Info on the Lodestone!

[Grundy]

Seriously! I think many people here (that honestly play the game) do nothing but grind to r50 and then complain about nothing do no. There are many side-quests to do, and every class has their own quests to do. All with cut-scenes and interesting lore. There is a game to play, but keep in mind this is a year+ long open beta :P

You want me to take any interest in a side quest then make it worth my while. I'm not going to spend xx mins on a quest to get a brass ring, no matter how flowery the story attached to that quest is.

FFXI quests like the one for the Jaguar Mantle, or Sleepga II. Hell yes, give me those, they were fun and annoying and time-consuming but I got something from them.

Doesn't matter how puritan to SE you are, useless quest is useless.

[Sephr]

"Put story in the game!"
"There are sidequests filled with lore"
"I have no incentive to do the sidequests! Give me some lootz"

Did that train of conversation really just happen?

If you don't care about lore, the side quests probably aren't there for you.

I've been something of a supporter of SE's methods till now (I do genuinely enjoy these articles though, as I said before, I'd really love a news rack to be put into the adventurer's guilds and an NPC to shout when new articles come out, immersion etc). However, I think as others have said, in this case I think we needed a bit more than a few black and white pictures. Ah well, only a month to go.

[Eldaena]

You want me to take any interest in a side quest then make it worth my while. I'm not going to spend xx mins on a quest to get a brass ring, no matter how flowery the story attached to that quest is.

FFXI quests like the one for the Jaguar Mantle, or Sleepga II. Hell yes, give me those, they were fun and annoying and time-consuming but I got something from them.

Doesn't matter how puritan to SE you are, useless quest is useless.

I think a lot of those side quests should be considered low-ranking quests for newer players. I feel like a lot of what they have been changing is just getting ready for a re-opening of sorts. That doesn't mean there aren't things to do in the game. I work on several classes. Farm HQ materials. Explore. (Yes there is still stuff to look for!) And of course, await info and updates, then discuss a lot. =p There's always things to do, but I understand that we all want OTHER things too. ^-^ And we are slowly getting information on those things.

Information/lore does not = useless last time I checked. =p

[gifthorse]

I didn't know FFXIV stood for Fan Fiction XIV.

[Eldaena]

I didn't know FFXIV stood for Fan Fiction XIV.

What is so fan-fictiony about it? o.o

[gifthorse]

This is not what this game needs. The future of this game is still very uncertain. They shouldn't be teasing us with stuff like this that dosen't really tell us anything. They should be providing clear information about what they plan on doing with this game. I'm tired of waiting for updates only to then still not learn anything.

Yeah, put the fan fiction IN THE GAME and use the website for facts ABOUT THE GAME.

So pointless putting such stuff on the lodestone when the newspaper should be a UI addition not a lodestone addition.

[Starlord]

This was a lore Update. We still have Matsui's Battle Changes diary coming this week. If this type of update upsets you then XIV is going to upset you the entire time you play and it might be time you just cut your losses and leave. A lot of us are tired of hearing people complain about the things we actually enjoy. And that SE do right the first time 99% of the time (Story and lore.)

Yeah, Im getting annoyed at the fact when we FINALLY get good information on something epic for once, some people still have to whine about how its not in the game or theres not enough info. I remember someone telling me that, I just want any kind of information weather it be teaser video/Screenshots anything.. They do it same results happen :/.

Not to mention its still in it's Development stages
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Anyway back on topic, YAY this is looks soooooo awesome I cant wait for more info to be revealed, or better yet be in the game!

[Grundy]

"Put story in the game!"
"There are sidequests filled with lore"
"I have no incentive to do the sidequests! Give me some lootz"

Did that train of conversation really just happen?

If you don't care about lore, the side quests probably aren't there for you.

I've been something of a supporter of SE's methods till now (I do genuinely enjoy these articles though, as I said before, I'd really love a news rack to be put into the adventurer's guilds and an NPC to shout when new articles come out, immersion etc). However, I think as others have said, in this case I think we needed a bit more than a few black and white pictures. Ah well, only a month to go.

Carrot and stick. Lore is not a substantial enough carrot to make me do the side quests and I suspect a large percentage of the playing people. I enjoy the lore on the websites - I never complained about that - I merely stated there is no incentive to do a side quest. If I want to know the lore behind a side quest with no reward I can look up any one of the wiki's available to the community.

Sad maybe, but I'm just being honest.

[Eldaena]

Carrot and stick. Lore is not a substantial enough carrot to make me do the side quests and I suspect a large percentage of the playing people. I enjoy the lore on the websites - I never complained about that - I merely stated there is no incentive to do a side quest. If I want to know the lore behind a side quest with no reward I can look up any one of the wiki's available to the community.

Sad maybe, but I'm just being honest.

Well, it's true that you could look it up on wiki, but if you could do it in game, why wouldn't you? =p

[ObeiKinstar]

I can only view the raven article, is it like that for everyone else? The other tabs wont do anything.