Quote Originally Posted by Preypacer View Post
Yes. You nail it here when you mention emotional attachment. This is something else XI had in spades... even if it was frustration at having lost to Maat for the 8th time... It got you "feeling".

Right from the opening movie for XI, SE was nailing it in the emotional aspect. I mean, I don't know about anyone else, but at the end of that opening movie, when Aldo is overlooking Lufaise Meadows toward Tavnazia, echoing the opening of the movie... I was genuinely moved. I was also ready to kick some serious Orc ass (though I started in Windurst, so I had to settle with the Yagudo first :-p).

By the time that movie ended and the Final Fantasy XI logo came up, you knew what was going on. You know why you were there. You knew what the score was.

So, another great point raised, Keith.
When I beat maat ( I was fortunate to go 1/1) I jumped outta my seat like "HELL YEAH! GET SOME!!" and I felt damn accomplished as if I had already saved the world 3 times lol. I wanted trumpets and confetti as i returned to town but recieved none. :P

XI had TONS of emotional attachments, I mean when I first alked in Zitah I fell in love, I used to afk in that zone just for the music and scenery. I laughed, I cried, I raged out and quit for 10 hours but in the end I always came out ahead and felt damn good afterwards.

In XIV I can't get feel it. even getting 20 was exciting in that game. Not many MMOs do that for me but SE has the potential to do so I just hope the new team builds off these feelings and make XIV a whole new adventure that we all can delve into and enjoy as a community.

Plus I need a game worthy of my epic speech I wrote day 1 of launch... >.>;