Petition to Make Game Less Like WOW and More Like FF11

[Gramul]

Yoshi a chance to separate XIV: ARR from the other MMOs?

I did. 2 years even. In fact, at one point late in 1.0 it was starting to shape up to be just that. But then 2.0 flipped the table by adding WoW features and progression style.

Still. I have yet to experience everything the game has to offer, and I'm awaiting the new patch with meager interest. But officially, I'm mellow about the whole ARR experience.

Final Fantasy XI is a bad game and you should feel bad for liking it.

Oh go soak your head.

[Miew]

/ Sign sign

[Bita]

If you put FFXI Launch and FFXIV 2.0 Launch side by side, do you think FFXI had more content than FFXIV 2.0? ( I wasn't there for it's release sadly, but I like to know if XI Launch was better than XIV 2.0 Launch.

kinda hard to compare the two when XIV had to be completely remade.

[Lollerblades]

It's unique in its own right.

I'd rather it took nothing from XI and WoW. They're completely seperate and should stay that way.

However if they add Corsair I'll love them forever

[Bita]

It's unique in its own right.

I'd rather it took nothing from XI and WoW. They're completely seperate and should stay that way.

However if they add Corsair I'll love them forever

"take nothing from xi", *wants Corsair*

yeah there are many good things they could have grabbed from xi such as the merit system and or SC/MB oh and so much more

[Alkimi]

I'd like to see a form of BCNM/KSNMs and something like Salvage (most fun I had in XI) minus the insanely terrible drop rates. Most of the other stuff can stay in XI where it belongs.

[Jynx]

Give the developers credit and give it a chance to become something new

They have had many years to do something new, Yoshida has made it clear his goal is to emulate what works.


When and if they do try to differentiate themselves from the current market I will applaud them, but we can rule that out for the most part because XIV has to play it safe it's too much of a risk to be different. I've said it before many MMOs fall into the trap of "Trying to please everyone" it's a futile attempt you will please one crowd only to anger the other and unless you can churn out ungodly ammounts of content you will never keep both sides happy.

We gave Square Enix a second chance to make the game, we are still giving them a chance. We will voice out opinions because it's what we feel is best for the game, the developers have every right to ignore us, but to tell me that Yoshida is ever going to try "Something new" I will have to see some kind of effort on his part to ever beleive that. 1.0 Yoshida blew alot of smoke about cool new features that never came to see the light of day and many promised systems came out lackluster at best.

Square Enix is taking it's standard all quite on the home front aproach being very cloak and dagger with update details and plans for the future, they refuse to engage with dialogue with the player base and only pass down decrees and ultimatums.

"Working as intended" isn't what we want to hear, we want them to tell us why something like the Dark Devices Fate grind is somehow "What we intended to happen" That then means they intended people to not end the fate and only grind monsters at their spawn point? It's beyond rediculous to think that was ever a thought that crossed their minds. What part of encouraging players to take a server wide activity and make it exploitable only by small parties to leave the rest of the people who wish to play the fate to it's end get harassed for interfering with what other people now feel is the only proper way to do the fate.

When the developers show us they can actually tackle tough problems without stonewalling the community perhaps you will hear us yell about issues less. Until then it seems only those of us who scream the loudest even have a chance of being heard (Much to the dismay of the community reps who try and and keep us informed) they can only relay what the developers allow them.

While we can be assured the developers are reading and listening to what we say, the utter randomness of their responses makes it hard for us as a community to gague what they are really looking into and what issues they are trying to sweep under the rug.

[KisaiTenshi]

I have never played WoW, and even I know what parts are "WoW"ish because I've seen them in other games. I also haven't played FFXI either.

That said, WoW IS ugly. This game isn't. FFXI is dated, this game isn't. FFXIV V1 was an exercise in frustration, that people didn't want to play it when it was free.

Where does FFXIV improve? Having to actually move/dodge red circles and AOE's, that brings it up to difficulty Parity with Action MMORPG's without being a twitch game of having to time skill combos with sub-second accuracy.

[ruzoko]

im in for more ffxi like give me a exp party that's decent /signs

[Ponno]

please if you do anything get rid or diminish the FATE system and replace it with dungeons, or group based xp mobs etc. FATE's as I see it are nothing more than zerg fests. there is no group dynamics involved other than getting a full party. no one talks, comes up with any strategies or anything. Everyone just groups up and moves like locust from spot to spot.

I did svana the dragon fate tonight for the first time and nothing was said on how to do it. just basically 70 people swarmed the place and took out the dragon. then left. All the while 1 poor guy is asking for help with chimera and no one is helping him (i would have helped but I'm not up to that point yet in the story).

I think mobs should have a chance at dropping chests and decent loot. make them give more xp and make some of them tougher. make it worth while for people to explore and attack mobs in these zones that are going to waste because the only thing being attacked) are the 5 or 6 fates in a zone.