Info on the Lodestone!

[gifthorse]

I don't know why everyone around here is so confrontational. Evangela has a valid complaint about the game failing to live up to expectations for his/her particular playstyle.

If the game offered lots to do (you know, instead of lots to read), then do you think we'd bother complaining about additional lore items? Of course not. But if all that the game has to offer is lore, and little else besides, then I am afraid to say that SE will have to learn to live with 10k subscribers. If that.

And we both know they won't.

They will cancel services, and you will lose FFXIV altogether. Lore and video game both.

But maybe as a compromise, they will keep lodestone up so you can catch up on your official fan-fiction to your heart's content.

[Cairdeas]

I'd love to see any of these complainers do what SE has done and get a international MMO with all languages localized at the same time for patch day.


Korean MMO's released in the states are all 6 months behind their Korean version. and American MMO's released in Korea/China are 6 months to a year behind when released in Korea/China.

We're getting all the updates and localization at the same time. Be thankful.

[Starlord]

Ok in all honesty they did give some information on what grand companies are, ill run through it again for those who cant see past the lore.

Grand Companies will be a new allegience players can join
It does not matter where you are born/come from
they will have various missions for players to do
they will have content/quests/missions that varies from battle, to gathering, and crafting
you can try out different companies early on.
Eventually, to progress you will have to pick one company
You will get a rank in the company
Ranking up in the company will provide items/gear at high levels, and unlock harder content.


So yeah there is info that we didnt really have there, but i still say they should try to put more of this type of info in game in some form. Its good stuff to have, allow the option to be given to all players, not just those who read the lodestone.

Thank You Physic, for shedding some light on the situation, though I wonder if it will help.. =(

[Elexia]

I don't know why everyone around here is so confrontational. Evangela has a valid complaint about the game failing to live up to expectations for his/her particular playstyle.

Maybe it's because I'm not a western gamer, but "Go play offline games if you want a story" isn't valid. It's also insisting that MMORPGs shouldn't have storylines or lore.

So maybe it's just not a part of my culture and we prefer lore and storyline, in-game and out. This is why there are games that have novels, because it's explaining and detailing the game's universe. If you can prove to me Halo, Mass Effect and Dragonica novels didn't sell, I'll admit there shouldn't be outside lore.

[Renshi]

Our concepts of time must be very different... 6 months of post-release production is not a fraction of a second...

As for this game... I can't even remember the last time I logged in... I just come for the lawls.

He seems like a fine person to me =)

Anyway, then come in! You don't know what you're loosing =D

[Chezen]

The information given was:

-You will have to pick your company
-There will be ranks
-There will be diverse assignments, to include battle skirmishes with Garleans and suppling the army/camps
-Higher ranks will get better missions
-We are free to participate at our own pace, meaning that participation is not required, but we won't receive the rewards and glory, and possibly miss out on a lot of lore (which is a big deal to a lot of people) if we do not.
-"Yet know that disaster waits for no man", implying that there will be events and special battles/missions

It may not be the information some are looking for, but it is information, not just story.

Edit: Physic beat me.

[Elexia]

The information given was:

-You will have to pick your company
-There will be ranks
-There will be diverse assignments, to include battle skirmishes with Garleans and suppling the army/camps
-Higher ranks will get better missions
-We are free to participate at our own pace, meaning that participation is not required, but we won't recieve the rewards and glory, and possibly miss out on a lot of lore (which is a big deal to a lot of people) if we do not.
-"Yet know that disaster waits for no man", implying that there will be events and special battles/missions

It may not be the information some are looking for, but it is information, not just story.

They know it's info. They just have nothing to bitch about if they admit it.

[Physic]

Grand Companies of Eorzea should be... A new system for the game

but now it is... just another storyline quest


I really want to ask:
If you love the storyline quests that much... why don't play console games?

Its a system of storyline missions, and dungeons. Why do you think console games, and online games are different? the difference is supposed to be the ability to share in a world with other people, the world of any RPG will revolve around story, adventure, and lore. They said early on thier goal was to attract players who enjoy ff series but may never have tried online games, that means it has to have storyline, and a world.

Eva, you are just a grinder, that is fine, but dont try to make the game worse by suggesting they should just have unmasked grind in everything. The point of an MMORPG is not really only to level up and get leet gears, even less so an FF morpg. You play ffxi? the best gear often involves some story, and requires you to do a bunch of missions that involve story, exploration and the like to get access to it, sea, promivion, sky, dynamis.
This was actually a strong point of FFXI, and i think its good it will be coming back

[Sorel]

Ok in all honesty they did give some information on what grand companies are, ill run through it again for those who cant see past the lore.

Grand Companies will be a new allegience players can join
It does not matter where you are born/come from
they will have various missions for players to do
they will have content/quests/missions that varies from battle, to gathering, and crafting
you can try out different companies early on.
Eventually, to progress you will have to pick one company
You will get a rank in the company
Ranking up in the company will provide items/gear at high levels, and unlock harder content.


So yeah there is info that we didnt really have there, but i still say they should try to put more of this type of info in game in some form. Its good stuff to have, allow the option to be given to all players, not just those who read the lodestone.

QFT.

And I believe we already had the debate on presenting both lore and in-game news events in another thread, and we all agreed that they should be available both in-game (lore via quests, news events via newsstand/town crier) AND available on the Lodestone. Why are we having this fight again??

[Starlord]

They know it's info. They just have nothing to bitch about if they admit it.

lmao! This is so true! I loled XD.