Stuff I Miss From 1.0

[KiriA500]

Well yeah. At that point none of our progress was being recorded.

You wouldn't think that would matter. The game was so perfect in that state that it should have drawn players regardless of carrying over to the inferior version of the game.

Tons of people played during the beta tests, and those weren't recorded either.

[Lstkaws]

You wouldn't think that would matter. The game was so perfect in that state that it should have drawn players regardless of carrying over to the inferior version of the game.

Tons of people played during the beta tests, and those weren't recorded either.

Well if you look at the time frame, there was a new MMO being released at that time....GW2. I think rather than play 1.0 w/o having any progressed saved, a lot of people gave GW2 a try. I was one of those people. There is little motivation to play a game when nothing you do is going to be saved. Beta testing is different as you are finding bugs and getting a preview of what the release will be like.

[Gramul]

You wouldn't think that would matter. The game was so perfect in that state that it should have drawn players regardless of carrying over to the inferior version of the game.

Tons of people played during the beta tests, and those weren't recorded either.

No one said the game was perfect. And most of us still had no idea how ARR was going to exactly be.
Why bother continuing to replay when the new version was coming out and nothing we did anymore would count for it?

People played the beta tests because hey, shiny new game. But even towards the end of those I stopped bothering beyond basic bug reporting. I'm not saying ARR is bad, or even that 1.23 was perfect. I'm saying this was a wasted opportunity that resulted in an okay game.

[KiriA500]

No one said the game was perfect. And most of us still had no idea how ARR was going to exactly be.
Why bother continuing to replay when the new version was coming out and nothing we did anymore would count for it?

People played the beta tests because hey, shiny new game. But even towards the end of those I stopped bothering beyond basic bug reporting. I'm not saying ARR is bad, or even that 1.23 was perfect. I'm saying this was a wasted opportunity that resulted in an okay game.

One month into ARR and it's okay. Sure beats being a month into 1.0 and it being terrible.

Let's all forget that things can change. 1.0 and 1.23 were drastically different games. Who knows what we'll see with 2.23.

[Gramul]

One month into ARR and it's okay. Sure beats being a month into 1.0 and it being terrible.

Let's all forget that things can change. 1.0 and 1.23 were drastically different games. Who knows what we'll see with 2.23.

2.0's possibility of getting better is what I'm holding out on.

[KiriA500]

2.0's possibility of getting better is what I'm holding out on.

The only reason people stayed with 1.0 as well.

[Gramul]

The only reason people stayed with 1.0 as well.

True enough. But I just wish we didn't sacrifice the aspects that where already good and the original and interesting concepts that needed some tweaking, for the standard and mundane. Right now, we have the base root of all modern MMO's for good and for ill, plus a few additional features exclusive to us. Only time will tell if we either branch off into something amazing, or stick close to the beaten path.

[Dannythm]

The only reason people stayed with 1.0 as well.

I stayed in 1.0 because I honestly liked and enjoyed it. It was a different game and offered me something that no other game did to up to that date.

I am now holding on ARR because of what it can become, in hopes Yoshi brings back some of the stuff I liked from 1.0, but after so much waiting on this game, I don't know if I'm going to be able to bother for much longer.

[kevtaylor85]

I love people expecting visuals on par with that CONCEPT shot up there. If you thought 1.0 needed a super computer to run......

The UI in the game practically looks identical to the one in that shot, minus a few tweaks and improvements made for functionality.

My laptop had less trouble running FFXIV1.xx than ARR.

I don't know why everyone says you needed a powerful computer to run the game.