Adventure Time!~

So when 2.0 rolls out, who wants an adventure? A journey? Something that is refreshing!

I know I do!
I want a world, that wows me every time I see it. Even if it's a simple tree I wanna be amazed by it's beauty!

I want an adventure every time I set foot outside. Whether an npc needs help with something or a level 80 mob is chasing me(or 50 level 1 mice lol)!

I want a world that the players have to figure out and help one another. I want puzzles, random events(like that npc asking for help), I want a living breathing world!

With this living breathing world, I want season just like ours. Some mobs go away(hibernate or sleep for bed time) while others come out . Trees go dormant then bloom. I want a night that is NIGHT, where you can be surprised by anything~!

I also want a food chain, where animals eat each other(attack), or animals eat berries off of trees.

<can I have it?><do you want it?>

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Originally Posted by Rokien

I also want a food chain, where animals eat each other(attack), or animals eat berries off of trees.

<can I have it?><do you want it?>

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1 problem I can forsee...

"stupid goat! stop eating the sheep which I am levelling on"

"excuse me, Goat, I am trying to harvest these berries, can you go feed on other trees?l

Goats eating sheep... madness!

I want to be surprised and to have that magical feeling.

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Originally Posted by Hippo

1 problem I can forsee...

"stupid goat! stop eating the sheep which I am levelling on"

"excuse me, Goat, I am trying to harvest these berries, can you go feed on other trees?l

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Though I don't think a goat will eat a sheep lol

They don't have to be harvest points either

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Originally Posted by Rokien

Though I don't think a goat will eat a sheep lol

They don't have to be harvest points either

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i think you want to have an immersive experience and are just providing examples.

Right off the start, I want to be thrown into a battlefield facing the common enemy that is threatening Eorzea. I want to have a feeling of crisis and face paced but tight knit storyline, something like Uncharted but which requires team work with other players.

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Originally Posted by Rokien

I also want a food chain, where animals eat each other(attack), or animals eat berries off of trees.

<can I have it?><do you want it?>

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I would love this. I seem to recall this was one of the original goals, I think it may be possible somewhere down the line but unfortunately the focus is more on having things for players to do then rounding out the immersion factor. I will say that after having played SWTOR for the last few months and other things, I've missed the atmosphere of FFXIV. While it's not where FFXI was in terms of immersion it's worlds better then the other options out there for this one thing.

To answer your question yes I want adventure, but mostly I want a living breathing world where we can have a country house, raise chocobos and help out other players as merchants/crafters and not just taking spots on raids. I'd like the world of Eorzea to achieve the dream that an MMO isn't just a game but a virtual place where we can live out our pixel lives.

I think the story is still one of the best out there right now too, so I have no complaints on that front either. ^.^

I think some of the environmental ideas would make nice additions... like seasons and seasonal monsters, or having more of an ecosystem.

A little more danger might also be nice. I actually miss the Peiste that would sometimes hang out in front of the gate to Ul'dah, or the Ogre that lurked west of Camp Horizon, or even the Antlings that would sometimes attack people on their way to Camp Drybone. I was one-shotted by them too, but it was kind of fun in hindsight.

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Originally Posted by Rokien

I want a world that the players have to figure out and help one another.

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This is probably one of the biggest problems facing any game or content developer now.

Be it wanting to get recognition, help others, have that "me too" as soon as possible, or whatever... one of the first things many people do these days is share strategies, and look for how to beat new content before really trying to figure it out themselves.

We could probably enjoy things a lot longer if we turned off "easy mode" ourselves by not going to forums, YouTube, and Google for all the locations, strategies and guides first.

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Originally Posted by Rokien

So when 2.0 rolls out, who wants an adventure? A journey? Something that is refreshing!

I know I do!
I want a world, that wows me every time I see it. Even if it's a simple tree I wanna be amazed by it's beauty!

I want an adventure every time I set foot outside. Whether an npc needs help with something or a level 80 mob is chasing me(or 50 level 1 mice lol)!

I want a world that the players have to figure out and help one another. I want puzzles, random events(like that npc asking for help), I want a living breathing world!

With this living breathing world, I want season just like ours. Some mobs go away(hibernate or sleep for bed time) while others come out . Trees go dormant then bloom. I want a night that is NIGHT, where you can be surprised by anything~!

I also want a food chain, where animals eat each other(attack), or animals eat berries off of trees.

<can I have it?><do you want it?>

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/yesplease!!!

Rokien, this may very well be your best thread ever.

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Originally Posted by Rokien

I also want a food chain, where animals eat each other(attack), or animals eat berries off of trees.

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This is actually a wonderful idea :D

Maybe certain mobs could "evolve" or gain certain abilities when executing these actions.

Welll, if you look at their main website they have like baby things and adult things.

Great post, I'd really like to see stuff like this implemented. I remember playing Ryzom many years ago and in that game they had changing seasons, animals that attacked others. This kind of environment made the world so alive.

More ambient noises: trees creeking, louder thunder and other things

What if there was an area that was so foreboding it was pitch black at night to travel in and strange monsters lurked in the distance.

I'd love to have a sense of adventure going to new and strange places. Or even to pause for a few minutes in my travels and enjoy what is transpiring around me or looming ahead. Make the world feel alive!

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Originally Posted by Noodle

Great post, I'd really like to see stuff like this implemented. I remember playing Ryzom many years ago and in that game they had changing seasons, animals that attacked others. This kind of environment made the world so alive.

More ambient noises: trees creeking, louder thunder and other things

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YES! That's what I loved about that game, unfortunately you can only dig for mats long enough before you get bored and I don't PvP. The wandering around and trying not to die horribly was fun too lol!

Weather changes would be so intense like in Ryzom where you had seasons with different vegetation and snow/rains/wind..

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Originally Posted by Dragon

/yesplease!!!

Rokien, this may very well be your best thread ever.

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That might be your very best post ever lol

Or we can just all go to Yellowstone National Park

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Originally Posted by Ticks

Or we can just all go to Yellowstone National Park

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Fantasy world>Yellowstone

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Originally Posted by Rokien

So when 2.0 rolls out, who wants an adventure? A journey? Something that is refreshing!

I know I do!
I want a world, that wows me every time I see it. Even if it's a simple tree I wanna be amazed by it's beauty!

I want an adventure every time I set foot outside. Whether an npc needs help with something or a level 80 mob is chasing me(or 50 level 1 mice lol)!

I want a world that the players have to figure out and help one another. I want puzzles, random events(like that npc asking for help), I want a living breathing world!

With this living breathing world, I want season just like ours. Some mobs go away(hibernate or sleep for bed time) while others come out . Trees go dormant then bloom. I want a night that is NIGHT, where you can be surprised by anything~!

I also want a food chain, where animals eat each other(attack), or animals eat berries off of trees.

<can I have it?><do you want it?>

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All you'll get is some instances and a game lobby by the looks of things.

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Originally Posted by Rokien

So when 2.0 rolls out, who wants an adventure? A journey? Something that is refreshing!

I know I do!
I want a world, that wows me every time I see it. Even if it's a simple tree I wanna be amazed by it's beauty!OVER TIME...

I want an adventure every time I set foot outside. Whether an npc needs help with something or a level 80 mob is chasing me(or 50 level 1 mice lol)!

I want a world that the players have to figure out and help one another. I want puzzles, random events(like that npc asking for help), I want a living breathing world!

With this living breathing world, I want season just like ours. Some mobs go away(hibernate or sleep for bed time) while others come out . Trees go dormant then bloom. I want a night that is NIGHT, where you can be surprised by anything~!

I also want a food chain, where animals eat each other(attack), or animals eat berries off of trees.

<can I have it?><do you want it?>

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necrobump, thanks Rokien...

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Originally Posted by Rokien

So when 2.0 rolls out, who wants an adventure? A journey? Something that is refreshing!

I know I do!
I want a world, that wows me every time I see it. Even if it's a simple tree I wanna be amazed by it's beauty!

I want an adventure every time I set foot outside. Whether an npc needs help with something or a level 80 mob is chasing me(or 50 level 1 mice lol)!

I want a world that the players have to figure out and help one another. I want puzzles, random events(like that npc asking for help), I want a living breathing world!

With this living breathing world, I want season just like ours. Some mobs go away(hibernate or sleep for bed time) while others come out . Trees go dormant then bloom. I want a night that is NIGHT, where you can be surprised by anything~!

I also want a food chain, where animals eat each other(attack), or animals eat berries off of trees.

<can I have it?><do you want it?>

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do you purposely make threads with a positive upbeat tone to them to counter act all your troll threads

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Originally Posted by Hippo

1 problem I can forsee...

"stupid goat! stop eating the sheep which I am levelling on"

"excuse me, Goat, I am trying to harvest these berries, can you go feed on other trees?l

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Kill the goat.

SO are we going to get a more dynamic world in 2.0?

I also don't wanna read stuff on the loadstone, I want them in game. So, just make a newspaper in game, it's stupid how I get most lore and story on the loadstone than in the game.

Rokien, you're a monster and you've ruined 2.0 for me. Unless there is a full blown goat vs sheep battle royal I'm going to be disappointed.

Since the thread was already revived by Rokien's magic. I'll just add this:

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Artificial Life Engine

Starr Long, the game's associate producer, explained in 1996:

Nearly everything in the world, from grass to goblins, has a purpose, and not just as cannon fodder either. The 'virtual ecology' affects nearly every aspect of the game world, from the very small to the very large. If the rabbit population suddenly drops (because some gung-ho adventurer was trying out his new mace) then wolves may have to find different food sources (e.g., deer). When the deer population drops as a result, the local dragon, unable to find the food he’s accustomed to, may head into a local village and attack. Since all of this happens automatically, it generates numerous adventure possibilities.

However, this feature never made it beyond the game's beta stage. As Richard Garriott explained:

We thought it was fantastic. We'd spent an enormous amount of time and effort on it. But what happened was all the players went in and just killed everything; so fast that the game couldn't spawn them fast enough to make the simulation even begin. And so, this thing that we'd spent all this time on, literally no-one ever noticed – ever – and we eventually just ripped it out of the game, you know, with some sadness.[11]

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Online

If it didn't work in UO, I wouldn't get my hopes up for XIV

i want an adventure toooo!!!!

I truly just eant the same experience i had with xiv when it came out. I was one of those rare people that were mostly content woth the game upon release and loved the beta and launch. I hope 2.0 doesnt ruin most of the things i love about xiv.

I trust the devs tho ^^

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Originally Posted by Kaizlu

Since the thread was already revived by Rokien's magic. I'll just add this:



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Online

If it didn't work in UO, I wouldn't get my hopes up for XIV

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Ultima Online was so head of its time. Considering it was basically the first western MMO.

This would take an unbelieveable amount of time, money and people, so....no.
I'm 100% sure it won't happen although it's not like I didn't dream of stuff like that in pretty much every MMO I ever played.

But more immersion is really needed.
More..danger and more rewards to exploration.
I hated it when the antlings killed me on my way from Ul'dah to Gridania, I hated it when I was Lvl 22 and fought a cactuar on lvl 20 which used 1000 needles on me and onehitted me.
But hey, I also enjoyed it, because it made the world feel more dangerous to me.

Monsters running away and following one around - more alive.
In FFXIV, you can already see an incredible love to detail, bring it to the maximum and show us how alive the world can be (like the little frogs in Gridania who only come out in the rain).

Also, reward exploration for god's sake =.=
And when I say reward I don't mean Gil or Equipment.
I mean that if someone takes the effort to crawl up that lvl-80-aggro-monster-infested mountain, at least give him the view of his ingame-life for it and an awesome screenshot location with the whole land laying in front of him instead of surrounding the top with rocks so the adventurer can't see anything.
Don't block off interesting locations like the aether factories with fences.
Put special berries or quests or whatever in remote locations. Even with our gaming culture of showing everything to other players, even when it's not a "secret" quest anymore, it will still be special to get there, still be special because not everyone will want to make the effort to get there.

I really hope they don't forget about the dangers and rewards which make an adventure an adventure when designing the new maps for 2.0, because no matter how beautiful and diverse those new maps are, they will still be boring and bad if they are as lifeless and static as the ones we have now.

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Originally Posted by VoltaAsura

I truly just eant the same experience i had with xiv when it came out. I was one of those rare people that were mostly content woth the game upon release and loved the beta and launch. I hope 2.0 doesnt ruin most of the things i love about xiv.

I trust the devs tho ^^

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I don't think we'll have much to worry about :) I'm having a blast with the game right now, and I only just signed up! I'm not really a fan of the maps, but I know those will be fixed soon. I'm just focusing on the story and having a great time with my social Linkshell. The atmosphere is brilliant and we help eachother out whenever needed. It's cheerful, laid back, and we generally just have a good time. I know those moments will keep coming, and I can't wait to see what will happen once the 7th Umbral Era is over. Hopefully Ishgard, Sharlayan and Ala Mhigo are on the horizon!

This just in! There will be a Goat vs Sheep trailer at E3. Look forward to it!

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Originally Posted by Alerith

This just in! There will be a Goat vs Sheep trailer at E3. Look forward to it!

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No, it should be in cg. No dice

Well, would be interesting to see the goat "eating" sheeps...even if the sheeps won't be able to sit for a while after that.

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Originally Posted by VoltaAsura

I truly just eant the same experience i had with xiv when it came out. I was one of those rare people that were mostly content woth the game upon release and loved the beta and launch. I hope 2.0 doesnt ruin most of the things i love about xiv.

I trust the devs tho ^^

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That makes 2 of us.