Best Wishes FFXIV

I hope you do not make FFXIV 2.0 a WoW clone.

I hope you do not make FFXIV 2.0 a new version of the mess it is today.

I hope you don't take too much feedback from the vocal white knight minority on this forum.

I hope you do take some constructive criticism seriously.

I hope you remember this is not FFXI-2.

I hope you don't make this a quest driven game like SW:TOR.

I hope you don't make this a totally instanced game like SW:TOR.

I hope you learn that poor drop raids and contentless raids don't make an end game.

I hope you find a way to make leveling grinds fun, and eliminate end game grinds as content.

I hope that you take a nod from the 1st generation and bring in more sandbox elements.

I hope you take a nod from the 2nd generation and bring in more epic quest lines that can't be completed solo or in 10 minutes, but also don't need to be completed 100 times, just once.

I hope you take a nod from the 3rd generation and give us ultra responsive combat, a smart interface built for pc users not limited by a game pad.

I hope you seriously evaluate all the mistakes you made with this game. I mean really take a look at what it is, and have a willingness to continue to INNOVATE, while not simultaneously STAGNATING.

Finally, I hope you will take your time. If your new FFXIV 2.0 is late that is okay. Just build a good game. One that we can all remember. One that people will fondly look back on years later like FFXI, yet one that doesn't copy or mirror FFXI. A new experience, something unlike any other MMO on the market today. Something that moves the bar forward.

Good Luck SE. I'll be watching.

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Originally Posted by captainpicard

I hope you remember this is not FFXI-2.

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Good Luck SE. I'll be watching.

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Did you work to achieve that level of pretension, or is it a gift?

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Originally Posted by captainpicard

I hope you do not make FFXIV 2.0 a WoW clone.

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Because another game that millions love to play would be folly!

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Originally Posted by captainpicard

I hope you do not make FFXIV 2.0 a new version of the mess it is today.

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Yoshi already said he wouldn't do things the same.

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Originally Posted by captainpicard

I hope you don't take too much feedback from the vocal white knight minority on this forum.

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Because a game that only the minority love to play would be horrible!

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Originally Posted by captainpicard

I hope you do take some constructive criticism seriously.

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Y so srs?

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Originally Posted by captainpicard

I hope you remember this is not FFXI-2.

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Because this game with characters that are exactly like that game becoming a sequel to a well loved game is unthinkable!

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Originally Posted by captainpicard

I hope you don't make this a quest driven game like SW:TOR

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Because lore rich questing is so much worse then mindless grinding!

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Originally Posted by captainpicard

I hope you don't make this a totally instanced game like SW:TOR.

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Because camping and competing endlessly instead is oh-so lovely!

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I hope you learn that poor drop raids and content-less raids don't make an end game.

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What would be end-game then for them to learn, teacher?

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Originally Posted by captainpicard

I hope you find a way to make leveling grinds fun, and eliminate end game grinds as content.

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Have YOU found a way?

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I hope that you take a nod from the 1st generation and bring in more sandbox elements.

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The entire game world is already a sandbox - or did I miss all of the rides when I went exploring?

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I hope you take a nod from the 2nd generation and bring in more epic quest lines that can't be completed solo or in 10 minutes, but also don't need to be completed 100 times, just once.

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I have to agree here...repeating leves is the same as grinding, only in shorter spurts... hehe.

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I hope you take a nod from the 3rd generation and give us ultra responsive combat, a smart interface built for pc users not limited by a game pad.

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Again, I agree - but has ANY cross-platform MMORPG yet done this?

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Originally Posted by captainpicard

I hope you seriously evaluate all the mistakes you made with this game. I mean really take a look at what it is, and have a willingness to continue to INNOVATE, while not simultaneously STAGNATING.

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They did - and put Yoshi in charge, did ya hear?

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Originally Posted by captainpicard

Finally, I hope you will take your time. If your new FFXIV 2.0 is late that is okay. Just build a good game. One that we can all remember. One that people will fondly look back on years later like FFXI, yet one that doesn't copy or mirror FFXI. A new experience, something unlike any other MMO on the market today. Something that moves the bar forward.

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Wow, must be nice to only have to sit there and dream up things you want and get them without actually giving anyone any clues as to how to go about giving you what you want! /dreamyeyes

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Originally Posted by captainpicard

Good Luck SE. I'll be watching.

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I'll be sharing with them my ideas on how to make it all happen and paying them to design it for me.

You won't be missed.

Tata!

I'm leaving FF14 too.


/farewell

Oh look, it's this thread again!

Leaving too! Gonna wait for 2.0 and check it out!

Good luck!

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I hope you don't make this a quest driven game like SW:TOR.

I hope you don't make this a totally instanced game like SW:TOR.

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I honestly hope for more of these. As long as the instances don't follow in the footsteps of Darkhold where all we do is run to the boss.

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Originally Posted by Sephrick

I honestly hope for more of these. As long as the instances don't follow in the footsteps of Darkhold where all we do is run to the boss.

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I should qualify those two with I am not opposed to questing or instanced content. I just don't want to see FFXIV go the way of quest hubs that carry you from zone to zone in an ultra linear fashion, using super instanced "worlds" to segregate player populations into units of 50. :)

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If the dev's can learn not only from their mistakes, but the mistakes of Blizzard and others, this will be a great game.

If Square can take a cue from Ultima Online (and Skyrim) in regards to player housing, they'll have my money for a very long time.

And please, please, please don't make this game into WoW with a Final Fantasy skin. We have enough WoW clones as it is, and that isn't entirely a good thing.

SE response will be: I hope you will be subscribing tomorrow since you have your list in hand.

Oh wait. You are leaving? You bastard. lol

Seriously I think so much will be addressed by 2.0 that if ppl would be willing to let amnesia step in after 2.0 launches all will be well.
However, I know this will most likely not be the case.

Too many people want to treat SE like the girlfriend that cheated on her boyfriend when she was 16 but has been faithful to her husband for 40 years like a slut because of an earlier mistake.

Good luck to all who are leaving and welcome back and thank you to all how will stay now and in the future.

why does some people find the need to post stuff like this? do they get off on it? make it feel better about themselves? what justice does this do @_@?

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Originally Posted by Crica

You won't be missed.

Tata!

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Damn, I couldn't tell considering how much time you put into that response.

later tater

Good luck to all your endeavors OP. Hope you have fun!

Why do all the sandboxers come to FFXIV thinking it will accommodate their tastes? Sandbox will not come. If anything FFXIV will be more like WoW or SWTOR. If you are looking for SWG, I don't think you will find it here.

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Originally Posted by Rubicon

Why do all the sandboxers come to FFXIV thinking it will accommodate their tastes? Sandbox will not come. If anything FFXIV will be more like WoW or SWTOR. If you are looking for SWG, I don't think you will find it here.

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I enjoyed your labeling me as a sandboxer haha. I always felt that the crafting system in this game, i.e. at least at one point in time basically every time in the game was combined to make some other item into (pointless) iterations ad nauseum gave some small amount of sandboxy feeling to crafting and items. Throw in the ability to build a house (not instanced.. worst case make an island where we put them) some furniture (hello carpenter), give us the ability to build a boat, and so on, and wala, you have sandboxpark.

People that don't want to craft don't have to. People that don't want to build boats don't have to. People that don't want to build a house don't have to. Guilds that don't want to build guild halls and have siege war fare, don't have to.

Thats the point. Sandboxpark. They would still produce the pve content. The dungeons. The raids (this game doesn't have a legitimate raid at this point in time, no darkhold is not a raid) etc..

sandboxpark.

I lust for ArcheAge.. I hope FFXIV 2.0 has sandboxpark elements.

agree with it all except the game controller lol, i hate keyboard play even in mmo's. i dont' want to be a typist to play a game. lol ty. ohh and i'll take ffxi-2 over any other mmo copy but yeah don't need a ffxi-2.

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Why do all the sandboxers come to FFXIV thinking it will accommodate their tastes? Sandbox will not come. If anything FFXIV will be more like WoW or SWTOR. If you are looking for SWG, I don't think you will find it here.

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Hope you're right about that one. There definitely needs to be more theme park in this sandbox.

I love how people jump right into these threads to say how dumb they are. Nothing dumber than going out of your way to read something you think is pointless or dumb and then commenting on it EVERTIME.

Goodbye Captain. I hope they make the game one day good enough to get you to return. Contrary to what half the jackasses on these forums think, the game sucks a little more each time someone like you leaves.

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I love how people jump right into these threads to say how dumb they are. Nothing dumber than going out of your way to read something you think is pointless or dumb and then commenting on it EVERTIME.

Goodbye Captain. I hope they make the game one day good enough to get you to return. Contrary to what half the jackasses on these forums think, the game takes sucks a little more each time someone like you leaves.

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Well said.

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Originally Posted by Crica

I like defending SE because there is absolutely nothing wrong with the game and I have no idea why the player population is low and I completely missed the point of captainpicard's farewell post!

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Fixed that for you.

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Originally Posted by Bahn

Fixed that for you.

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you mean you said what you wanted to say? ok

I did not say what you wanted to say, however.

what i said was already posted, thanks anyway.

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Originally Posted by KiriA500

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Fixed it for you.

Warp 9.99.

Make it so Number One.

Engage. (Not to be confused with Nokia's N-gage)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNatvLe18ro

Best wishes Captain.

You know, the more I see these "Goodbye SE" threads, the less of an impact they have.

I think I might be developing an immunity.

I don't think they're supposed to make an impact. For a guy who spent a long time in the game and got all his classes to 50, I respect his goodbye thread. And hopefully he will back when the game is in a better shape.

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I don't think they're supposed to make an impact. For a guy who spent a long time in the game and got all his classes to 50, I respect his goodbye thread. And hopefully he will back when the game is in a better shape.

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Aside from DoH/DoL classes I really don't find getting 50 in any of the other classes all that impressive. DoM/DoW are some of the easiest to level up these days. That said though, in his case it's a bit impressive since he has multiple DoH/DoL ones in that mix. Anyhow, why can't people if they're leaving just post a simple "Goodbye" thread instead of making it out to be like a farewell letter to your boyfriend/girlfriend? You're not the first to leave and certainly won't be the last. Time to get past these things as if you're making a huge difference. Personally I think it'd have been better if there was a giant sticky thread where people can post their farewells instead of creating 20+ threads all saying how they're leaving as if we're going to weep in sorrow for their departure.

Not meaning to be an ass here, I just never understood the point of making long-winded threads about how you're leaving. But now that people are paying I myself know I'm going to expect a lot more from SE to prove themselves. They've got me hooked, got me willing to pay until 2.0 (And beyond)... Now let's see what they can really do!

Full speed, Captain! See you in 2.0!

Well one good thing about payments kicking in, hopefully most of these space wasting "I'm letting EVERYONE know i'm leaving because i'm that important!" threads will stop.

Always funny to see how people whine about a couple $.

Its the same amount people would pay for a Pack of Cigs.
Its the same amount people would pay for a Bottle of Alc.
Its the same amount people would pay for a Pizza.
Its the same amount people would pay for a Pack of Condoms.
Its the same amount people would pay for a couple Newspapers.
Its the same amount people would pay when going to Cinema.


So all of the whiners:

Dont Smoke?
Dont Drink?
Dont Eat?
Dont F*ck?
Dont Read?
Dont watch Movies?

Sad World.. Sad World..... we are living in a World full of Dead People.