FFXIV has lost it's magic

[Tahldon]

You can't call it a copy cat since it's the same company. FF games are not copy cats of each other just because they have same elements.
"Oh FF6 has CID, Oh man FF12 has CID TOO! COPY CATS!!" Doesn't work that way.

Then, I would suppose that this is where that "FFXI-2" term that has been thrown around many a time comes into play... Right? "More of the same, but with more... 'other stuff' with it"?

Sad thing is, while there is still people who want to pay for this garbage, there will always be a market for it.

Don't get me wrong, I miss the golden age of MMORPG gaming, people who have started MMORPG in the last 8 - 10 years simply do not understand what they missed out on. Even though there were frustrating times, there was more great times then there were bad that's for sure.

This is kind of the feeling I get from a lot of people. There are a lot of old school, "been there, done that" MMO players playing the game at the moment that harbor a tiny bit of animosity (or something) towards modern MMOs that aren't the way the ones in the past used to be. In the face of that, I don't think any MMO will stand a chance. Is it wrong of me to say that nostalgia heavily influences these types of feelings?

I've always associated old school MMOs with "time sink", in FFXI alone, it took a long time to get some things done. So when people seem to want things "the way it's always been", that's what I think that people are asking for, time sinks. Granted, I may be wrong, but that seems to be what comes to mind the most when people are discussing wildly varying mechanics and what-have-you.

Eh, I don't know. I feel like there's a lot of people expecting a lot of things but innately wanting what they're accustomed to playing way back when because that's what they experienced and felt was great. This game is in a rock and a hard place between all of the expectations of MMOs past while trying to be something new this day and age.

[Doo]

Then, I would suppose that this is where that "FFXI-2" term that has been thrown around many a time comes into play... Right? "More of the same, but with more... 'other stuff' with it"?

Depends on how it's done. FF games share a lot of the same elements but they just change it up a bit I.E Materia vs License board. But with FFXIV they didn't do that instead got inspired by WoW.

[Keyblade]

This thread is just looking for rage. FFXIV never lost its magic. It never had any to begin with. If i can get to max lvl in under 2 days of play then within a week have the best woepon in the game for my class. WTF. Oh i can lvl ALT and do it all again just as fast.
GG FAIL

[Mega_Man_U]

This thread is just looking for rage. FFXIV never lost its magic. It never had any to begin with. If i can get to max lvl in under 2 days of play then within a week have the best woepon in the game for my class. WTF. Oh i can lvl ALT and do it all again just as fast.
GG FAIL

Sure you can, playing 12 hours a day.