Who is really optimistic about this game?

[Kiroh]

I'm not really optimistic, as optimism implies a certain enthusiasm that I just don't have for SE anymore.

I hope they make XIV a great game. I hope the updates start coming faster and the game starts to fill with enjoyable content. I hope that people start returning to Eorzea, yet even my hope is tempered by realism and a sense of uncertainty.

The long and short of it is, SE just hasn't done enough to restore my faith in them, but they do just barely enough to keep my hope of a great game alive.

[Tempestmoon]

Gamers are just like every other consumers, One pissed off customer will complain to the whole world, Or fill up a forum full of BS, but the fact is if they didn't care they wouldn't post. The only people SE needs to fear are the ones that just walk away and never say anything or come back. Every single person on this forum is an Optimist because they are here. They read countless posts, post their own, because they are all optimists inside. Myself included,

SE for Life!

[Verecund]

The gameplay is utterly killing this game (along with some technical issues which have yet to be addressed)

[Neptune]

I've seen so many pessimistic posts in all the threads lately I thought I would make an optimistic post :]

I think there are -lots- of reasons to be -very- optimistic about this game.
First, the zones are amazing and beautiful. The graphics and attention to detail are insane, and the game feels incredibly realistic. The whole idea of having giant zones that look the same almost everywhere is awesome because thats what real life is like!

Next, the lore in this game is really awesome. I mean you already have pirates, moogles, time travel stuff, and dragons. I'm really looking forward to when there are time travilingish dragon parts. Like i really want to know why Ishgard fought with Gridania a bunch of times, and I can't wait to know more about the Garlean empire and where they came from. So far the quests in the game are really amazing and aside from the fact that its obvious that whoever programmed some of them were drunk (ex. a mob running in random circles instead of attacking you), they are some of the best quests lore-wise in any game.

Next, you can essentially be a pirate (mrd), and everyone knows pirates are way cooler than ninjas. That alone makes this an epic game. Not only that but you can be a miner too!!! I just think its kinda cool to be able to switch between fighting, mining, and crafting so easily. Like the weapons and battle system in general is awesome.

And lastly i think crafting and gathering are really well done with really awesome minigames for them. I can't see how anyone could ever get bored of them. They are really a lot of fun. And parley is also a really epic game. I'm kinda hoping they release an official online parley game so i can play against other people.

And for the future, we might be getting really cool stuff like more retainers, 2 dungeons, maybe even jump!. And all this really cool mysterious lore must be leading up to something epic!!! I really think this game is going to do amazingly well, and I can't wait for all the new awesome content coming in the next year.

So share your optimism :] and lets drown out all those pessimistic people!

lol, it's a sad day when you Azurymber have gone over to the other side..

..the same side as me

lol

[Tempestmoon]

Another observation.... Why do the biggest complainers/ Pessimists/nay sayers have the most posts on the forums? How much of your life have you wasted posting your 500+ posts on a game that according to your selves isn't worth the time to even play?

[RAXX]

I personally love this game even though it gets boring at times but I love the amazing visuals and attention to detail. I kinda look at this first year of the game as 1 big beta test and the game will become real once the PS3 version comes out. I think once the game is finished for the PS3 it will be recommercialized and that will add alot more players to the player base despite how good/bad the PC version was. Either way I think we will have alot to look forward to with this game its just a matter of time.

[Radaghast]

No one noticed yet he was being sarcastic?

[Gramul]

I'd... like to be optimistic.
I'm going to wait till 1.18 to decide. Square's track record over the past generation has been... rough.

[Vanguard319]

To be honest, I'm not as optimistic about this game as I was. All I've seen as of late are demands that the game be turned into a FFXI clone, if I wanted to play XI, I would play XI. I can still see that this game has potential, but most of it has been wasted on old ideas, and too much of the familiar.

[Gunghir]

I bought the game solely because I'm optimistic for it. I'm not actually playing right now, just hanging on to it so I can watch it change.

After playing the bit that I did, I can say two things. The game needs work, but it surely isn't the garbage reviewers made it out to be. (At least it isn't at this point. I'm speaking from ignorance, as I wasn't around at launch.)