They should really have had a single player mode

I'm new to MMOs, as the only one I've ever played was a pseudo-MMO/single player RPG hybrid in White Knight Chronicles, but it was nice to have an option to play if the servers were down.

I don't know if this is just the newness factor, but paying $12.99 to MAYBE get on a server in order to play the game doesn't sound too appealing. If you pay for a service, you should receive the service - no maybes. I'm loving the game. Its awesome and I have very little complaints, but this is one of them.

It'd be nice if they just let you tool around the world, interact with NPCs or do other quests while offline should you encounter server problems, or a full world, or a queue that does nothing. Sidequests, leves, story and guild instances all tend to force you to be solo anyway.

I understand the whole basis of an MMORPG is a massive online venture... but at the same time, XIV forces me to be online to do 90% of the game solo, outside of dungeons and FATEs.

No for single player mode.

Interesting concept. It would be fun to be able to do some basic tasks, like leves or something, and then when you log in the data uploads and updates your character. It would probably be limited but it could still give options for people who can't or don't want to connect.

Problem with that is, the character data would have to be stored locally, which makes it a cinch to mess with the data and hack your guy to obscene levels of power and what not, open battle net of diablo 2 did that and i honestly never saw a legit character whenever i played it.

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Originally Posted by Zanje

Problem with that is, the character data would have to be stored locally, which makes it a cinch to mess with the data and hack your guy to obscene levels of power and what not, open battle net of diablo 2 did that and i honestly never saw a legit character whenever i played it.

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Oh hm, good point!

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Originally Posted by Trance_Axel

I'm new to MMOs.

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Obviously.

No, this is a MMO, if you want a single player game you have a LARGE selection.

I get where you're coming from OP, but that's just the nature of the beast and it comes with the territory of playing MMOs. There is one time and one time only that literally everyone will be trying to play your game at the same time, and taking time off of work to do it, and that's at launch. All these problems usually resolve themselves in a week.

To your play style, there are starting to be more and more single player games that heavily incorporate MMO elements if those are more your thing, but there are also a whole lot of people who love to play solo in MMOs and enjoy the challenges presented in doing so. You just have to find what does it for you, and not every game will have that.

This isn't D2 :p

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Originally Posted by M0xie

Interesting concept. It would be fun to be able to do some basic tasks, like leves or something, and then when you log in the data uploads and updates your character. It would probably be limited but it could still give options for people who can't or don't want to connect.

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I agree it is an interesting concept. Right now the idea of not having to wait to play a lot of the solo content is appealing but I'm sure all the congestion will even itself out once they've made the upgrades they are planning.

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Originally Posted by M0xie

Interesting concept. It would be fun to be able to do some basic tasks, like leves or something, and then when you log in the data uploads and updates your character. It would probably be limited but it could still give options for people who can't or don't want to connect.

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This would be REALLY easily exploitable. I can already think of a few client-side hacks that could upload to the server.

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Originally Posted by Trance_Axel

I don't know if this is just the newness factor, but paying $12.99 to MAYBE get on a server in order to play the game doesn't sound too appealing. If you pay for a service, you should receive the service - no maybes.

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Well, no one technically paid for the service yet. Even if you own a physical copy of the game, you only bought the license to use it.

I used to kind of think like that but nowadays I see it as a foolish thought.
Unless the game gets shutdown then I'm in favor of making it a single player offline to preserve it in some form.

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Originally Posted by Thorio

I used to kind of think like that but nowadays I see it as a foolish thought.
Unless the game gets shutdown then I'm in favor of making it a single player offline to preserve it in some form.

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Why are you bumping threads from 2013? This is the second thread you've done that to.

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Originally Posted by Ransu

Why are you bumping threads from 2013? This is the second thread you've done that to.

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doesnt have the intelligence for their own troll threads so does it this way. they have more time than actual brilliance really.

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Originally Posted by Kes13a

doesnt have the intelligence for their own troll threads so does it this way. they have more time than actual brilliance really.

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And money, since this is the fourth or fifth account that's done it. Plus all those extremely thinly veiled troll threads they have started using at least 10 known accounts. And considering you need a license for each....

Kind of odd this thread in particular, though, given that it's becoming... well, mostly true.

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Originally Posted by Thorio

I used to kind of think like that but nowadays I see it as a foolish thought.
Unless the game gets shutdown then I'm in favor of making it a single player offline to preserve it in some form.

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29/08/2013 01h19

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Originally Posted by Avatre

And money, since this is the fourth or fifth account that's done it. Plus all those extremely thinly veiled troll threads they have started using at least 10 known accounts. And considering you need a license for each....

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Daamn #gottem

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Originally Posted by Thorio

I used to kind of think like that but nowadays I see it as a foolish thought.
Unless the game gets shutdown then I'm in favor of making it a single player offline to preserve it in some form.

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Originally Posted by Ransu

Why are you bumping threads from 2013? This is the second thread you've done that to.

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A necromancer.
If you can't become a necromancer in-game then you can become a necromancer in the forum.

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Originally Posted by Trance_Axel

I'm new to MMOs, as the only one I've ever played was a pseudo-MMO/single player RPG hybrid in White Knight Chronicles, but it was nice to have an option to play if the servers were down.

I don't know if this is just the newness factor, but paying $12.99 to MAYBE get on a server in order to play the game doesn't sound too appealing. If you pay for a service, you should receive the service - no maybes. I'm loving the game. Its awesome and I have very little complaints, but this is one of them.

It'd be nice if they just let you tool around the world, interact with NPCs or do other quests while offline should you encounter server problems, or a full world, or a queue that does nothing. Sidequests, leves, story and guild instances all tend to force you to be solo anyway.

I understand the whole basis of an MMORPG is a massive online venture... but at the same time, XIV forces me to be online to do 90% of the game solo, outside of dungeons and FATEs.

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White Knight Chronicles wasn't a pseudo MMO it was just an online mode in which you could talk to other players and run instanced missions with them.

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Originally Posted by Pives

Well, no one technically paid for the service yet. Even if you own a physical copy of the game, you only bought the license to use it.

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Boy, do I love video games now a days. I remember buying my first license, it was super mario bros.

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Originally Posted by Ransu

Why are you bumping threads from 2013? This is the second thread you've done that to.

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He's necroed far more than just two. If people are tired of the constant necros, you can probably report him for spam. The stickied post from the CM states "Please do not make a simple post just for the purpose of "bumping" a thread", so the report may have some merit.

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Originally Posted by Ransu

Why are you bumping threads from 2013? This is the second thread you've done that to.

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Rat King's behavior :)

It's already the most Single Player MMO out there. Most of the content can be done with Duty Support. Sorry you're gonna have to play nice with others the 3% of the time you have too.

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Originally Posted by Trance_Axel

I'm new to MMOs, as the only one I've ever played was a pseudo-MMO/single player RPG hybrid in White Knight Chronicles, but it was nice to have an option to play if the servers were down.

I don't know if this is just the newness factor, but paying $12.99 to MAYBE get on a server in order to play the game doesn't sound too appealing. If you pay for a service, you should receive the service - no maybes. I'm loving the game. Its awesome and I have very little complaints, but this is one of them.

It'd be nice if they just let you tool around the world, interact with NPCs or do other quests while offline should you encounter server problems, or a full world, or a queue that does nothing. Sidequests, leves, story and guild instances all tend to force you to be solo anyway.

I understand the whole basis of an MMORPG is a massive online venture... but at the same time, XIV forces me to be online to do 90% of the game solo, outside of dungeons and FATEs.

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No.

This is an MMO, a Massive Multiplayer Online game. There is already a "single player mode" it's called the new Trust system and MSQ. Or job quests, most of it is already solo content with the exception of fates, alliance raids and raids in general. You can do everything you want just about solo. As for offline, that's a double negative that makes zero sense given how this is a MMO. If your ISP is so bad or you're in the middle of the Bikini Bottom in the Pacific that you are constantly getting yeeted by your server maybe this isn't the game for you.