I am having fun!

I see many complaints from people about this and that...

1. The games too easy
2. There isn't enough to do

I tend to agree, but the difference is, I don't expect it to be impossible, I don't expect any game to keep me 100% entertained with something shiny all the time.

for one I play way too much for that, but I still have fun, and that is all I care about.

This MMO has ample enough content for a release, and most if not all MMO's never have enough content at release, you will always be "waiting" in a lul for a bit before each expansion. At least until the first major expansion.

Things I love about this game....

1. I was told Updates would happen every 3 months.... And right on schedule they are... No MMO has ever delivered on that promise, not that I have played.

2. Every time there is something that I call a "workaround", basically some annoyance in game play, a bug, something stupid in the GUI.... Square makes an update and they made a change to something and fixed an annoyance. Not crazy things, other games leave these annoyances in for years and you deal with them...

Square fixes things so fast they get fixed, and I just think this is much better, hadn't had time too really be annoyed yet.

3. Something game breaking is happening.... Server shut down, problem fixed, turned back on. Shit, this is why I pay subscription. Bravo.... world's apart from other companies.

Yoshida:
"It's not that we don't want people to complain. It's just that we would be really happy if we could see a lot of comments from people who are having fun too. That way you'd get more people interested in playing, and at the end of the day the players could end up creating a better gaming environment for themselves too."

I am having fun with this game and I am excited for future updates and expansions.

I am extremely happy to be playing a game where the company who made it, plays it and get its, understands what being a player is like.

Companies that let things go for years without fixing them, you know they aren't playing their own game... who the hell could they let things slide for that long and not tear out their own eyes, thinking I made this piece of shit? DCUO - cough....

Anyway thanks for making this game and playing it!!

inb4 someone tries to tell op that he just has low standards.

You have low standards OP.

lol ok joking.

You just have to realize some people are better at things they finish faster. Its up to the Gamer Developers to increase the challenge.

DCUO was fun till they introduce replay badges.

Fortress of Solitude 1-3 were extremely fun and challenging. FFXI could use that style of dungeon rather than the coil-esque of going in just to fight a boss battle and having to study rotation and phases all week/month long to get a win.

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Originally Posted by High_Timesw

I see many complaints from people about this and that...

1. The games too easy
2. There isn't enough to do

I tend to agree, but the difference is, I don't expect it to be impossible

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I've yet to see anyone say they want the game impossible and I still have an archive of the Beta forums.

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Originally Posted by Synapse

You have low standards OP.

lol ok joking.

You just have to realize some people are better at things they finish faster. Its up to the Gamer Developers to increase the challenge.

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You just have to realize some people *have more time and hooked up with people who are skilled and have more time so they finish faster. Its up to the game developers to *allocate resources and man-hours to the appropriate areas to keep the game fun for everyone.

. . . that would be my version of what you said. I am skilled at this game I just can't play a ton and I like to play with my friends who don't have a ton of time/aren't super skilled. I love this game and its pacing. I could use A LITTLE more content, but if I had to pick between keeping the game as is or . . . Well I guess there is no other option because they ARE introducing harder raid content, more casual/vanity/beastman content, and more moderate difficulty content.

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Originally Posted by Synapse

You have low standards OP.

lol ok joking.

You just have to realize some people are better at things they finish faster. Its up to the Gamer Developers to increase the challenge.

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Or, you know, had a 3 year head start.

So much fun!
Been loving it since day 3? of full release! Back when queuing for Sastasha took 2 hours as a Tank! Needless to say I'm patient. :) and there's plenty to do. The GMs and Dev teams are just awesome! Never seen anything like it before! Reports to GMs are always handled quickly. Bugs are addressed the same week, where as reports are only a 2hr wait.

I honestly am quite happy with the game itself. Player interactions on the other hand... that's subjectively on me.

I wish I had joined earlier though. :<

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Originally Posted by Ehayte

I just can't play a ton and I like to play with my friends who don't have a ton of time/aren't super skilled

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I barely play the game but im pretty ok at it, my game starts at Monday 6pm est and ends at 9:30pm EST, this covers, the three ex primals, coil T1-T4, at least 1 CT run. i have a static for T5(which is usually attempted Monday if not Wednesday.

Most of those things are done as PF parties.

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Originally Posted by Moheeheeko

Or, you know, had a 3 year head start.

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I wish i didn't tho! then i would have things to do.

They havent really introduced anything new outside of a tiny world to walk around in and a re-polished storyline that feels a bit short and rushed.

Everything we have now and are getting, we had in 1.0, including Extreme modes and mog stuff. The thing is, we had so much more back in 1.0 as well.

I am having fun as well, but truth be told, but i dont get the feeling that they are trying very hard anymore. If 2.2 is going to hold as much content as 2.1, i dont know what i should think about this game anymore. The one dungeon and couple new fights hold very few relevance towards an actual update worthy of adding a decimal. FFXIV 1.0 never got beyond 1.23, so only time will tell if they can laze their way past 2.23 this time as well.

I am happy with the game! I play almost everyday (when I can't play I am thinking about it :P)

I've been playing since the early release at the end of August. Still having a blast. Have done everything except for T5, but the static group I am in is making steady progress towards Twintania. I really enjoy logging in everyday, helping people out that need it, primals, crafting, treasure maps, ect. If there was one suggestion I could make, it would be to add something that was farmable. Like, an ultra rare robe that drops off of some outside creature/camp. Something that people could spend months farming for, something truly rare and unique. Or bring in those notorious monsters :)
Most MMO's that I've stuck around for years, has something long term farmable to keep us logging back in day after day.

First MMO for me that I stuck with. Started two others and wasn't inclined to stay after a couple of weeks.

Started on a random EU server as a tank, and although I have yet to conquer T5, Titan Ex (I'll get a raid group together some day...), I'm still entertained and enjoy the game.

It very well may be argued by some that I don't have something else to compare it to, but playing video games since 1985, I'll readily drop a game if I'm not having fun or entertained. And since this game has come around in the newer generation of gamers, I also enjoy helping others out.

My friends and I are really enjoying the game thus far. Finally with have a competent FC static to run BC and XM Primals. We are working toward progress for T5 Farm Status and XM Farm Status every day. We, unlike many people on these forums, understand that the game is still in is infancy and can only get better.

To those of you who will say, "Infancy?? Its been out for YEARS!!" While FFXIV was released years ago, ARR was released in August. The devs spent the majority of their time reworking the entire game to make it a product the can market and make money off of.

I'm not a White Knight either, this game definitely is lacking in a few areas. Lack of open world content, horizontal gear progression, FATE system needs to be revamped, the implementation of Roaming type Notorious Monsters would be a nice addition, with these you would need to have a setting to turn off the ability for folks not in your group to attack your mob.

<3 Yoshi P <3 Silver Haired JP that sits by him in Live Letters. I still don't recall his name. I wonder if he dyes it to look cool, or just premature Silver???

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I've yet to see anyone say they want the game impossible and I still have an archive of the Beta forums.

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Remember when they nerfed the lvl 15 story quest fight?

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Remember when they nerfed the lvl 15 story quest fight?

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Yeah, I remember people mostly complaining because they couldn't face roll it because heaven forbid you carry antidotes...:l

I am having fun. My husband and I joined last month and we are having a blast, playing 5-10 hours per week. We are the definition of casual, I guess. Life gets in the way of game time, so I foresee much content to take up our time for a while. I was a longtime FFXI player (7 years) and have dabbled in Rift, SWOTR, LotR, Neverwinter Nights... this game has been more fun than any of them to me. Even FFXI, which is saying a lot!

I agree 100% with this post. I love FFXIV.

Nice to see I am not alone... I saw Yoshida's comment and it made me think...

The people who are usually happiest don't seek out a forum to say so because they are happy playing the game.

You go here to freak about about w/e is pisses you off... But, I was at work unhappy that I wasn't able to play ><

That post someone made with the conversation between the DQO FFXI and Yoshida was interesting...

I think the most important part of developing a game people love to play is... Love playing it yourself... If they continue to do that, I think I can continue to be excited about logging in everyday

even if I lvled everything and did it all... that's why I chose to make another character... You can see the attention to detail, effort and skill that went into this game.

I have played a lot of games and i see little to no effort after release, but SE gets it, and it is why I have always been a fan.

I have been pretty pumped for 2.2...

I am dying to get my hands on future updates and the major expansion.

What a Casino!!!!! Raise your own choco and race it? In a Casino??? Please give me the shiny things!

Might have to take an extended break from work lol

Yoshida was right though.... if people would die and lose hours/weeks of progress they would lose their shit lol

Personally, I understand the need to cater to the masses... I hope in the future they branch off and cater to both. but I am happy with what I have for sure.

I can't complain iv been having a blast and everyday has been a new day for me on here with something new for me to do yes the games not perfect but no game is so i'm very happy^^;)

they really need more dungeon content that runs on alternating resets, Monday power gamers and then everyonelogs out until the weekend are what's making this game feel empty.