Probably been said by others but I need to get this off my chest...
Remember Final Fantasy 7?
Remember the first time you summoned Ifrit/Shiva/Titan?
Remember the first time you saw Omni-Slash?
Remember how sad is was on a certain someones death?
Remember the time you spent playing around with the Materia system?
Remember all the mini games you played to earn that precious amount of gil so you could get that unique Materia?
I could go on and on but quite frankly should I even have to?
I'm so disappointed in FFXIV, with so much experience in making an epic game, Squaresoft, you've gone and taken everything out of a game that makes your games so amazing.
I've given FFXIV a shot, I pre-ordered it well in advance, and after playing it, I don't have any good memories of it at all!, all I remember is I'm grinding away with attack spams of abilities that all look the same, and allowing crafting of something that has a 10% success? well whats the point in that?, that just frustrates the player. Aren't we suppose to be having fun in games?
Group play is just the same as solo except now you can grind that little bit faster than solo. I got this game for group play with some friends but theres nothing in this game except grinding...
There's no mistake that every game has grinding of course but the way it's done is just so boring in FFXIV.
I've played FFXI for 3 Years also, I'd consider that a better game than FFXIV, Cause I remember nice memories from it, Sidewinder to a Eagle Eye Shot! Awesomeness :D
Getting a party for collecting Job specific Armour Set, while difficult, was definitely fun!
Low level party leveling group setup Paladin, Whitemage and 3 x Blackmage!!! pure bliss!! :)
Whats wrong with taking some lore and characters from the other games and including in into a massive on-line rpg? wouldn't it be great to fight along side Cloud or Squall? lol OK thats Kingdom hearts area kinda thing but heck that's what I always imagined what the Final Fantasy On-line experience would be. Or imagine a Mini-game to fight them like for training in a group!, Don't say it can't be done, this is a game!, Anything is possible!
I'd also just like to talk about the Nerf Bat in the recent update in FFXIV, that got to me to the point of making me cancel my subscription.
The nerf on the Ranger(and it wasn't even my main) did it for me in FFXI and now the HP increase on the Coblyns. Here I was thinking hmm ok I can level up at an ok speed (not as fast as I'd like but acceptable) solo on these Coblyns and then BAM! it going to take me 10 times longer to kill them now, I like group play as much as the next person but this was like the only thing I looked forward to grinding on. lawl
Seriously whats with the nerfing to increase grind times? it's like making Omni-Slash from a 13 slasher to a 8 slasher in FF7, Don't Do it!!!
Before you all go yelling but online rpg game is not the same as solo rpg, I say who made that rule? As a indiegames developer myself I know what the limits are to making a game and trust me there are no limits to replicating the imagination! Anything is truly possible to do in a game!, Only budget limits and with Square-Enix, I don't think they have a problem with low/limited budgets.
I'm not sure i've i'm allowed to mention other non-Square games? (no it's not WoW lawl)
But looking at GW2 and Terra, Its almost like they stole all of the ideas that Square pioneered in their single jrpgs games and used it to make their own game, and Just look at the gameplay! I can't wait to play them!!
Last thing I'm going to mention, summons!!! where are they?!?! This could be a rant but whatever, just voicing my opinion and frustration and disappointment in the game. lawl
Final Fantasy!, What happened to you!!
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03-09-2011, 10:34 PMSewjeFinal Fantasy!, What happened to you!!
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03-09-2011, 10:36 PMCairdeasYou don't have to hide it anymore, Aerith Dies.Quote:
Remember how sad is was on a certain someones death?
And though FF7 is my favorite (I'm even getting a tat based on it) it is by far not the most popular. -
03-09-2011, 11:10 PMMalakhim
"Damn Final Fantasy XIV for not even deigning to be my favorite Final Fantasy game."
/shock
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03-09-2011, 11:49 PMMajidah
Dude, you do realize FF7 isn't the only FF, right?
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03-09-2011, 11:53 PMMelonbobAgreed, but FFXIV isn't even FFQuote:
Originally Posted by Majidah
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03-09-2011, 11:56 PMAbriael
Another one beating the dead horse, opening a redundant thread on his first post because he needs to "get this off my chest", somehow convinced that his aimless rambling is more worthy of attention than anyone else's (and using the "i'm an indiegames developer myself" card to try and give himself some credibility lol).
Ah, the internets. -
03-10-2011, 12:48 AMAkira_Tenshi
I think FF XIV is an absolute disgrace to the FF name. The only thing that even reminds you it is a FF game is seeing a Chocobo you can't even ride. The ugly boring bland world is so sad to see, that is not what a FF game should look like! No classic FF jobs, no summons. This is not a FF game, it's just a below average boring MMO.
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03-10-2011, 01:11 AMAbriaelDoor -> That way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi
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03-10-2011, 01:22 AMViciousDevelopers you have yourself a goldmine of precious feedback in this threadQuote:
Originally Posted by SewjeSephiroth1998CloudTheLastHope
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03-10-2011, 01:33 AMSephrChrist, it's been a day and I'm already starting to hate these forums.Quote:
And though FF7 is my favorite (I'm even getting a tat based on it) it is by far not the most popular.
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03-10-2011, 01:38 AMAlexis_ArtemeStill not half as bad as the Core.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephr
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03-10-2011, 01:39 AMviion
I didnt like FF7 tbh, i like the story but I did not like the game much. I prefer 8 and 9 over it.
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03-10-2011, 01:41 AMDovaz
I disapprove of you using a title of a indie game developer in your rant. If your a developer you should know the problems Square Enix likely encountered with this game. I don't know if the old producer was the problem or maybe just management in general which has caused the game to be where it's at. But... the fact that Square Enix apologized publicly, and replaced team members to fix the game while allowing people to play for free.
That alone rebuilt my faith in Square Enix because man, let's see your indie games team of likely 2-5 people create an mmo. Not many producers and management teams can pull off leading hundreds to thousands of people in making a multilingual, multiplatform(eventually) mmo. At least SE had the balls to own up to the mess up and try dam hard to fix the problem.
So quick ranting about how this isn't a FF! This isn't FF7! Cloud is ma hero! I'm an indie game developer so my opinion is absolute! Cause no one cares, the true final fantasy fans are going to sit here patiently playing Dissidia 012 when it comes out this month while Square Enix's team busts there balls trying to make a currently free(monthly fee) mmo better for all these people complaining. -
03-10-2011, 01:55 AMColinoHey at least he didn't recommend putting Call of Duty Kill Streaks in the game like someone else did...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sephr
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03-10-2011, 01:59 AMDargoth_Draconia
FFXIV is a great title, but it lacks a lot of things at the moment. It just wasn't delivered how it was invisioned and with Yoshi-P up to the plate now I honestly believe this game will turn into a true Final Fantasy heir.
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03-10-2011, 02:01 AMViciouswhat the...Quote:
Originally Posted by Colino
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03-10-2011, 02:01 AMSephr....What on earth does this have to do with Indie games development other than you wanting to drop the fact that you and your 3-4 buds have possibly made a game?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dovaz
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03-10-2011, 02:07 AMjwang
Kefka is so much better of a villain than Sephiroth. You can take your shallow emo boy with compensating sword, I prefer villains who are actually competent and crazily brilliant. Now if they made Hojo the main villain instead...
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03-10-2011, 02:08 AMKalleraThese posters do know that one of the punishments of trolling on the forums is getting their account banned, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Colino
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03-10-2011, 02:09 AMColinoWait you actually believe a dev-team is composed by hundreds or even thousands of people? lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Dovaz
I stopped reading just about there. I'm also an indie game developer (just look me up) but I don't go around spouting nonsense like that. If you truly did work in the industry I'd be appalled.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dovaz
Oh he wasn't trolling at all. That's the real problem. He opened a whole thread about it and took his time to explain in fine detail how these kill streaks should work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kallera
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03-10-2011, 02:39 AMAreeyaJaidee
FFXIV Official (Troll) Forums.
Maybe the word Forum is synonymous with Troll and Flame.
Seems every forum I have ever browsed resorts to this state. I was really hoping for more from the Official forums of FFXIV.
I think my best input to the topic of this thread is:
- FFXIV is a FF (read the full game name)
- please don't compare a platform game to a MMO
- FFXIV has great potential. Patience is a virtue.
- All MMOs by nature have different balancing and development issues. These take time to fix.
- everyone needs to stop being immature and let SE do their job. The game will be amazing soon enough so stop making whiny threads.
- threads are best when they give a solution instead of just a complaints.
- if you want the game to prosper faster. See all the above -
03-10-2011, 11:45 PMSewje
Interesting replies :D some totally of topic(but quite funny) but hey at least your passionate enough to let your voice be heard!
OK peps, lets not start attacking each other cos of individual opinion, people will believe whatever they wanna believe, I voiced my opinion with a passion and straight from the heart because I cared, and also voting with my wallet, so most likely i probably might have used a tone that might have offended some.
Like playing the game some people are there at the beginning and some join at a later date so yes what I said, something similar has probably been said already. If you don't care to read about it then just close your eyes :)
I wish this game wasn't a disappointment to me but I don't think any amount of patching will fix a broken designed game. Restart from scratch is probably the only way to redeem themselves i think.
FF7 was not my fav game, FF8 was, yes I've played the classic FF pre 7 releases
Something I just wanna point out, just for fun:
FFXIV = FF7 x2 Get it? lol in theory looking at this it should be 2x more than FF7 haha
I miss Bahumat!, Zanmato!, Tidus squeeky voice...actually scratch that one... and everything else that made FF what it was, is that a crime? -
03-10-2011, 11:49 PMVerecund
Maybe they could be the first to make.... a PLATFORM MMO
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03-11-2011, 12:48 AMBlitz0309No it wasn't, however it was the game that really opened up the franchise. For a lot of people out there it was the first final fantasy and what brought them to the series.Quote:
Originally Posted by Majidah
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03-11-2011, 12:52 AMRockne
A Final Fantasy 7 based Tattoo.
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03-11-2011, 01:43 AMSeyraI think you didn't understand what Dovaz was saying. He isn't saying that he is an Indie Game Developer and that his opinion is absolute.Quote:
Originally Posted by Colino
He actually points at Sewje's behaviour. Sewje used the fact that he is an Indie Game Developer to add some credits to his post. Dovaz just joked summing up the overall idea in Sewje's post.
By the way, Sewje, you get this off of your chest, I think you needed it. But doing this, you sure have to be aware that a lot of people won't agree with you. And I understand your FFXIV = FFVII x2 point of view in term of gameplay and atmosphere quality. Just to answer that, I disagree this idea but I respect it. FFXIV is a completely different game. I'm not judging the team now. Currently, the game is not what I expected in many ways and I can wait until it becomes total fun. Time will let me know and not hate. Well that's the way I see things and I'm not telling anyone to use the same pattern. -
03-11-2011, 01:53 AMAreeyaJaidee
There's that annoying term again: FFXI-2
Would be nice if players could just accept this is a new FF.
Also, why have so many people been mocking the OP. You do know these are Official Forums right? Peoples can stack complaints against you for even being rude.
Grow up people. If you don't have a good thing to write then don't write anything.