DREAM MMO

Following up to my thread on the future of FF14 and next-gen around the corner.
How would be a dream new Final Fantasy MMO would be for you guys?

Although it is sure to be a long way off ,
Mine would be :

- seamless open world

-final fantasy 7 remake level of graphics ( if its not too much to ask lol ) (tho maybe many wont be able to run it , me included on my potato rig lol )

-just like ff14 , i can just level all jobs on one character

- some special race attribute , like for example: miqo’te can jump higher or climb trees ..etc

-Improved tab target system if they keep that combat system. But also have more meaningful auto attack and have dodging system. Maybe a mixture of action and tab targeting , with faster Cooldowns

- make the mobs placement kinda better , a bit like BDO mob placements.

- side jobs are pretty good already in 14 so just improve upon that

-seamless land , sea and air traversal as well as combat

- fully voice acted for sure.

- i’d say make the questing and interaction better too

- glamour system might need some rework too

- dye system as well.

-some of the RNG are a bit painful so maybe make that better.

-keep Gold Saucer for sure, expand upon it .and more side games and activities

- housing system needs to change for sure.

- like in Wow have this mini game like pokemon to make minions fight or where we can capture some mobs and make em battle


In all honesty i am still fairly new to ff14 but hey while i am enjoying the crap out of this game i cant help be think of the future while i play.

This is my first FF, I'm not quite new, having played for several months now, but I've taken my time and have far to go. Still, I enjoy it immensely.

When I think about where it might go in the future, what I want is a game that I can fully immerse myself in; I want virtual reality.

Questing might not feel as tedious then. Dungeons might feel more rewarding. I think I'd even try pvp then... Who knows, but it's what I envision when I think of future FF games, at least what I want anyhow.

Probably several games out before something like this is even contemplated, but.....

Something much the same as now but with a VASTLY improved and varied instanced housing system. And Trusts for all MSQ stuff

My dream MMO?

Hum...

Similar to FFXIV with :
- No medieval (steampunk/magicpunk is fine)
- Wildstar-like housing
- Gameplay BDO-like (BUT with full free keybinding. I really like FFXIV for that.).
- Graphics similar to BDO level or even better (without the weird wet/glossy effect)
- Better clipping and physics (FFXIV clothes are really... rigid).
- Some kind of backgrounds for the races, the places they come from.

Maybe a less solo-hero story, to allow a better explanation about how and why we play as team.

I would keep mostly everything else from FFXIV a similar way.

What could get benefits from an upgrade, light overhaul :
- Deepdungeon-like more solo friendly.
- Three opacity level for makeup
- More sliders in character creator
- hybrids and blood-mixed options
- personalized glowing colors for weapons
- No race restrictions
- Trust and Squadron
- Craft and gathering
- Retainers and quick ventures are interesting but... expensive and they come back with too many fishes :p
- The possibility to buy all old events items during corresponding event

More alt friendly :
-> account wide items at mogstations
-> shared chest (as it is in Aion)

I absolulty would keep :
- full keybinding
- all jobs on one character
- no race or gender locked jobs
- the races (I have a weakness for Ao RA, Miqo'te, Viera and Hyur but don't mind others)
- glowing weapons! :p
- Hildibrand

A dream?
-A wider world that doesn't look like a really tiny planet (thought it will be kind of problem for travelling at low level)

I was going to forgot : a bait box for fishing! XD

Lets see 1st No machines, maybe 1-2 bosses tops in the entire mmo that are machines
2nd Make it more along the lines of final fantasy 10's where machines=bad and all that loveliness where you had little islands for the towns. Now I'd love to return to the era of mood where you had 0 guns the highest range weapon you had was a crossbow. Return to medieval only area.
3d add in the license board system from Ffxii- removing jobs entirely from the mod and make it more like building your own job you just pick your race and everything else you grind LP= what your character knows. (add a limit to how
4th: No dungeons people have to que for if you want to run x dungeon for a quest walk into the dungeon to kill whoever the quest tells you to.
5th open world purely no queing for anything
6th: return to elements matter none of this brainless, stupid game play where you can't screw up and accidently heal with the wrong element.

----- SUmmons for REAL----
Literally add in the summons to the system of license board where you have to go kick the summons ass for it show up on your board and if you want to be a summoner with black magic you spend extra lip on the summon.. The thing would be summoned using a system of a single player's energy/break/rage/limit bar that shows up beside the HP/map that fills up as you fight then you can unleash you summon for x amount of time.
Now keep the races of ffxiv --however, add female runs and male bunnies...
Next, remove all classes, it should be a job only from level 1 up
Last part Make it so grinding matters adding in Weapon levels and spell levels into the game so Sword=20 Fire=50 and when it reachs 50 on spells it becomes the next stage so 50 fire = Fira unlocked then you learn it.

--extra-- Remove all weapon=jobs limits a white mage should be allowed to wear some hammers or swords a black mage should get to choice between staffs/rods

Oh and housing would be more like you can take over certain spots in the world (instance of course or islands out of no where) to build your house then people can vist it based on a option to allow random entry . So lets say i want a house under the sea I just go there with the mats and build away


To make it short--- Final fantasy xii= meets path of exiles meets conan exiles mmo :P

I'm fairly sure we had a thread like this not too long ago... :rolleyes:

Anyway, as far as what would be my "Dream MMO"... Probably something like:

- Open World, with organic zones (I.e. Monsters move around doing monster things (Such as hunting for food, sleeping at night unless nocturnal etc), townspeople doing townspeople things). Throw in things like Rifts err... Rifts and GW2 events that can alter a zone too.

- No mounts, just seamless traversal similar to in Monster Hunter: World. So you slide down slopes, vault over small obstacles, swing on vines to cross gaps. Sprinting is a core function, rather than a CD.

- Modularized jobs. Something similar to FFIII where you can pick a trait from a job and use it on another one. Only expanded on. Allowing you to sacrifice a particular aspect of the job you're on, to slot in an aspect of another job you've leveled up.

For example, if I wanted to do 8 billion punches per minute, I can play a MNK and trade my Chakra system, for NIN's Ninjutsu and so get access to Huton and Greased Lightning.

Or if I wanted to play DRG as a Tank, I could give up the high damage combos and pick up DRK's defensive CD's and TBN.

- Combat system that is a fusion of MH:W and FFXIII with a dash of FFXIV. So basic combat takes the form of in Monster Hunter, where weapons and attacks feel weighty and basic filler skills come in the form of several base combos for the particular weapon type.

Add on top of that skills to use like in FFXIV (With the same controller support for them) which would also be designed to have some weight to them. With of course, new ways to aim and utilize them given the shift from tab target combat.

Finally, top it off with the Paradigm system from XIII, where each player can pick 2 of 6 Paradigm's to swap between during combat. Each allowing for different effects and skills to be available, with customizability of each paradigm via a "Talent" so people can tailor them to their intended role.

For example, the Sentinel paradigm might primarily be a Tanking based one with lots of self defense and enmity related talents, but it also has some party mitigation focus too, which a Healer or a Support player might opt for.

Or the Saboteur paradigm might primarily be a Support based one with focus on debuffing enemies defenses, but maybe a Tank or Healer might opt for it to debuff enemies offensive capabilities? Maybe a pure DPS might opt for it because it has some strong attacks to supplement their Ravager paradigm?

- Stats are actually meaningful. Not only are all base stats useful in some way to all jobs (Possibly through trickle down, i.e. Dex might provide some SkS/SpS. Str might provide some Det. Int might provide some Crit etc) but they're more customizable. Such as gear being mostly empty with only like 2-3 stats (Including Vitality) and the rest of its stats are obtained through adding Materia (With Materia scaling with item level of the item as opposed to being flat bonuses)

- Bring back funky spell names. I miss classics like Fira and Firaga. Especially when simply going from Stone I to Stone VI has such little actual relevance when all that changes is a slight bit of potency. (In some ways, it's nice that BLM has Fire I, Fire II, Fire III and Fire IV all with different mechanics. Though, why it couldn't be Fire, Fira, Firaga and Flare/Comet I haven't a clue...)

Outside of that, I think it's mostly just update and refine various systems seen in XIV.

Such as:

- All jobs on one character.

- Interesting MSQ. (Please, please, please no required group duties for MSQ. So that we can have non-duty content actually be worthwhile. For MSQ requirements, please use solo duties so everyone can easily complete the MSQ, while allowing for more cutscenes and more lore accurate encounters (I.e. If we're the badass "Chosen One" who single handedly defeats "Big Bad Enemy", then let us single handedly defeat them, not have to queue into a Trial with 7 other people to do it))

- Utilizing our job in quests. So our character responds to situations differently depending on what job we're using at the time is. (Also, opening up replayability in NG+)

- Hildibrand.

- Gold Saucer.

- Voice acting for PC's (With selectable personalities. So we can be super sassy, or more serious or a bit silly such as we see with some chat options now)

- Open world content scales with number of players participating, NOT how many people are in the zone. It's super dumb to have penalties based on other people existing in an MMO even if they're not actually helping with the content you're doing.

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- Modularized jobs. Something similar to FFIII where you can pick a trait from a job and use it on another one. Only expanded on. Allowing you to sacrifice a particular aspect of the job you're on, to slot in an aspect of another job you've leveled up.

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Not to be pedantic, but I’m fairly certain that’s V not III.

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Originally Posted by Archaic-Antiquarian

This is my first FF, I'm not quite new, having played for several months now, but I've taken my time and have far to go. Still, I enjoy it immensely.

When I think about where it might go in the future, what I want is a game that I can fully immerse myself in; I want virtual reality.

Questing might not feel as tedious then. Dungeons might feel more rewarding. I think I'd even try pvp then... Who knows, but it's what I envision when I think of future FF games, at least what I want anyhow.

Probably several games out before something like this is even contemplated, but.....

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Considering FF has alsways been the kind of game that always seems to be ahead of their time..it’s possible depending on how much VR evolve in the next few years ..they might be the one jumping into it and with the right team , actually pulling it off.

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Originally Posted by Eldevern

My dream MMO?

Hum...

Similar to FFXIV with :
- No medieval (steampunk/magicpunk is fine)
- Wildstar-like housing
- Gameplay BDO-like (BUT with full free keybinding. I really like FFXIV for that.).
- Graphics similar to BDO level or even better (without the weird wet/glossy effect)
- Better clipping and physics (FFXIV clothes are really... rigid).
- Some kind of backgrounds for the races, the places they come from.

Maybe a less solo-hero story, to allow a better explanation about how and why we play as team.

I would keep mostly everything else from FFXIV a similar way.

What could get benefits from an upgrade, light overhaul :
- Deepdungeon-like more solo friendly.
- Three opacity level for makeup
- More sliders in character creator
- hybrids and blood-mixed options
- personalized glowing colors for weapons
- No race restrictions
- Trust and Squadron
- Craft and gathering
- Retainers and quick ventures are interesting but... expensive and they come back with too many fishes :p

More alt friendly :
-> account wide items at mogstations
-> shared chest (as it is in Aion)

I absolulty would keep :
- full keybinding
- all jobs on one character
- no race or gender locked jobs
- the races (I have a weakness for Ao RA, Miqo'te, Viera and Hyur but don't mind others)
- glowing weapons! :p
- Hildibrand

A dream?
-A wider world that doesn't look like a really tiny planet (thought it will be kind of problem for travelling at low level)

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Definitly with you one all those.
I would add...better gear designs for low level...because ff14 have some scary weird disturbing ass gear designs for low level lol
Like low level are usually very neglected in mmo’s ...but i think if they focus on making low level more fun and enjoyable ..it would be easier for new player to stick to the game.

My dream MMO would in some ways be a bit old school. The basic world and game mechanics would remain as is but....

- I like leveling so all jobs would begin at level one.
- All races would include both genders.
- No race or gender locked clothing, hairstyles, etc.
- Jobs would be more diverse with abilities that set them apart from one another. Crowd control would be a necessity.
- More jobs with pets, including beastmaster.
- Instanced housing with various "plots" from around the world. Fortemps Manor or The Rising Stones, for example.
- Each of the four main armor slots would have two more dye options, making it possible to have three colors per item.
- Various companions could be summoned to fight with you in the open world, including but not limited to squad members.
- Blue would stay but as a full job and limited jobs would not be a thing.
- Trust and/or squad members would fill in the missing roles for undersized parties, making it possible to complete dungeons and trials at level cap solo or with any size group.
- Curly hair would exist, as well as brighter color palette options for hair.
- Players would would be able to join up to four FC and the companies would get improved tools for communication and specialization based on their focus. For instance an rp focused FC would not have exactly the same tools as one devoted to endgame or hunt.

That's all that comes to mind at the moment.

I want to take a break from fantasy and want SE to try their hand at Sci-FI MMO. Make a better phantasy star or better swtor. A game with a tech level atleast higher than FF7, with an emphasis on cyberpunk aspects.

I really love ff14s inner workings, maybe a few tweaks here and there's to systems, but I would like more emphasis on weapons especially ranged weapons.

Black Desert graphics & CC + housing (the housing in BDO, there were no timers & it was already premade houses you bought, & the inside was instanced- So, you just changed the inside however you wished & it was just gorgeous)-- with ShB story & content
Atleast in black desert, you could have beards & gorgeous fashion
I don't care much for the ff7 remake- they all have the same exact face that looks like a person after an extreme plastic surgery but with a huge assortment of wigs, so the only thing I'd take from that to add to FFXIV are the outfits-- instead of just male outfits, I'd add the females too since they're just as popular if not more popular than the main character.

-Dark Fantasy setting
-Weapons not locked to class
-longer leveling process
-No Duty Finder
-Limited fast travel
-Open word pvp
-Maybe a reduced focus on graphics/increased focus on character customization
-A focus on guild-based activities

FFXIV as it is right now with TERA's action combat (and job/class + encounter design).

BDO was a Dream MMO back in 2016. Then the Dev's turned opportunity to make a new #1 MMO and instead wasted it on Cutbacks on development and diverted funds to create 7 different games from it, leaving the game ruined with RMT/Speedhacking/Exploiting so rampant, Average playeres are "Encouraged" to use RMT/Speedhacks/Exploits to progress and keep up.

The Dream MMO is prob FFXIV. Simple, Casual, Easy to pick and put down, Non-addicting, great Catch up mechanics, great selection of gear, Thousands of RMT accounts banned every 2 weeks.

The only thing i would change is adding more fun repeatable easily accessible content like Frontlines/Eureka/Diadem and putting new rewards every month on those areas.

FFXI with FFXIV graphics.

@ OP


My dream MMO is Sword Art Online - Alicization.

SE can reach their own conclusions.

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You, you wish some kind of technology of soul transfer as in Transcendence XD

That could be... interesting :3

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Originally Posted by Volkaj

FFXIV as it is right now with TERA's action combat (and job/class + encounter design).

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I agree actually. Good combo.

Hmm... Well...
A graphical improvement and making the combat more action oriented (instead of tab-targeting) are about the only things I would change.

Well, and I suppose improving the character creator / character customization but that's about it really.
I don't see myself leaving this MMO for another, so I can't say I really have a dream mmo that's vastly different to this one. Other than minor improvements, I think this is fine as it is.

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Originally Posted by SugarPuff

My dream MMO would in some ways be a bit old school. The basic world and game mechanics would remain as is but....

- I like leveling so all jobs would begin at level one.
- All races would include both genders.
- No race or gender locked clothing, hairstyles, etc.
- Jobs would be more diverse with abilities that set them apart from one another. Crowd control would be a necessity.
- More jobs with pets, including beastmaster.
- Instanced housing with various "plots" from around the world. Fortemps Manor or The Rising Stones, for example.
- Each of the four main armor slots would have two more dye options, making it possible to have three colors per item.
- Various companions could be summoned to fight with you in the open world, including but not limited to squad members.
- Blue would stay but as a full job and limited jobs would not be a thing.
- Trust and/or squad members would fill in the missing roles for undersized parties, making it possible to complete dungeons and trials at level cap solo or with any size group.
- Curly hair would exist, as well as brighter color palette options for hair.
- Players would would be able to join up to four FC and the companies would get improved tools for communication and specialization based on their focus. For instance an rp focused FC would not have exactly the same tools as one devoted to endgame or hunt.

That's all that comes to mind at the moment.

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I like the idea, just not the old school part ..lol i like innovations that works.

There's a lot in FF that I like tbh... With some changes it'd come pretty close

This got long so uh... hopefully this spoiler tag works

Much expanded and improved character creation... BDO and Aion were some of my favorite systems, though maybe less with the wild body shape variations Aion let's you have... some are a little disturbing looking tbh. But I mean, sliders, customizability down to the way the hair lays over your shoulders, detail editing, rgb color palette... Stuff like that. None of this "horns must be attached to face and you only get x types of customization options and every race has to have the same number and type no matter what" stuff.

Healing classes that actually need to heal. Where I don't need to dps. I want dps to be a bonus for when the group is doing very well, not the default expectation and the ONLY thing to do if the group is doing even vaguely in the realm of well

Improved PvP system. Would prefer 2 faction PvP tbh.

Better... Idk, is it the servers or something else that gives the crazy delay and no responsiveness on some abilities? Ideally I want my spell to go off when I tell it to, not with a year and a half delay (yes very hyperbolic but seriously rescue in particular has some godawful delay) and like... Something in PvP just feels off? Like the spells don't feel. Responsive somehow. I don't get that impactful feeling. It's just chipping away at people's health and watching healers keep them alive forever or watching people get deleted and not a ton in between in my experience. I'm not sure how to describe what it is but PvP combat just isn't very fun in this game compared to some others I've played. I had more fun pvping in wow than here by far.

Much expanded and improved housing system. Like, in a perfect world, wards with unlimited plots... Otherwise instanced housing, even if it's like... A ward where every house is an instance, kind of like what BDO has where everyone can buy the same lot but it looks different inside for each player. Have walled in yards for outdoor decorating. And far more movement and freedom for adjusting where things go - so you don't need to glitch half your furniture to stop it from looking weird.

More incentives to actually be in free companies. More perks of some kind, idk. Separate free company/guild housing from personal housing.

Way more slots for things like linkshells

An actual bank. Separate from posting auctions, and separate from retainer style missions.

Options for my character to actually have a personality. Even let reputation or the way NPCs respond to you be impacted by your choices. Not in a way that locks you out of content necessarily, but enough to add flavor and let you really create a character with some personality

Streamlined menu system. Fewer separate inventories... But more space in general. Instead of chunking it into separate boxes that can't even all be open at once. Something cleaner.

Multiple dye channels on gear

Customizable gear? Like you can edit parts of it. Not sure how feasible but it'd be cool. If love to lop off some of the weird capes and huge bags on some of the gear in this game. I have more than one chest piece I love except for some massive pack hanging awkwardly to the side and smacking my leg as I move

A way to track what minions and mounts you DON'T have (does this game have one I missed?)

Something like glamour plates but not shared between classes

Allowed trade between alts. House sharing with alts. Story skipping with alts for quests you've already done on your main.

Actually I'd love for story and progression to be less intertwined than here. I'd want to be able to unlock most of the content without doing the story and vise versa - a game where the story dungeons and regular dungeons are separate. Possibly have something like roulettes for both, to help queues, but not lock people to have to do both if they want to do one. I know FF is a very story driven series, but as someone who's never played any other FF game and frankly has close to no interest in doing so, that has been one of the most frustrating things about this game and the thought of replaying the msq in full on an alt is a dreadful one. But I like playing alts. I'd love this game more if alts were fun to play in it.

If they give us Final Fantasy XIV-2, Then I want it to be this game but with all of the kinks worked out of it.

If they give us FF XVII as a new MMO, Then I want a new game, not just a better FF XIV.

New combat system, New themes to explore, Maybe a new Aesthetic. It should still feel like a Final Fantasy Game though.

Edit: For specifics, maybe give everything a bit more oomph. I hit the button, I unleash an attack, not a flurry of cinematic blows with a single damage number coming out of the enemy. One button press, one attack ((It can hit multiple times if the attack is a spin or whatever, just no thrust, followed by a slice followed by another stab and telling me that's all one attack)).

Knock me back when the enemy hits me. Make me feel like trading blows with the enemy is more than a numbers game. Make me regret being hit by the enemy, not just the healer regret me being hit by the enemy.

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Originally Posted by ChazNatlo

If they give us Final Fantasy XIV-2, Then I want it to be this game but with all of the kinks worked out of it.

If they give us FF XVII as a new MMO, Then I want a new game, not just a better FF XIV.

New combat system, New themes to explore, Maybe a new Aethetic. It should still feel like a Final Fantasy Game though.

Edit: For specifics, maybe give everything a bit more oomph. I hit the button, I unleash an attack, not a flurry of cinematic blows with a single damage number coming out of the enemy. One button press, one attack ((It can hit multiple times if the attack is a spin or whatever, just no thrust, followed by a slice followed by another stab and telling me that's all one attack)).

Knock me back when the enemy hits me. Make me feel like trading blows with the enemy is more than a numbers game. Make me regret being hit by the enemy, not just the healer regret me being hit by the enemy.

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Definitely!! As long as its not pure medieval theme...it has to still be final fantasy just like you said. For it to happen tho...either the new luminos engine big upgrade they working on have to actually be damn good to make a better mmo happen...if they don’t wanna purchase or build a new engine from the ground up. The engine is really the key for us to get the best game. And as good as a team as ff14 dev team. A oomphh would happen for a first impression if the graphics looks like ff7 remake...and the world seamless openworld with equal graphics. And a way better combat system.
I need to feel the weight of my weapon, i need to be able to dodge physically..like roll jump away or whatever..i need meaningful auto attack..but also need the combat to feel strategic, where i need to actually smartly use my abilities and time it right ..

Yeah the inventory system definitely sucks in 14 ...i hate limited inventory even tho it kinda makes sense.

One thing for sure is to NOT neglect early games...thats where you get the players, and get them to stick with the game or not...if early game isn't fun and engaging..if its super tedious and boring right of the bat...that can turn away new players so fast. Meaning gameplay, questing, gear designs,..cuz a lot of 14’s early gear looks terrible, make it easy to understand and slowly make it complex ones players are hooked. I had to grind through ARR before it started being fun for me ... if i didnt have the patience or hearing from other players that it gets better and is worth the grind i would have quitted long ago and never went back.

Housing needs to change too.but idk if like bdo would be better...wild star had pretty good housing just that it feels separate from the world.

For the past few months I've been playing Classic WoW, FFXIV and BDO- and for the most part I'd say those are my overall top MMOs, with a bit of some SWtoR, Wildstar and WAR fondness remaining despite them long being abandoned.

From WoW, I'd take dungeon design- actually, I'll go even more obscure and say I'd like DDO's dungeon design. Every adventure, whether overworld or in a crypt/dungeon/island in DDO was its own thing. It wasn't formulaic, predictable or even fair necessarily.

I feel MMOs have gotten fair too streamlined, and this is quite clear in FFXIV where dungeon/trial/raid layout has been almost the exact same from ARR to ShB. The benefit is it makes dungeons interchangable and easy to drop into without any prior knowledge- DDO dungeons, especially later ones, could be rather extreme in variance, with some being mazes or requiring a fair bit of preparation, and same being considerably harder than others even in the same level bracket.

But- there's a great deal of enjoyment for me to have to bring different skillsets, plans and expectations to each new dungeon run. It makes it feel more like the unpredictable tabletop adventure than the cookie cutter MMO norm. Of course, having a varied dungeon with varied challenges that may include non combat ones also requires more skills.

Still, I'd like to see a return to varied playstyles. Games seem far too concerned both with making sure everyone has the same power level, and every role is extremely defined. It's resulted in a lot of healing classes not feeling different, many dps not feeling different, etc.. across many games. It makes it possible to balance challenges without being exclusive, but it also has made class fantasy grow duller and duller.

I'd want to see a game where classes are vividly different, and where balance can be made up by alternative values such as buffing, debuffing, CC, etc...

Lastly, I enjoy how gathering/crafting in FFXIV is its own job, with abilities and far more too it- but playing BDO shows that far more can be done in making a world lifelike through trade, sailing, raising mounts, farming, etc... It's great that there's a large story in this game, but having an interconnected world makes it feel alive, that everywhere has a purpose and there are activities happening in all places. Most old zones in FFXIV look pretty dead- while BDO is bustling, admittedly partly due to automated activities which I'd prefer to stay away from.

I'll pretty much say the same thing from another thread with the same topic. Anyway, It doesn't even have to be a Final Fantasy MMO.

I want a game with a living, breathing, seamless and open world that is actually relevant and gives you a sense of adventure. I do not mind instanced content but FFXIV focuses on it too much, which leaves the open world abandoned and incredibly boring in design.
Action combat with weight and button efficiency. Personally I'm tired of tab-targetting combat and SE could go with something different if they're going to develop a new FF MMO.
Jobs with options to customize, even if it's cosmetic or affects gameplay very little. It's more fun to play something when it's tailored it to your preferences.
Encounters that feel organic and not scripted. More on enemy movement predictions with no lazily highlighted enemy attacks that just look ugly. Crowd control being more relevant to help you with fights.
Meaningful stats that actually affect gameplay. Something like what Monster Hunter has where you can enhance or add certain abilities or conditions onto your character depending on your armor's/decoration's skills.
Better character customization overall.
More expansive and better inventory system.
And most of all, a flexible and powerful engine to run the game with. I'm tired of the amount of parroting the FFXIV dev team has done because of the awful engine the game has.

More intriguing battle system from the beginning. I know levelling up from level 1 now is very different to ARR, but even then it was a chore. You have like two moves or one combo you use over and over going through the first three dungeons or so.

I enjoy the battle system at higher levels, but it’s far too boring when you’re a low level.

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Give everything a bit more oomph. I hit the button, I unleash an attack, not a flurry of cinematic blows with a single damage number coming out of the enemy. One button press, one attack ((It can hit multiple times if the attack is a spin or whatever, just no thrust, followed by a slice followed by another stab and telling me that's all one attack)).
Knock me back when the enemy hits me. Make me feel like trading blows with the enemy is more than a numbers game. Make me regret being hit by the enemy, not just the healer regret me being hit by the enemy.

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I want a game with a living, breathing, seamless and open world that is actually relevant and gives you a sense of adventure. I do not mind instanced content but FFXIV focuses on it too much, which leaves the open world abandoned and incredibly boring in design.
Action combat with weight and button efficiency. Personally I'm tired of tab-targetting combat and SE could go with something different if they're going to develop a new FF MMO.
Encounters that feel organic and not scripted. More on enemy movement predictions with no lazily highlighted enemy attacks that just look ugly. Crowd control being more relevant to help you with fights.

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More intriguing battle system from the beginning.

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Whatever more ambitious plans I might want, these first bits are essential.