Is 1.18 the final straw?

[Jinko]

Agree that 12 was pretty average, 13 was f'ing terrible.

13-Versus doesn't look like its going to appeal to me due to the real time combat, Final Fantasy started going down hill the moment it became mainstream as is the case with most games.

[Elexia]

I prefer Guildleves over FFXI-type grinding where you just stand in one place, pull mobs and kill them for no other reason than to get EXP. At least with leves, there's a purpose.

You mean to level?

[Kirith]

I can't believe some people are still expecting the game to become entertaining overnight...

[Mug]

You mean to level?

Well yeah, but at least they're disguising it with a story. Even without that bit, the leves are better, because you don't have to compete for mobs.

[AlexiaKidd]

I can't believe some people are still expecting the game to become entertaining overnight...

I am nit expecting it over night but I am expecting much more rapid progress after the battle system is complete. I have believed for a long time the reason they are not putting content in is because they were waiting for the battle system to be ready and finalised it seemed the only logical reason for the lack of content.

With 1.18 I expect the new battle system to be put in place along with skill, abilities and stat adjustments. After a week or two of it being released they can go ahead with 1.18b to fine tune any problems that they may have over looked.

After that though with 1.19 and 1.20 I will be expecting a lot of content to start making it's way into the game.

They have multiple teams working on other things so I expect to see the fruits of their labour once the battle system is complete, they must have been working on something all this time after all.

If this turns out to not be the case then I think I will finally throw in the towel as they will have had long enough to start showing what they are capable of.

[Alexis_Arteme]

Folks that have level 50 in everything make me sad.

Even if I did come back, the level of insanity a lot of people are willing to endure just to be "the highest level" will always disappoint me.

[Elexia]

Folks that have level 50 in everything make me sad.

Even if I did come back, the level of insanity a lot of people are willing to endure just to be "the highest level" will always disappoint me.

That's how it is in every MMO though.

[TheVedis]

Folks that have level 50 in everything make me sad.

Even if I did come back, the level of insanity a lot of people are willing to endure just to be "the highest level" will always disappoint me.

thats not why some of us are doing it

[Demacia]

You know what the beauty of not actually playing this game while keeping up with the changes is?

If it succeeds, I can come back to it and it'll have that "new game" feeling.

If it fails, fuck it I'm already playing other games I enjoy.

Nothing is "make or break" to me when the game was pretty much dead on arrival. My $80 are gone and unfortunately there's nothing I can do about it.

[Alexis_Arteme]

thats not why some of us are doing it

Fair enough. But a good game shouldn't allow you to. Why is it every time I think of a masterful MMO, I think of pre-NGE SWG?