One to Fifty, One Zone - Long OP

[Noctura]

Note: This isn't a hate post lol. I support and play XIV I just wanted to post my opinion. Hope that's ok, and I am really sorry for the wall of text. I haven't posted on forums until today... <.< I am wall of text master... muahaha.

This thread brought back so many amazing memories for me in XI.... it made me sad because there isn't a shard of adventure, or wonder, or awe in the world of XIV. Most of the world feels like a bunch of small mazes that lead to more mazes and everything leads into itself and everything is out of the way, inconvenient, and man made looking.. Gridania is supposed to be one with the forest and very nature orientated.... not one with the rocks and boulders that make up tiny little maze like paths. It looks like a fairytale style haunted house. Have you ever been to a forest with rock surrounded paths like you see in Gridania?.. where is the life? A few blades of grass and trees in the more open areas doesn't cut it. I can't even see any fish in the water when I fish. The sound effects are awful. I used to hear myself pull the fish out of the water and get satisfaction. Now I get an annoying fakey light with a shinking noise.... great. I don't even feel like I'm fishing. I am trying to catch the light... >.>
Look at the concept art for Gridania.... is that really what it was supposed to look like? What happened? It looked so magical and cozy settled into the forest.

The map is huge and there is so much room and yet the environment feels incredibly small, cramped up, and fake. I want a Gridania like Ronfaure in FFXI, or similar to any area in the Aht Urhgan expansion. Those areas were absolutely breathtaking. I want to look outside and see trees and not huge rocks. Ronfaure felt like a real forest that led to a great field that led to a beach OR another more dark and dangerous looking forest which had caves and adventure lurking in every corner and 10 types of mobs to kill and ninja around instead of 1-3 mobs that look at you for 10 seconds if they see you and then go back....I used to get adrenaline getting aggro and running my ass to zone saying OMG FASTAR PLZ!!!! O_O. It was so much fun. Everything about it. FFXI was absolutely the most amazing game world I have ever experienced. I could literally run around doing nothing at all with my friends and have fun. I don't understand this world in FFXIV or why they made it the way they did.. The layout of the other two towns besides Uldah is just annoying. The reason I like uldah is because of the layout. It isn't 20 docks or tiny paths and looks like an actual city. The town doesn't take you forever to get around and things are more organized. No wonder the other two towns are so unpopulated.... after being in both quite often I realized that for myself.
When I started the game I really enjoyed the world, but as I play and experience it I am noticing more and more to be fakey and find myself missing places I had seen in FFXI. I am so close to going back.... but I have been gone a year and think I would be better off staying reincarnated into FFXIV. I really want to see it do well.

The amount of new content added in XI since I have been gone is incredibly intimidating actually lol. There is SO much of it. I wouldn't know where to start.
I would actually get really excited when I got to take a new person to jeuno and see their reaction along the way even though I had made the trip 100+ times it was fun every time. I miss the adventure.... maybe I will go back to XI and just walk around my favorite places lol. It might make me feel better... FFXIV is starting to feel like it has no heartbeat. ._. It just gives the feeling that the real challenge in the game is to try not to feel alone, which seems to be pretty difficult. The game isn't as bad when you have others with you that can have fun. It seems impossible to find since everyone I knew quit.

/sighs

I'm done. <.<
Much love to all of you FFXI players. ^^ <3<3 Feel free to poke me if you see me in XIV. ^-^

[Picoman]

OP is over 600 Likes!

[Perrin_Aybarra]

OP is over 600 Likes!

Yeah ^^ even though they have confirmed the rewordking of the map, there is no way they can ignore this with so much support. They know they need to address this and I hope they know how dire it is. To me it's pretty much a "make or break" factor and unless it's fixed this game will not be as successful as it should.

[Zanfire]

im not taking the thread out of my sig until shit gets done...which will be a LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG LONG timebefore much happens if at all .

[Shikaree]

OP is over 600 Likes!

That is amazing. But sadly we have no idea what Siobu is doing now since he has no character registered due to the forum change.

[GreatLeviathan]

And some complain too much. Give em time. You cant design a flashgame. So its harder to design a HD game like this.
FF14 will be the best once it's finished !
Just stop nagging already.

[EdenArchangel]

I'm done. <.<
Much love to all of you FFXI players. ^^ <3<3 Feel free to poke me if you see me in XIV. ^-^

Come join me in Lindblum, Noctura ^^
I need more friends with the XI spirit ready to see the new and better Eorzea

[Noctura]

Come join me in Lindblum, Noctura ^^
I need more friends with the XI spirit ready to see the new and better Eorzea

I am actually talking it over with my group right now lol. We have been looking for a more populated server and Lindblum seems to have quite a few posting here. Do you think it would be better then Besaid? What is the community like over there?

I have an open character slot. I am open to trying out different servers if I hear any are friendly. Have my eye on Selbina right now.

Update: Selbina = permanent home.

[Alexis_Arteme]

Exactly, I mean really. What are we talking about here. Two years? We'll all be moved onto different games by then.

Honestly, if it can't be done in the next 6 months, I doubt it matters.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

Rejoice! my fellow comrades!

Yoshida: Changes will be made to both the geography and the design of the areas. Some areas will be changed rather drastically, so I'd love if you all could discuss how you think the changes will be made while you're all looking forward to it.