Since FFxiv 1.0 went down I'm sure a lot of pple here have gone on to play other mmo's. I went back to an old MMO i used to play called vindictus. Reviewers call it a hack nd slash MMO, I dunno what that means but to me its just mega action and very dynamic. Absolutely horrible in terms of storyline but they make up for it in action, which is why most pple play the game.
After getting into another big MMO, I now value a lot of things i saw in XIV and now don't understand a lot of things i read on the forums.
Firstly, compared to a couple of MMO's I've seen out there, RMT's are almost nonexistent in XIV. I mean you see face roll names at natalan and cedar wood but apart from that theres no other place you'd come in content with pple u'd think are RMT's. In other games I've seen chat logs constantly spammed with pple selling in game gold and places where buying gold is very common, Ive really come to appreciate this about XIV.
Also, talking about story lines I've noticed how XIV has a storyline that most pple are familiar with. I skip cutscenes as much as the next guy but still I could write a paper on the GC storyline and background lore, my home city (LL ftw!) and a couple of my DOH story series. Even though we do the "race to max level nd get into endgame" here too, the storyline isn't completely disregarded and unknown by all.
Ive got a couple of other things I miss and don't miss about XIV 1.0, but these two are my biggest and i don't wanna put up a wall of txt.
Anyone got into another MMO during this downtime nd noticed things they missed about 1.0 or things they've seen in other games that they'd love if 1.0 had too?.
MMO Comparisons. ^^b
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12-23-2012, 03:39 PMdebolaMMO Comparisons. ^^b
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12-23-2012, 03:48 PMSeirra_Lanzce
Hack and Slash is a term of that action games that you just hack and slash your way out.
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12-23-2012, 04:40 PMLexin
Been trying some F2P MMO's but never stick with anything for more then a few days. I have accounts to around 10-15 P2P MMO's but not wanting to go back to any of them except maybe FFXI but even that not really sure about going back to it until the new expansion comes out. Pretty much been playing normal games on PC till I can replace my TV and 360 while I wait for ARR.
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12-23-2012, 05:22 PMMawXIII
Being sick of downtime, i went looking for different online games... gave my third try on WOW but nothing came out of that... tried AION which was just painful to begin with (RMTs were there right from the start) and just trying start TERA was a pain ( downloading patches and stuff is still taking forever), tried my FFXI account again but after playing FFXIV is just not fullfiling enough (still better than previous attempts at online games), right now i have given up and began playing Disgaea 4 which gives me Tons of hours of gameplay, and some handheld games, like FFIII on DS and KH Dream Drop Distance on 3ds...and hoping for a closed beta invite for ARR...so to conclude i just wanna fill dead hours with some quality gaming... but still looking foward to that game that will really fill them...hopefully ARR will....
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12-23-2012, 05:47 PMSeirra_Lanzce
meh, i just play other games, like DotA.
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12-23-2012, 06:37 PMKeith_Dragoon
I played Maplestory and now want a dragonkin type race kinda like Kaiser
Ooooh or a armored bear race like Volibear!
Disclaimer: I am not serious about the second one but I would not be against it! :P
Aside from that, nothing really made me wish for 1.0 stuff or wish for it to make it's way into 2.0 -
12-23-2012, 08:11 PMAlkimiTried Aion aswell for a few weeks, levelling is slow I'll agree but there is some content and enough to keep you going without resorting to grinding.Quote:
Originally Posted by MawXIII
However, imo what killed this game and forced it into F2P is the pvp element. Lvl 1-20 did a good job of keeping it away from you but once you got to Eltnen/Morheim you would be lucky to go 30 mins without being "ganked" by people clearly much higher level than you. The game introduces quests and campaign missions in the abyss from 25+ but unless you have high-level friends to escort you during these it's completely pointless, you won't last 5 mins.
The hardcore PvP crowd said "if you don't like it, leave". And they did in droves. Ever since they've been trying to repair the damage, including making it F2P and recently introducing the fast-track server for PvP-free levelling up to lvl 40-ish. But essentialy the game was killed by a very small portion of the community driving away many potential new players, which is a shame since there's a hell of a lot of PvE content.
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12-23-2012, 09:35 PMdebolaI know right!. Ive never once seen someone shouting selling gil in XIV and its SOO common in other MMO's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alkimi
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12-23-2012, 09:54 PMHiirNoivl
I also tried some other MMOs F2P, P2P, tried some PvP and WvW... I just couldn't stick with any of them. Well, except for the one I've been playing for 8 years but it's F2P and is really easy to slip in and out for an hour of mindless fun. There is no story, just a bunch of people playing the same game.
At this point I'm down to Angry Birds and Words with Friends...
Waiting for ARR. -
12-24-2012, 12:40 AMHoly_Dragoon
I've been bouncing around to games like a kid in a candy store. And I am completely unfulfilled. Last Story is pretty awesome though, but I don't have a lot of PS3/Wii access and am stuck to my PC for my gaming for a little while.
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12-24-2012, 06:25 AMmikoto_qc
Since FFXIV server are down i try
1- War-Z (beautyful scam)its a copy of Day-z but tottaly unfinished with nothing to do in the game but try to find a gun, crossing your finger not to get killed by shoot on sight kids , server swapper, hacker or bunch of zombie.
2- Went on SW:TOR played a few week up to lvl.40 and got bored of the low content and just questing over and over.
3- Then try the game ur talking about Vindictus. This game have potential but still you dont really know what your doing and quest are just pilling up. You completed one quest 2 new one pop out. So you cant really clear your quest journal and end-up not really knowing what quest you have to do next to progress right. The game kinda Look Monster Hunter but low quality and budget.The server are just real TRASH! always laggin, always loosing connections or the loading just turn insane... Im lvl.37 now and starting to get bored of it aswell...lol
4- Right now...............im bored and dont really know what to play. XD -
12-24-2012, 09:02 AMSeirra_Lanzce
that is why i play other gerne games to keep me fulfill like LoL, HoN, DotA2, and other games to keep me occupied... lol
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12-24-2012, 10:10 AMRustyhagun
I'm playing Hawken at the moment. Very fun fast paced mech shooter, graphics look amazing too & f2p. Dota2 is also a fun game, but haven't played that in a while. Watching season2 for Homeland at the moment.
Still wanting 2.0 more. -
12-24-2012, 03:36 PMWarlock
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12-24-2012, 06:19 PMLexinWarZ is garbage. Going to buy Arma 2 soon since it's like $18 on steam (and get the Day Z mod) also might pick up Saint's Row the Third and Dead Island.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikoto_qc
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12-24-2012, 07:14 PMmikoto_qcTotally. War-Z is nothing but a big scam. They try to go on steam but after less then 1 day, steam took it off for lack off content.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lexin
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12-25-2012, 03:23 AMsyntaxlies
Dead island is on steam for $6 think ll play that for a couple weeks
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12-25-2012, 04:57 AMSkyeWindbinder
This Christmas I'm getting Skyrim for PC, so I'll have more than enough to keep me busy till ARR starts. Waaaaay more than enough...
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12-26-2012, 02:05 AMKaiTBFThat's good, made me laugh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Warlock
Vindictus is fun, but Nexon likes to kick its players in the balls, take their wallet, and them lick the delicious tears off their cheeks.
Mostly just been playin LoL and Dungeon Defenders with friends. -
12-26-2012, 02:10 AMVanguard319
Been playing FFXI, and Mechwarrior Online. I'm also finishing up a solo legendary run in Halo 4.
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12-26-2012, 07:47 AMValmonteWish i could play halo 4, my first generation Xbox 360 finally decided it was time. though I'm amazed at what 50 bucks of aftermarket parts and proper air flow did for its life expectancy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vanguard319
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12-26-2012, 04:42 PMyoshikwalla
Tried XI for the billionth time... couldn't get past the low-level-super-boring-grind-from-hell. Killing bees, then killing bees, then killing bees... mindbreakingly hearing the first ten or twenty seconds of the battle theme play repetitively before moving on... occasionally switching my book levequest thingie as I progress further in level... slowly running back to the city to get a new exp ring and re-casting signet and selling crystals... Patience is a virtue, yes... but this kind of patience is unrewarding, tasteless, and gratingly boring. If the developers were to add one thing in the new expansion, it's some sort of interesting lower-levelled content.
In Final Fantasy XIV, even at launch, I arrived on caravan into an Ul'dahn parade and fought a goddamned Gobbue, then started to solve a political controversy, while having fun doing leves in a big group with my irl friends. The game systems were broken as hell and I lagged pretty badly, but at least I had some semblance of progression and fun for my time invested in the lower levels, unlike XI. In Final Fantasy XI, I walk into San'Doria/Bastok/Windurst and struggle through the boring-ass grind and unbelievably counter-intuitive interface. Anyone who says that XIV 2.0's interface should be more like XI's deserves to have their mouth sewn out and their vocal cords surgically removed and their fingers chopped off. I have a lot of friends who are far in the game so I'll just watch then play like I sometimes do, and watching the cutscenes on YouTube.
I just wish that I could get over that barrier because I really want to participate in that endgame.
Tried AION again... bajillions of gold farmers. At level 30, my blocklist was full of them, and that's just from the occasional trip to Sanctum to turn in quests and get new skillbooks. However, I heard there's this legal mod that autoblocks them, and I'm having a lot of fun with group content. At almost level 40, I kick ass as a Templar tank... so much that people ask for me to tank again and again. The content is much less grindy and more streamlined, especially when using the free exp bonus items and levelling on the fast-track server. Content comes at a decent pace and the servers aren't... that bad... Might go see that through. It's much better than how it was. The PVE community so far is nice, but that's probably because I tank well (Tanking A-labs with players 7 levels above me, and still holding aggro over the mages like a boss) and form groups a lot... and thanks to the fast track server, I can get help on my campaign quests quickly. The gear grind is rng-based but worth it. I wish I could say the same for enchanting and mana-socketing... *cough* But there are cash-shop and event-based items that get rid of that.
Tried Mabinogi again. Bad idea for now. Servers are mismanaged as hell and there are bugs and glitches galore. The battle system still remains as the most frustratingly, skilltasticly fun battle system ever, but when combined with the latency, lag, and class imbalances, gets me killed a LOT. Nexon's customer support still remains the worst in human civilization. They do come out with content a lot... and a lot of it I am very interested in, and the story is amazing. However, I can never get to that content because there is always something.
Hoowwweeeevvverrrr, the game's faults are becoming less prevalent with every patch (which is good), the servers are becoming more stable (which is great), and after speaking with Sabina, the community representative, I found out that they'll be getting a higher budget and hiring more GMs (which is amazing). Right now isn't a good time to play mabinogi, but I definately plan to once I finish my military service in three or four years. At the rate they're going, they'll have an amazing game by 2016. Plus, the community is increasing a lot every day, especially on alexina. Newbies run amok and there are more than a lot of helpful players. The community still stands to be amazing and resilient against all of the game's flaws... much like the community of FFXI.
I may or may not be in the Alpha, but if I were, then I would have completed pretty much everything it has. *cough* And enjoyed it a lot.
After a long break, MineCraft remains as my go-to game. I made a new file and I'm hard-coring the crud out of it. I always seem to find something new to do, especially when it comes to redstone circuitry. Soon I plan on messing around with fireworks, and maybe hosting a server launch fireworks contest once it goes live. After playing since alpha, MineCraft remains as my most beloved game.
So far, I'm thinking AION and MineCraft. I'm skilled at both and I'm going to be making a small MC server next month so I can play with friends. -
12-26-2012, 11:23 PMAlkimiPeople suggest playing some MMOs become like a second job and nowhere is this more true than with EVE Online.Quote:
Originally Posted by KaiTBF
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12-26-2012, 11:29 PMAlkimiYeah, I'm trying to find a decent "grown-up" legion to join as although it's a decent game, the community I found is pretty immature and obnoxious. I'm 34 years old and feel so out of place. I guess when you go F2P you get the "F2P crowd".Quote:
Originally Posted by yoshikwalla
I'm also staying away from PvP whenever possible, it's not really my thing and I'm still too low level to be anything other than gank-food anyway. I've nothing against PvP as a principle but when the main factor of battles is who can stun-lock their opponent the most then it ruins it a bit for me. Also, playing as a cleric I'm bound to just get zerg rushed whenever possible. -
12-27-2012, 02:50 AMAlhanelemYou may not have noticed, but you can find me on the Wall of Fame (when the tavern is normal) and a map of my creation (Tower Wars) in the official game in Dungeon Defenders. :DQuote:
Mostly just been playin LoL and Dungeon Defenders with friends.
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12-28-2012, 07:33 AMWynn
I've been enjoying some dungeon crawls in DDO again but it gets old fast especially when those idiots start talking over the built in VoIP. DDO reminds me why I'm glad XIV is not a quest hub type game and instead has a large open world to explore.
Tried getting back into TSW but it sucks balls still and will continue to do so apparently since they just went f2p. That's code for we're not fixing the game, here buy this $10 shirt instead. Thinking about this makes me so thankful to Yoshi-P and team that they didn't take the game down this route when they could have and it would have been so much easier. Instead we are getting a brand new, quality game that will be worthy of the Final Fantasy franchise. I'll be forever loyal to SE for the actions they have taken to repair this game.
Also just playing a lot of offline games. Thank jeebus for Steam and the like. Oh, by the way, Baldur's Gate...still the best RPG ever made.
I think time away from XIV just makes me realize how much I enjoy interacting with the people who play this game. Which is weird to say because I've always been pretty sure that I hate you guys. Maybe it is a love/hate thing. /shrug -
12-28-2012, 09:09 AMLinkurrraI wouldn't say it's a scam but it does have it's share of issues. On a side note this game is pre-order Alpha. Where you are playing through the game before it is officially released. You pay $15 to get into the game. (the game is supposed to retail for $50-60 stand alone game with micro transaction market. It was never intended to be a finished game and is discounted to generate revenue for the game and get ppl playing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by mikoto_qc
Minecraft did the exact same development route. You buy it for $15 while it was in development and enjoy playing it "as is". When it released they started charging $30 to play. It's the same concept.
The developers are doing a pretty bad job of PR and letting the public know that this game "IS" in development. So ppl buy it up for cheap expecting a finished game when it is not. So they get angry, and rightfully so. But it's a unrealistic expectation not a fault in the game.
It is hardcore where other players can loot your items, and you must collect food and water to survive or die from starvation or dehydration.
If you can respect the challenge of a survival game this game is for you! Playing solo starting out is a HUGE challenge! because it's you against the world! Oh and a horde of zombies! Which compared to the players are easy ;)
I have a group of players I trust and play on a regular basis. It's extremely fun at times in a group! And your friends if you die can usually pick off your attacker and give back your stuff!
I have ran into my share of hackers, which the developers need to find a fix for.
I love this game! Night time is pitch black and you CAN NOT compensate by jacking up your gamma! Which is the way games should be if your going to take night hunting seriously! :) and you really need to use it for cover!
but it's a game you really need to reset your expectations on before you get into. Play it for the survival horror it is! -
12-29-2012, 08:09 AMEnma
Final Fantasy XIV : A Realm Reborn is the best game evah. That's all folks.
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12-29-2012, 05:37 PMKeith_DragoonWish I had someone to play that with, I am a lonely scavenger who is afraid to log in because I prefer melee weapons over ranged and I am best at scavenging for supplies and handling zombies, not douchebag players. ; ;Quote:
Originally Posted by Linkurrra