FFXIV: ARR becoming TORtanic

[Lissyl]

Hey, it's been over a page and a half. Isn't it about time for the OP to increase the font size again? Maybe use italics -and- bold, or maybe even an underline? Can we get a double-bold?

I for one won't be satisfied until he's shouting about the glories of TERA (lol) in 154-pt font, italicized -and- underlined.

[Nievi]

The thing is that most MMOs are centered around combat, while this game allows for other activities is a nice change of pace. I like mostly combat-oriented scenarios, but
now I also enjoy the crafting aspect of it because it's...different for me to do.

Whereas the OP likes to nitpick on issues that are already known, I don't need another person to reiterate what has already been said; it's redundant.

[Reslin]

Hey, it's been over a page and a half. Isn't it about time for the OP to increase the font size again? Maybe use italics -and- bold, or maybe even an underline? Can we get a double-bold?

I for one won't be satisfied until he's shouting about the glories of TERA (lol) in 154-pt font, italicized -and- underlined.

I still get a kick that he continues to spout the same line that pretty much says "Don't ignore the game's faults!" while ignoring everyone who points out all his "complaints" are being fixed. Now, I do admit this game has faults but he's literally complaining about crap that they already stated is being changed, implemented, done away with, etc in 2.1

[sasakusaku]

GW2 was a game designed around the hope that people would enjoy doing nothing but running around in the world doing absolutely nothing. That's why it was a flop.

Lol GW2 is not a flop. It's doing really really well. Lots of people playing it, from recent blog they posted average logins per day and I believe it is close to or even exceeding FF 14 atm.

Like said, problem with GW2 is it has no trinity; I love playing healers but sadly healing in GW2 is pretty worthless and ineffectual so here I am playing FF 14 for now.

I am in GW2 during this down time on my ele and it has tons of players every where.

[Nievi]

Probably should give this thread a rest.

[Arkghyom]

Seriously, with the way things are progressing, it won't be long until this game follows the footsteps of SWTOR:

- No PvP upon launch (even SWTOR had PvP on Launch)

- Little Post-Game Stuff to do (AK,CP Runs, Long Duty Finder Queue, Tomes Farming)
Very boring and repetitive stuff.

- Little incentive to do a max level alt class, leveling them is entirely dependent
Upon mindless Fates grinding and minuscule leve quests, seriously why shouldn't
former low lvl quests reset for a low level alt?

- Crafting is very boring and inconsequential and a majority of players have no interest
In wasting their time crafting wherein they could be doing other more fun stuff

- Worthless monster drops that give nothing but stupid crafting materials

...

SERIOUSLEH! I R SO COOL, LIKE TOTALLEH!

Joke aside, relax and enjoy the show.

[Linadae]

If people feel as you say, "Crafting is very boring and inconsequential and a majority of players have no interest
In wasting their time crafting wherein they could be doing other more fun stuff", then why do I see hundreds of people in every city...oh I don't know crafting frantically?

If you can't make gil with crafting then maybe you need more work on figuring out what to craft. All of my crafts are mid to low level, yet in the last 36 hours I went from 500 gil to nearly 50k. You just have to look at the Market Board and the answers are there...

[IMStarbuck]

i got 50 whm in a week via story
i got 50 gsm in 3 days
i got 40 pld in 4 days.

i have relic and full dl

and i still find stuff to do...

Agreed, I can counting grass outside of Ul dah. Already counted 50% of the area.
Plenty of thing to do~

[Vaen]

You'll probably get your wish, bleater.

I love how dramatic and evil that sounds xD Coupled with your ominous-looking character pic, it gave me the perfect impression of an Edea/Kuja-esque Final Fantasy villain.

So I'm a bleater, now? Is that because I defend a part of the game I enjoy or because some of my opinions differ from yours?

Anyway, you might be right about crafting and gathering not raking in tons of new players/non-MMO-playing FF fans. But that doesn't mean that stuff like good crafting, housing, etc. won't make SE money. These systems are what make real MMO/sandbox fans keep subscribing for months and years. FFXI mimicked Everquest *much* more than it resembled a real Final Fantasy game, but it made SE TONS of money because it had so many MMO fans that stuck with it for many years. The Final Fantasy aspect of this MMO can be used to draw more players in, but they don't have to make the game feel that similar to the single player FFs like you're basically implying.

The main story in this game could probably be a bit better, for sure, but within the limitations of the MMO genre it's pretty great. Not to mention the lore, aesthetic, and the environmental storytelling in FFXIV are amazing.

There are certainly tons of things that could be improved in FFXIV. But I think a lot of people are going to stick with this game because of all the good stuff they have now and all the stuff they're promising to implement in the near future.

[MrSmiley]

Agreed, I can counting grass outside of Ul dah. Already counted 50% of the area.
Plenty of thing to do~

cant see your arc's gear but looks to me like your choosing not to do anything...