Quote Originally Posted by Xandim View Post
But then again not everyone playing IS a die-hard fan of Final Fantasy. I get it's cool to see moves you know appeared in any other final fantasy, but FFXIV still has its own lore. Like for example, "Rage of Halone". Halone is a goddess of war and she is "depicted as a relentless warrioress armed with a bronze greatshield." So the name actually fits in with lore. But then again, I agree that some fights are very boring for a PLD (I hate being some stun ho for ifrit)

There ARE some aspects of the game that should change, but that isnt only to a class or another, its more to the game itself.
When every other Dragoon I see is named Highwind, and an unusually large number of players I've met have never played an MMO before by their own admittance...I do not think it is wrong to assume a lot of people are trying this game because they are Final Fantasy fans.

The PS3 versions especially are enabling people who don't have gaming PCs to play. I've seen a similar thing occur in Phantasy Star Online.

As for the "lore" about the shield, it is a brand new lore made for this game. You're misunderstanding my point there in that we have no emotional attachment to The Twelve because they don't even appear in the game, unless you consider the opening cutscene having a bunch of floating orbs to be an "appearance".

Compared to, say, Odin who has been in like 30 games in the series.