What's makes an MMORPG fun? - 4Gamer chats with the Producers of FFXI, FFXIV, and DQX

[Swagcity]

Personally, the issue is not so much the game itself (although it could use work), but more so my play-style and preferences. I could not imagine playing XI without bst, nin, sam, drk, or blu (I like rdm, pup, and cor also). Perhaps this is why I struggle to find enjoyment in 14; I hated blm, mnk, drg, and pld. Smn was okay in XI (Have no idea what happened to the summons in XIV; considering ps2 limitations and all). This may sound bizarre, but when they add bst, sam, nin, musk, or blu, I will play more often, lol. There were several jobs in XI that I did not touch (Sub job reasons), but enjoyed the game nonetheless. Game play is pretty decent, nice animations, but the current jobs do not appeal to me (Lack of economy and crafting relevance also hurts). decent/pretty good game, but not for me; atm at least.

[Nekodar]

Personally, the issue is not so much the game itself (although it could use work), but more so my play-style and preferences. I could not imagine playing XI without bst, nin, sam, drk, or blu (I like rdm, pup, and cor also). Perhaps this is why I struggle to find enjoyment in 14; I hated blm, mnk, drg, and pld. Smn was okay in XI (Have no idea what happened to the summons in XIV; considering ps2 limitations and all). This may sound bizarre, but when they add bst, sam, nin, musk, or blu, I will play more often, lol. There were several jobs in XI that I did not touch (Sub job reasons), but enjoyed the game nonetheless. Game play is pretty decent, nice animations, but the current jobs do not appeal to me (Lack of economy and crafting relevance also hurts). decent/pretty good game, but not for me; atm at least.

BST, NIN, SAM, DRK and BLU were all added in expansion and were not part of the original release iirc.

[Sygmaelle]

The only gripe I could have in this game is that you pretty much need a good FC to do all the content, runs with Duty Finder and all the like for extremes and such are just plain terrible and its pretty sad.

Surprisingly enough, sometimes I find myself more wastin gils to repair my gear than actually downing content and its pretty frustrating. Not enough good players

Other than that, most magical game director. He know where it's at.

[Stanelis]

Praises shall be given to the game once it deserves them.There isn't currently enough stuff to do at 50 to make the game praiseworthy in the long run.

[KraggyKor]

BST, NIN, SAM, DRK and BLU were all added in expansion and were not part of the original release iirc.

Certainly not the original release, but many NA and EU players fail to realise 'their' releases already included the first full expansion.

[Swagcity]

BST, NIN, SAM, DRK and BLU were all added in expansion and were not part of the original release iirc.

I did not know that bst and drk were part of the zilart expansion. I started shortly after the NA ps2 release; hence is why I cannot imagine playing XI without the aforementioned jobs. I originally stated that XIV is not the game for me; atm. However, things may change in the future.

[ReplicaX]

BST, NIN, SAM, DRK and BLU were all added in expansion and were not part of the original release iirc.

Ppl mix up standard jobs, advanced jobs, and expansion jobs all the time. It can be very confusing.

FFXI Standard unlocked jobs: White Mage, Black Mage, Red Mage, Thief, Warrior, Monk
FFXI Standard locked advanced jobs: Paladin, Dark Knight, Beastmaster, Bard, Ranger

Rise of Zilart: Ninja, Samurai, Dragoon
Summoner<(Didn't require RoZ expansion, added in update for JP client at RoZ release)
Treasures of Aht Urhgan: Corsair, Blue Mage, Puppetmaster
Wings of the Goddess: Scholar, Dancer
Seekers of Adoulin: Geomancer, Rune Fencer