Disappointments and regrets of FFXIV

[Chayala]

Last post, but will bring up a few points that everyone is saying. You have a number of people saying don't rush content. Most people aren't "Rushing" it. We find friends and we group with them. We do well and then try something else. We have fun with a challenge. We go do other things. Do well. All of a sudden we're out of crap to do except work on turn 5. Aside from that, everyone except a first time 50 should have mostly dark light or 55 gear because the 55 gear drops to the floor all the time even the 60 gear does. The dark light is super cheap with how easy it is to get 1000+ philos a day now.
A good number of people say that they limit how much they play to make it last. Why? You limit how much you play you limit connections. You limit connections you limit community.

People talk about it being elite vs casual. It is not. Some of the most "casual" people can get to end game content in this game and clear most of it. This is because there is little difficulty in it.

People talk about accountability... They are right. There is none. You can't be booted out for anything but VERY specific things. Bad DPS or queing up in gear that isn't for your job(mostly accessories)? Perfectly fine. Kicking someone for doing such a thing? Not fine. Overall I can't think of a game with a worse player base than this one that is a typical MMo(which this game is a VERY typical MMo despite what you all say. Even the 'action' mechanics fade compared to Tera even if it didn't deliver on half the content it said it would have or the player governing actually being dynamic like it said it would). This game tried so hard to be a final fantasy WoW/Rift thing with a little action thrown in. This doesn't make it a great game.

And say what you want about FFXI's original release, it was on the ps2 and it did have a much larger world to explore and the game FELT dangerous. If you say it wasn't you never ran to jeuno without an escort. You never went to Qufim and found out that night fell. You never attack a leech because it was Easy prey and then found 5 of them attacking you because the concept of linking was a little foreign to you. You never tended garden to make ends meet or run BCNM's with your friends that were challenging but sometimes very rewarding. That game had plenty to make it fun and it FELT LIKE A WORLD rather than a collection of instances.

As for the PS3 players, as said... They are not all bad. But i've met far more of them that are bad players than PC players. Be it because of the systems constraints(which it might be, although a few FC members play ps3 and do just fine) or the fact that it's just a cheaper and larger install base than performance PC's I can't tell you. I also couldn't give you an exact %. I just know that in my coil or CT or other 8 mans i built my static was always leery when we heard "Oh i'm on PS3" because we got burned far too often when we had someone who couldn't log on and we had to rep for the night.

As for most people Thank you VERY much for staying constructive even if you agreed with me or disagreed. For those that didn't, you're probably the type of people who I was talking about and just got offended.