XIV is Not Being Remade for You/Us

[Serio]

wider playerbase

* Auto-attack
* Enmity gauge
* Instanced dungeons & Raids
* More solo friendly

hey! thats me!

OMG me too!

[Evangela]

they gonna add features for both casual and hardcore playerbase

if you don't like jumping or enmity gauge you just don't jump and disable the gauge

same as another WoWish features which going to implement, if you don't like it then disable it or don't do it

[zaviermhigo]

they already announced so many times that their direction now is to make the game more friendly to the mainstream

so it's useless to discuss anymore. FFXI-2 will not going to happen, get over it, live with it or go back to XI, it's your choices

What's sad is they ruined XI at the same time so all SE really did was leave their hardcore fan base stranded. XI is no better than this game now, just a spam fest. If playing XI meant anything to us anymore we'd be there in a heartbeat over this game. But they just happened to ruin XI more than XIV since XIV still has potential to be a good game. I'm not asking for outrageous XI-2. I'd like strategy though, and a lack of zerg/spam fest present in most mmos.


What most people haven't read is there is still hope for "hardcore" content, it just won't be here right now. It will start in september or so, they are always late. Read the articles people, he said there are two types of mmo hack n slack and strategical party against monster, he said XIV will have to fit in the 2nd category.

[Serio]

Though I agree and have been trying to stay very optimistic about this game. I also disagree with the fact that they're not trying to satisfy the current players. Although the current population is low, many people who play MMOs know other people who do the same. I was brought back to this game by a friend who said that it was going to be revamped and had alot of potential around March. The state it's in right now is the same as when I started back up...rank up to 50...and then do it all over again. The only thing that made it more bareable was knowing if I fought a mob I was gauranteed SP (which was the dumbest idea ever at launch) fight a mob and hope you get SP...Simply the most frustrating thing ever. There is nothing else to do rather than rank up, no content hurt this games potential big time. I will continue to wait though and be patient, as I completely agree with OPs stance on sitting back and waiting for patches to roll in. Rather then going apeshit when the first patch doesn't fit the hype/expectations.

True that. It's not like I'm paying for it. I've been playing since launch, on and off, as you can tell by the fact that I'm not rank 50 yet still. I fit their demographic too; married, have a 2 month old baby, going to college, and working. I play maybe 6 hrs a week, if that. By the time i reach rank 50 on a couple jobs, i figure the game will be pretty decent.

[Cichy]

XI was only ruined for people who camped HNMs and enjoyed the e-peen part of the game. New expansions made the game way more accessible for general public it's only too bad that the additions came in 4 years too late or the game would still have healthy player base.

[Miyochan]

4 Thumbs Up!!! for OP!
I hate this forum because too many whiner ( some people don't even play...but they just need to flame this game, just look at their sig. )

Well, I don't mind about release date. I would like this patch to be the best as possible even it will release on late July.

I know Yoshi-P can do it! so please stop crazy about it! go play Civ World on FB while wait!

[danny52844]

XI was only ruined for people who camped HNMs and enjoyed the e-peen part of the game. New expansions made the game way more accessible for general public it's only too bad that the additions came in 4 years too late or the game would still have healthy player base.

i never did hnms i hardly did end games like dynamis and limbus yet i loved pre abbysia 11 post just sucks because its like herp ur lv 1 why not come to abbyssia get cap in a week!!! not only that you can get the best gear in the game at the same times its almost magical!!

[Verecund]

FFXIV's core predicament from the beginning has been shallow gameplay and lack of solid content IMO.

[SuzakuCMX]

XI was only ruined for people who camped HNMs and enjoyed the e-peen part of the game. New expansions made the game way more accessible for general public it's only too bad that the additions came in 4 years too late or the game would still have healthy player base.

They tried to reach a new demographic with Abyssea, but doing so alienated a large part of their primary playerbase and they didn't do much advertising for new players so it was a bit suicidal.

[Wynn]

i never did hnms i hardly did end games like dynamis and limbus yet i loved pre abbysia 11 post just sucks because its like herp ur lv 1 why not come to abbyssia get cap in a week!!! not only that you can get the best gear in the game at the same times its almost magical!!

First of all, people can't get into abyssea until they are level 30, not 1. Second, you have to find people willing to allow you to leech for 45 levels in order to do what you are describing. No easy feat. I say 45 because by then you are high enough level to realistically contribute in abyssea for the rest of the way to cap.

The non-abyssea portions of XI are still alive and well, available to anyone who wants to still enjoy that content. There are plenty of people out there who will regularly group in abyssea and then turn around and complain that abyssea ruined the game. In my mind, they are nothing more than hypocrites. They are actively making the choice to not enjoy the pre-abyssea content.

If SE switches gears and caps abyssea at 75 people will still complain about abyssea ruining XI. Why? Because the status quo has been impacted by abyssea's mere introduction. Their status as "elite" players was negatively impacted by their level no longer being the highest, their gear no longer being the "best." They resent the idea that they spent years getting to a certain point or getting such and such item and now someone can come to the game and be on even keel with them in a couple months. Said players would have rather seen XI spiral into a stale oblivion and stasis than see anything change because they were on the top and wanted to stay there. This issue isn't about the game. It never was. It is about ego, entitlement, and elitism.