Updates: FFXI and FFXIV, a comparison

[Prevbean]

LOL I remember when Tanaka got pissed off at the people who were speculating what the fatigue system was and he tweeted about how its not what people think and that it was something else and blah blah. At the time he was thinking that people wont enjoy the game or even buy it if they have a false perception of it, what came next must have hit him hard.



But he makes a point, SE should have a lot more resources on hand to give this game a boost but they're just greedy bastards. I know that eventually production rate reaches an asymptote but I doubt SE is anywhere near that with FFXIV.

Ah the fatigue system.... I mean how in the world a company with some great masterpieces under their belt would even allow for such a thing baffles me. Tanaka reminded me of a crackhead that was ashamed that he smokes crack. He knew having the fatigue system was such a stupid thing to have but chose to keep it in anyways.

Betelgeuzah

You must be on drugs I'm sorry despite my huge disappointment in XIV I still have a soft spot for Square and hope them well, but you are just on another planet with your fanboyism . Rinsui is absolutely correct , if you ever follow or have been playing MMos for a while even the much smaller MMo companies do a lot more than this giant.

[Betelgeuzah]

You must be on drugs I'm sorry despite my huge disappointment in XIV I still have a soft spot for Square and hope them well, but you are just on another planet with your fanboyism . Rinsui is absolutely correct , if you ever follow or have been playing MMos for a while even the much smaller MMo companies do a lot more than this giant.

Like I said, the only reason why you'd think so is if you don't understand game development, and especially SE's current game development.

This tells us nothing about the quality of changes, or the scope. They might be insufficient and completely lackluster in relation to the time spent on them- in fact, I think that will most likely end up being the case.

Yet that still doesn't make my point any less valid. The pacing of patches is in no way an indicator of their progress. They could have shut the servers down for a year and released huge overhauls and tons of changes all at once- and they would still have made just as much progress as if the servers were up and they implemented the same patches little by little during the year.

How you can twist these facts into me being a fanboy is fascinating. I'm not saying the changes will be good or even enough- I'm predicting the opposite. What a fanboy I am indeed.

But it's convenient card to use when your argument sucks. Or when you simply don't understand what you're reading.