Why aren't you subbing to Final Fantasy XIV now that the trial period is over?

[Rumpelstiltzkin]

I am subbing for one month because neither EQN nor project Titan is out yet. I've been there done that with everything in this game already because I've played other games. I didn't want FFXIV:ARR to become a mix of a few other games released since WoW, not because that is inherently bad, but simply because I am bored of it, because I've already done it before. I can safely say that, the only reason I am playing this game atm is because I am a FF fanboi and nothing else. Had this game come out as anything else than a FF game there is no chance I woud have tried it to begin with because there is nothing new, and even if I had actually tried it there is no chance I would have stayed. The horrible first weeks and honestly almost two months now of problems, when it comes to server issues, extreme latency, RMT that they do nothing about except suspend accounts of people with too much gil, crappy customer support, really bad communication from mods etc just keeps piling up.

Is it a bad game? Not at all, it has glaring issues with endgame/rmt/servers/community, but it has a solid foundation nonetheless and I think with time it will become great for what it is. Like I said though, it is not the game for me in the longrun because I don't want to play a mix of 2004-2012 MMOs, I want a 2014-> MMO which I think EQN or Titan will give me.

TLDR I subbed for one month because I am a fanboi and had nothing else, but I doubt I will sub for much longer.

[Amiantos]

Botting is what ruined their first version of ff14,

Nah pretty sure what ruined it was the horrid launch that had the fatigue system, copy pasted landscapes, no auto attack function, mages mp didn't naturally refresh, crappy optimization where a 6 core pc, 8 gigs of ram and a 7970 it would still framerate chop. While botting in ARR is an issue it wasn't what caused 1.0 to fail.

[Treble]

I am subbing for one month because neither EQN nor project Titan is out yet. I've been there done that with everything in this game already because I've played other games. I didn't want FFXIV:ARR to become a mix of a few other games released since WoW, not because that is inherently bad, but simply because I am bored of it, because I've already done it before. I can safely say that, the only reason I am playing this game atm is because I am a FF fanboi and nothing else. Had this game come out as anything else than a FF game there is no chance I woud have tried it to begin with because there is nothing new, and even if I had actually tried it there is no chance I would have stayed. The horrible first weeks and honestly almost two months now of problems, when it comes to server issues, extreme latency, RMT that they do nothing about except suspend accounts of people with too much gil, crappy customer support, really bad communication from mods etc just keeps piling up.

Is it a bad game? Not at all, it has glaring issues with endgame/rmt/servers/community, but it has a solid foundation nonetheless and I think with time it will become great for what it is. Like I said though, it is not the game for me in the longrun because I don't want to play a mix of 2004-2012 MMOs, I want a 2014-> MMO which I think EQN or Titan will give me.

TLDR I subbed for one month because I am a fanboi and had nothing else, but I doubt I will sub for much longer.

EQN does looks to be very revolutionary in how it's setup. The way the characters interact with the world and the constantly shifting world are probably the best parts of it infact. However, it's art style is absolute garbage, and it's combat is.. well, the same as every other games. They woulda benefited alot from an action combat system in that game as opposed to a wait on hotkey cooldowns with auto attacks one.

Not sure if I'll enjoy it for very long, if at all.


When it comes to FF14 tho, I honestly feel like this games gonna be ina slump until it's first expansion pack hits, or atleast until the DX11 graphics come into play (if they're amazing looking that is). I'm not expecting much outta it until then. I'll keep subbing to it tho, despite their refusal to bump ANYTHING at all to get the much needed vanity system put into the game that's SUPPOSEDLY been done since before launch and just not integrated yet.
If the FC community im in tho should ever fall apart in game via getting bored and wandering off, pretty sure that'll be the end of my sub as well. There's literally nothing else holding me here besides them.

[Anvi]

- Lacking end-game content. Only things to do: Amdapor Keep and Binding Coil of Bahamut
- One of a kind netcode and datacenter solution: 300ms fixed server lag & no EU servers
- Terrible AOE damage checks (I'd like to see YoshiP etc. do a TITAN HM) with this lag
- No (Open World) PvP

Account: Inactive

[Ryans]

Most people seem to be complaining about the same things, notably End Game. Some say it is a dungeon grind, some say it's too easy to get gear, some say it takes too long to get parties. I'm honestly curious what these people want from end game. Dozen of dungeons? Dungeons that guarantee gear at the end of a hard fight? More variety of gear sets to choose from? Story lines that progress passed level 50? More achievements?

Remember that you are asking this from a game that was created in 2 years while managing an existing game and is only two months old.

[Drex]

I did, but I'll probably not renew, when the period is over

- really boring end-game
- eveything in game is too easy, just coil 5 is hard atm, cause of bad netcode mostly
- endgame community is hilarious retarded/toxic/childish (i bet on an average of 13-14 years old players)
- craft is almost useless (tho the craft system is more fun than the combat system)
- combat system flat and boring
- lv up new classes is masochistic
- total absence of any kind of customization
- CM + AK spam is killing poeple from the inside....

But its not totally SE's fault, since the modern MMO world community request those kind of games.

[Pr0c3ss0r]

This issue existed in beta, and they KNEW it existed. For some reason they decided to not fix it. Botting is what ruined their first version of ff14, and you would think they a company would learn from its mistakes, but "fool me twice". I understand botting, and that's something that you can't stop, only mitigate with bans and monitoring reports, but TELEPORTING to any location in the entire game without any type of issue?
Now I would assume the teleporting works because of the way they designed their actual teleport system, and I would assume they are piggy backing that code and changing x,y coordnates to trick the game into thinking you're teleporting and to that location, but seriously you couldn't come up with a basic code to do a coordnate check?

Its pathetic that this issue even made it past beta when they knew about it. There is no excuse for that, and to let it progress 40 days into release is even worse.

What is even more pathetic is when a bunch of people report them, and 48 hours later they still there, and a week later same thing....

But don't use racial word against anyone, you be banned in the next 15 min...



No worry she taking care of RMT.

[Flarestar]

You will probably just say you have another character that has all 50's, but I'll say it anyways. What endgame could you have done on a lvl 34 cnj? You couldn't have even realized the combat system if you don't have all your skills or participated in the fights that start to take actual skill. Story-mode Titan is the first encounter that takes real focus, in my opinion at least. I've thoroughly enjoyed the story quests and will, without a doubt, say they are the most well thought out story quests of any of the MMOs I've played in the last few years.

Nah, I don't have a higher leveled character. That being said, after 16 years of playing MMOs, and plenty of people discussing/talking about the end game, it's not even vaguely hard to tell whether or not it's going to be engaging and fun. It's kinda like you personally don't have to slam your wang in a car door to realize it's not going to be a pleasant experience.

[Fuz]

But don't use racial word against anyone, you be banned in the next 15 min...

Which is a really, really good thing.

[reaver84]

Once I hit 50, I ran Amdapor and CM and realized that I'm not going to enjoy grinding these dungeons. They were fun for the first one or two times I ran them but after that I lost interest.

At that point, I tried taking my time to crafting with a Weaver and gathering Mining/Botany but I realized that it's just overly tedious. My girlfriend walked in and said "I'm not trying to be mean but you've been tapping the same key for over an hour. IS that really fun?" ... My answer, "No, not really" and I cancelled my renewal after that.

It's a great game but I don't have the patience for it right now. I might rejoin when the story is expanded and I can visit some new content. I Just don't have a desire to grind anything. I'm 30 years old, I can think of better things to do.