Is 1.18 the final straw?

[TheVedis]

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?

actualy, every game allows you to do it, and rather quickly
the difference here is we dont gotta make 50 alts to do it in every class like in most other games so its not as noticed

[Delmontyb]

If 1.18 fails it's going to hurt, however, as long as the game is free to play I'm not going to walk away. While I can't play everyday, I do enjoy the times I can play...

I'm very excited for 1.18, and really hope it brings a lot of excitement to the community, but if they don't have the game running on all cylinders by the time they start charging then I'll look elsewhere.

[TirionCrey]

LOL.

Am I the only one who plays FF games for the music and aesthetics?

The gameplay of every single FF game sucks.

Gameplaqy wise I can agree with you, except for FFXII! XII's Gameplay was a milestone in FF History and sadly they started all over again in XIII, which was a huge let down once again. Get Kitase away from the damn FF Titles...he is unable to create something original, if he's gonna do any more FFs they will all look like FFX, X-II, XIII etc...and they are among the worst FFs of all time <.<

BTT: 1.18 is not really the final straw for me, though it IS definetely the first huge step I expect to change the game a lot and if that's not happening I will be certainly thinking about either not playing XIV until there really has changed something, or play a lot less than so far cause I'm getting sick of the repetitive stuff cause there is NOTHING to do >.<

[JackDaniels]

Boring game is boring. Take a year break, you won't regret it.

[thedevilsjester]

Curious, of all things why would the cancellation of the PS3 release stop you? I assume you are all ready playing on the PC?

Because I stopped playing PC games years ago as sitting in front of a monitor, hunched over a keyboard is a lot less enjoyable than relaxing on a couch in front of a big HDTV. (Hooking a PC up to the TV is not quite the same thing either) I bought the PC FFXIV to play for a couple months (that has since turned into an undetermined amount of time) until the PS3 version came out (just so I could experience it from the start with everyone else) and have no desire to continue to do so (on the PC) for much longer. I do not think them cancelling the PS3 version is likely to happen though, just saying that it is the only thing that would make me stop playing.

[Crica]

Why do ppl post about not playing the game anymore?

We already know the game is not very fun to play for alot of ppl right now, which is why SE isn't charging ppl a fee to play the game right now.

We already know the entire game play and game system is being overhauled, which is what SE hopes will make the game fun to play for alot of ppl.

To be perfectly honest, SE said before they ever released this game that they wanted to build this MMO from the ground up with the players and for the players, which is EXACTLY what they have been doing since the game went free to play.

So, we have two choices right now:

Stay with the game and help SE build a great game with us and for us which isn't costing us a dime...

Or quit playing the game and let SE build a great game with other ppl and for other ppl which isn't costing them a dime...

/shrug

Doesn't bother me to take option one.

[Seffy]

Why do ppl post about not playing the game anymore?

Then I'll throw you a curve ball: I just came back to the game!

All this news about 1.18 has gotten me kind of hyped and I'm very interested in seeing in what it brings. Do we even know everything that it will bring yet? All I've really heard so far is more NMs, dungeons (?), and auto-attack. Then some people have said the jobs will start coming as soon as 1.18? Am I being negative or does that seem just a bit too hopeful?

[Rowyne]

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.

I agree. It's probably the closest we'll ever get to quest-based leveling (what I prefer) in a FF MMO.

[Point_Zero]

/signs
Final straw for me. I'm sick and tired of waiting around for the game to be good. I really want it to be good but my patience is wearing thin.

Xenofire? /12!

[Mack]

Then I'll throw you a curve ball: I just came back to the game!

All this news about 1.18 has gotten me kind of hyped and I'm very interested in seeing in what it brings. Do we even know everything that it will bring yet? All I've really heard so far is more NMs, dungeons (?), and auto-attack. Then some people have said the jobs will start coming as soon as 1.18? Am I being negative or does that seem just a bit too hopeful?

Too hopeful. 1.18 will mark the implementation of Auto Attack afaik and they'll slowly add and tweak the new battle system as they deem necessary. I don't think the battle system will be implemented in its full glory and hence neither will the new jobs.