun doing almost anything in game. TAKE A BREAK! If you are complaining about lack of content its your own fault.

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Originally Posted by Kimura410

I love this game. Its great. My problem and many others, is I overplay it sometimes, and I get bored. Then I take a break and I can have fun doing almost anything in game. TAKE A BREAK! If you are complaining about lack of content its your own fault.

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I found myself getting ready to gear down on time spent but thought I'd give sch a try and now I'm hooked on playing sch. The little I have done I mean :)

You hear negative because those happy with it don't really have much to talk about.
You'll see a picture or art thread here and there, but what else would you really expect from the content?
Threads that go "everything is fine" don't really have much to discuss.

Most people I meet in the game are perfectly happy with it, and don't even post on the forums.

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Originally Posted by Delorean

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I like moments like this lol

Ok, I don't really like it, just find it amusing - had experienced it once (see my sig) and thank god I'm the only one rolling need.

imho most negativity comes from people who stopped its sub and while waiting the last day, have fun trollin' o' forum.
Players who enjoy and play the game, uses most of their time playing the game, rather than fighting on a forum. Again, imho.

So far, I like of the game:
- the story and the cutscenes, that makes that story, YOUR story;
- the responsive staff, who hear players and sometime interact with us, here in forums;
- its P2P business model, that helps a lot to left out a good part of the griefing and hater players I witness on f2p (I guess, a good number of unpleasant players here are still on their free trial);
- the not excessive amount of skills for a class, I'd like better have a limited number of skills to learn, rather than a zergload of skill that I have to learn what to trash and what to keep;

What I don't like:
- the unforgiving time of aoe markers: when my ping is not awesone, I am hit 1/2 times out of three, even if I react timely. 0,5s more may be good;
- people who queue in DF and withdraw at their convenience (mainly, ones looking for easyfast farming) without penalty
- chocolate: it makes me fat

such are the vagaries of the human condition

i love the constant war between forum trolls, horrible people posting nasty stuff and forum crusaders. it keeps the forum alive and fun to read. Not enough nasty comments atm tho.

Most of all, it shows that there are nice people around.

Omg this thread again.

What i love about this game?

I love how it is designed to reach level 1-50 is 2 days, where upon reaching 50, a paladin does know voke, a healer doesn't know Shrouds and a Bard does know what is a song.

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Originally Posted by BoboTheHobo

Looking through the threads day after day it seems like there is just so much negativity about this game being posted. Ya its got problems just like any other mmo but we all keep subs going for a reason right? So I ask you... what's one thing YOU love about the game? I love that you don't lose xp when you die. Nothing was more frustrating in xi than getting a level after hours of grinding only to lose it on someone else's mistake.

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It's a truism in all MMOs .. those who enjoy them are playing in-game, not whining in-forums.

being with a full party in a dungeon or in an instance 5-10 mins after logging in -
that's one thing i love about this game.

I loved that they made such an in-depth crafting system.
I loved that they made such interesting zones.
I loved that they gave us a materia system.
I loved that we can cross-class skills.

Is it wrong that my perceived negativity comes from the fact that the crafting system I love, has no use in the game? That the interesting zones don't serve any purpose other than as a lobby? That the materia system has a fraction of the versatility and power that it could? That cross-class skills have been greatly limited and could be so much more? *shrug*

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Originally Posted by TrystWildkey

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Is it wrong that my perceived negativity comes from the fact that the crafting system I love, has no use in the game? That the interesting zones don't serve any purpose other than as a lobby? That the materia system has a fraction of the versatility and power that it could? That cross-class skills have been greatly limited and could be so much more? *shrug*

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I don't view this as negativity. You see how great the ideas were/are and don't dismiss them entirely as SE/FFXIV sucking or worthless implementation. When FF7 introduced materia I loved the system. I was so excited to see it in arr but as you point out above it has a fraction of the versatility and power that it could (which would require crafting playing more of a role than it currently does). I'd love to see primals or NM dropping rare materia that can be melded to tome armor.