Poll: Seamless+CopyPaste VS. Zones+Variety

[Tiraelina]

I don't think it has any kind of streaming given that objects just sharply get more detail in the distance as you approach, you can even see the line between the two.

There is a good reason that 99% of MMO's use BSP terrain with objects placed on top for detailing rather than XIV that has everything sewn together skyrocketing the mesh sizes.

[Pooky]

Hands down #2. I really have 0 interest in exploring the world we have now. And exploration is the biggest thing to me in a MMO. Unless we get a lot more variety in zones, no matter of tweaks and fixes will keep me around.

[KorPoni]

Hands down #2. I really have 0 interest in exploring the world we have now. And exploration is the biggest thing to me in a MMO. Unless we get a lot more variety in zones, no matter of tweaks and fixes will keep me around.

I'm pretty much done with FFXIV for that reason now. I could never get tired of FFXI's simpler, smaller zones because they are expansive and unrepetitive. Sure, some things repeat, but it's not as frequent or obvious as FFXIV. And that's if there were no expansions or updates.

But, unless the outdoor regions of FFXIV get a massive makeover to be more believable than the copy/pasted crap they have now, I'm not going back to it no matter how awesome they make combat, quests, the storyline, or anything else.

[KorPoni]

It's funny how much the change to zones and more variety is winning. If SE really doesn't see this than something is wrong here. I hope some multilingual people translate the first three posts and reposts this in other languages, and links it so we can see what other languages are voting. And please keep the color fonts so we know what they're voting on.

Edit: Atleast I know if I want to develop an mmo, it's obvious alittle downtime for more believable areas is what the majority prefers rather than a seemless world with absolutely no original feel.

[Rentahamster]

It's funny how much the change to zones and more variety is winning. If SE really doesn't see this than something is wrong here. I hope some multilingual people translate the first three posts and reposts this in other languages

Actually, the Japanese version of the "copypasta sucks" thread was one of the very first threads posted on these messageboards.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...81%8B%EF%BC%9F

Yoshi P himself posted in it.

[Poipori]

I agree with the japanese forumers, a BIG FAT NO to copypasta zone, it sucks.

[Mack]

Actually, the Japanese version of the "copypasta sucks" thread was one of the very first threads posted on these messageboards.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...81%8B%EF%BC%9F

Yoshi P himself posted in it.

Google translate gave me this for Yoshida's post:

Producer / Director is Yoshida.

Everyone, MAP Thank you for complaint.
Yoshida also like you to MAP's specifications, there is a strong sense of crisis,
There are an enormous amount of work is well advanced plans for redesign.
However, as already pointed out that Itadai in order to fundamentally fix the
You will get to give me a time.

Therefore, the current MAP collision mitigation (steps / Relaxation caught) is followed by steady,
In a parallel measure to promote the long term planning radical refurbishment.

"Radical refurbishment"...does this mean they are actually planning on radically changing the maps in the long term?

[Tokenkauph]

I hope the Devs' have plans to do something about this I would much rather have zones and loading times if it means better more varied enviroments.

[indira]

they should just dump the PS3, wait for the next generation to port then problem is solved.
or find better compression tools for the textures .dds files there useing should just turn to .png

everyzone in ffxi is cut and paste even the textures are the same just rec-olored, wow reuses houses map sections & re-colored textures.

ill go even further every game ever made has copy and paste elements no game has ever not did that unless you want to have a pc or game console with super computer specs to run it. everything is tricks from programming to only drawing stuff in your view to run a game. but everything has to cahce somewhere or you get that loading screen and streaming loading like oblivion for the (x360&ps3)
from portal systems(UT,Crisis) to streaming with a clipping plane(WoW).

[Mack]

Copy paste isn't the problem is the fact that everything looks dull and empty. Hell at this point I wish we had "recolored textures".