My 2 gils worths

[Radaghast]

Didn't it take them 2 years to release the first Dynamis?

Going to be awhile...

[Kailea_Nagisa]

I would love for SE to find a good median, I mean take all the good stuff from FFXI, change the names put it in FFXIV, and take all the stuff from FFXIV that is good, and mix it in a bowl. Bake it at 350 for am hour then........ok now i am hungry....

[Jennestia]

There's nothing wrong with what made FFXI good and implementing it into XIV, they can put their own twist to it. Just because there are similar features does not mean it is FFXI-2.

Funny enough if it makes XIV FFXI-2 that means:

FFII = FF1-2
FFIII = FF2-2
FFIV = FFIII-2
FFV = FFIII-3
FFVI = FFIV-2
FFVII = FFVI-2

and so on. FF games usually takes what works from previous games and build off of it. XIV shared the same team XI did (WoTG completion rate proves this.) but they didn't want to make the game too similar to XI, even basic wise.

Didn't it take them 2 years to release the first Dynamis?

Going to be awhile...

It came with the Zilart expansion pack (an update shortly after, in 2004), which was give or take 1 1/2 year after release then they released CoP Dynamis with that expansion pack in late 2004.

[vax]

The way I see it they were trying to get a more engaging battle system in this, one that you couldn't semi-afk fight and would have to be more tactical.

Sorry but spamming 111111111oneoneoneone is not more tactical ...

[Wynn]

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It really depends because some people want to see this element or that mechanic, which is fine.

Then there are those that literally want to turn XIV into an XI reskin since they know their game cannot improve anymore due to ps2 limations, which is not fine.

[normalforce]

Sorry but spamming 111111111oneoneoneone is not more tactical ...

This is just idle curiosity on my part, but for those of you who played FFXIII, would you say that battle system had a good tactical element to it, or was it just spam, spam, spam attack? Reading through this thread, the idea of a FFXIV with FFXIII battle system popped into my head and I was curious if something like that could work in an MMO?

[Trocien]

The thing is XIV wasn't ment to be XI-2.

People thought FFXIV would be similar to FFXI is because Tanaka thought it'd be a good idea to use nearly identical races. He stated that the Dev team's #1 priority is to please FFXI players, and stated that FFXI players would want to recreate their old characters in FFXIV.

And now he is fired.

[Mack]

Sorry but spamming 111111111oneoneoneone is not more tactical ...

Indeed, if anything the new battle system should be more tactical and will be, I'm really looking forward to it + the AF gear they showed earlier, those should be awesome.

[Mack]

People thought FFXIV would be similar to FFXI is because Tanaka thought it'd be a good idea to use nearly identical races. He stated that the Dev team's #1 priority is to please FFXI players, and stated that FFXI players would want to recreate their old characters in FFXIV.

And now he is fired.

Yes, no kidding, what was he thinking? when he strayed so far off path from FFXI in every aspect as if he tried to do just that, and at the same time wanted to please XI fans the most...I think he must have pee'd off XI fans the most.

[vax]

This is just idle curiosity on my part, but for those of you who played FFXIII, would you say that battle system had a good tactical element to it, or was it just spam, spam, spam attack? Reading through this thread, the idea of a FFXIV with FFXIII battle system popped into my head and I was curious if something like that could work in an MMO?

What do you mean? Changing classes in middle of the fight or select 4-5 abilities and then the char will do it?