Is 1.18 the final straw?

[AlexiaKidd]

Just the way I am, I want to be among the first to take on these new challenges and I don't want the content to come or the Jobs to come and find out I can't do this or I can't do that because I don't have this levelled. Yes I know it seems like a ridiculous thing to some maybe all but to me this is important, I just wish there was a more fun way to gain these levels outside of Leves.

I know SE loves the Guildleve system and at first it wasn't bad but after 8 months or so of nothing but Leves I would be very happy for the day to come where I never had to do another Guildleve again.

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

Why torture yourself? Do you really have to be THAT ahead of the game whenever content is released? Why not just wait until there IS content to level up.

I usually don't like your posts, but this made so much sense there's no way I couldn't like it.

[Demacia]

What if a whole assload of content is released and it's geared for pre-lv50 players. What then? That's the kind of situation i'm trying to avoid by simply dropping the game until the game is worth playing. Leveling up JUST to level up sounds depressing.

[Azurus]

I think what you're posting is why FFXIV will die with a whimper... as opposed to a 'bang'.....

If it fails, which i think it very well may if 1.18 under delivers, itll die in an inferno. This game is too big to remain free to play to SE, and if 1.18 doesnt bring people back like they hoped, and instead loses people as it seems to be many peoples last straw, we very well may see these servers go down. PS3 version will be scrapped as it just wouldnt be worth it to put it out anywhere else as it will lose SE money. All i can hope is that they do deliver, because if they dont we very well may see this game go down.

[Nikita]

I doubt I would quit for good, but I would take quite a long break for however long it takes to get this game up to at least the same level as most other MMOs (launch content) which came out in the past few years. I remember telling my friends I would play this game even if it was completely boring (which, ironically they told me it would be) but it is getting harder and harder to do as time passes.

[AlexiaKidd]

What if a whole assload of content is released and it's geared for pre-lv50 players. What then? That's the kind of situation i'm trying to avoid by simply dropping the game until the game is worth playing. Leveling up JUST to level up sounds depressing.

Yeah I know what you mean, but I suppose the main thing is the people I play with. I mean what else are we supposed to do as a group, we have been everywhere, done everything the only thing left is to level classes.

[Demacia]

If it fails, which i think it very well may if 1.18 under delivers, itll die in an inferno. This game is too big to remain free to play to SE, and if 1.18 doesnt bring people back like they hoped, and instead loses people as it seems to be many peoples last straw, we very well may see these servers go down. PS3 version will be scrapped as it just wouldnt be worth it to put it out anywhere else as it will lose SE money. All i can hope is that they do deliver, because if they dont we very well may see this game go down.

Whatever happens, I just hope SE learns something from this whole thing. They've almost completely lost my faith in them as a customer.

[Gracious]

What if a whole assload of content is released and it's geared for pre-lv50 players. What then? That's the kind of situation i'm trying to avoid by simply dropping the game until the game is worth playing. Leveling up JUST to level up sounds depressing.

The game is barely even functioning to an average player. Issues with the MW's, no linkshell management, party's are hard to do because of the system, no choco's, no airships, no moghouses, no mailbox, low content. I think many of the players have been very patient waiting for these things. I can't understand why players find it acceptable to wait so long for basic features. Right now I get the feeling if SE doesn't delivery soon many more players will be leaving, including myself. One can only be a fan for so long before you find out they really don't care about the fans as is proof by not taking care of the core issues the fans want.

This is not about coloring clothes, jumping, flying, swimming, glowing items.... This is about basic things that players are waiting on and they aren't even working on most.

[Azurus]

I doubt I would quit for good, but I would take quite a ling break for however long it takes to get this game up to at least the same level as most other MMOs which came out in the past few years. I remember telling my friends I would play this game even if it was completely boring (which, ironically they told me it would be) but it is getting harder and harder to do as time passes.

Problem is by the time the game does meet the standards of the past couple of years to you after your long break, Alot of the big MMOs on the horizon will be out and then SE will be competing with MMOs of this generation while it just achieved the standards of last generation. Truth is SE cant afford to wait that long, if they dont have a large dedicated fan base by the time these other games go live, it wont be good for their bottom line.

[Demacia]

Yeah I know what you mean, but I suppose the main thing is the people I play with. I mean what else are we supposed to do as a group, we have been everywhere, done everything the only thing left is to level classes.

Play a different game as a group? I play several different online games with the same LS mates I met years ago in FFXI. I mean we all played XIV together as well but moved on to games that were, you know, fun.