It's become a chore to even log on to the game

[Mihael_Longclaw]

This game has so much potential, that S.E just completely squanders.

The game just has no atmosphere or life, the story is just completely half-assed: characters without development or anything for that matter, more filler than actual story, SE you should have saved the $5 you spent on English voice actors, they just ruin the scenes their in, it'd be more immersive just to read the text.

The world design is bland, it feels like cardboard instead of a real living breathing world, *it's pretty and the area music is very enjoyable, but the game world houses nothing for you to do besides gathering mats that already sell for 1 gil on the marketboard, or doing treasure maps- the same old boring mobs with higher HP, uninspired rewards, as well as boring robotic NPCs, and a concentrated community mostly in HUB spots. Most people waiting in hubs to queue to isolated dungeons- tell me why is this even an MMO.

The combat is more akin to a button masher than any Final Fantasy game I've ever played with static rotations for every enemy no discrepancies, nice boss design but where are the interesting mechanics?

Anything interesting you might have done, you just queue an ability for it, no puzzles, no exploration, no real summons.

They'd rather have you grinding uninspired content for months than actually use the potential and skill they have to make unique and exciting content. & constantly treat the player base like idiots, removing features because it would "Confuse the players" and every other time they talk it's highly convuluted PR bullsh!t.

I want this game to be succesful, but it doesn't have my support.

Please SE utilise the massive potential you have to actually make this a memorable game

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*Bolded letters to stop the reposts

[KikInperi]

Whoa, I've never seen a thread like this before! Thanks for posting one!

[Mihael_Longclaw]

Whoa, I've never seen a thread like this before! Thanks for posting one!

If it's so common it's likely the flaws are apparent.

[Lecreuset]

If it's so common it's likely the flaws are apparent.

It also means that the NA community has a lot of special snowflakes that like to make a different thread about it with the same complains and same ingenious ideas to improve it every time.

[Mihael_Longclaw]

It also means that the NA community has a lot of special snowflakes that like to make a different thread about it with the same complains and same ingenious ideas to improve it every time.

Complacency sure helps the game grow. Tell me if you honestly think this game is worthy to be called Final Fantasy at all? I'd say FFXIII is even more of an FF game than this.

[Mihael_Longclaw]

I'm clearly not a game designer so I can't tell S.E how to make the game, but to say I don't have opinions and examples of how the content would change would be lying, some of them I've posted already.

- Further incorporate an elemental wheel, a feature present in every single Final Fantasy game to date (except this one): Like I said earlier, give each job/class a piece of the puzzle to take down elemental foes and using a perfect variety would be the best optimization. Such as, expanding on Monk's 'Fist of' stances, Bard using their songs to boost elemental defense for one element, but reducing the defense to other elements (this could act some fun in multiple element fights) Summoner better utilising their egis based on the elements (preferabbly summons), Black Mages having access to all elements and unaspected spells, give Dragoon things he can apply to his spear to advance elemental damage, then a job such as Red Mage getting Enfeeblements (Enfire, Enearth, Enice, Enlightning)

- Add secret paths and entrances on the open world map, bestiary or a bounty system, random events, open world dungeons, dangerous zones, mining/botany/fishing party content (saving NPCs from a cavein as a miner) chocobo hot and cold, minigames, falls actually killing you, when you sprint have it wear off naturally and not some glowing sparkles that suddenly make you walk, unique mobs for treasure hunt, puzzle and obstacle course like areas to explore (Labyrnths) dynamic enemies, say those worms in the Sagoli Desert under the sand, or going to the far end and accidentally falling into the Ant Lions lair.
Add the ferry and airship on timed schedules (make them free as well) maybe even adding sidequests like from FF12 when you had to bring the letter from plane to plane, as well as other acitivites.

- For dungeons, add some exploration and not hallways, allow disciple of hand and land to come as well in premades (gathering points in dungeon) make dungeon music loop, remove battle music

- For loading screens, if you're gonna make zones, why not make them cutscenes of your character running from this zone to the next, entirely skippable

- Materia, Food, and Potions being a serious thing in battles, crafted gear being close to or at max level gear just make it bind on creation, or make the mats themselves (only droppable in Coil) bind on drop, if you don't want it you can break it down into sellable crafting mats, add a "Request Repairs" option, being able to change the layout of the house with lots of low level mats

- Adding dungeons/obstacle courses to our houses, putting loot in the treasure box in the end, that people can challenge themselves towards.

- Repair enemy aggro ranges, and how they detect you (sight sound,touch etc.)

[Tequiza]

It's got good music.

[Mihael_Longclaw]

It's got good music.

The game has amazing music! As well as art design, those are two things this game does magnifcently, the story, combat, atmosphere, world, customization and exploration all key staples of a good Final Fantasy game, are however lacking.

[Zaels]

"interesting mechanics" is just going to end up whined about as "omg too hard nerf pls" anyway.

[Merlinian]

Puzzles, I hated that shit in every MMO I ever played. Go play a puzzle game and leave the dragonslaying to the folk built for it.