You've been put in charge of FFXIV rework

[Shikyo]

Classes samurai pld war blm/whm rdm blu ect ect ect add more weapons and gear dual wield come on ><

[Sypherblade]

Fix the basics first...

1. Fix the class system / battle system...this is FF...every class should be a FF class...not a therm-a-turd...or a pugilist...or what ever. The class system / battle system is the backbone to every MMO.

2. Nuke the wards...add an AH...keep the retainers....retainers are your mail and storage system still....go to the bells call them...get ur mail and store you items.

3. Easy search utility.... a simple "/sea all x-y invite" will do.....
Maybe even a party que....put in your role...tank healer DD...and get matched up with people to make a group of 4.....you will just have to find each other but already be in a party....

4. LS management ....no brainer

ONCE those 4 are taken care of....THEN work on content and zone rework etc etc etc

[Cichy]

I would move on to a brand new Final Fantasy MMO project with the current team and Yoshi.

[odette]

loot manager
more dungeons (instance raids)
no more hnms
no subjobs i prefer the actual system is more versality
more things to do for ranking up not more grinding
more story content
repair system need fix
no more crashes for directx error

[Gennosuke]

Fix the basics first...

1. Fix the class system / battle system...this is FF...every class should be a FF class...not a therm-a-turd...or a pugilist...or what ever. The class system / battle system is the backbone to every MMO.

2. Nuke the wards...add an AH...keep the retainers....retainers are your mail and storage system still....go to the bells call them...get ur mail and store you items.

3. Easy search utility.... a simple "/sea all x-y invite" will do.....
Maybe even a party que....put in your role...tank healer DD...and get matched up with people to make a group of 4.....you will just have to find each other but already be in a party....

4. LS management ....no brainer

ONCE those 4 are taken care of....THEN work on content and zone rework etc etc etc

Yes, agree with your simple starting points. These shouldn't require much effort to start with.

[Gennosuke]

I would move on to a brand new Final Fantasy MMO project with the current team and Yoshi.

Yeah, If only FFXIV started with Yoshi and the new dev team. I cant help but wonder what it would have been now.
Tough job to work on an existing messy system. Gotta give them credit for trying, i think 1.18 is still too early to judge. Perhaps by 1.20 it will clear up.

Although, to be honest, i was rather disappointed with the dungeons. I had higher hopes in terms of adventure, creativity, etc. To me they seemed just as dull and boring as the existing caves we have now. So this does get me concerned regarding future content, if they'll all be of similar standard. I'm wondering if the people in charge of design ever changed with the new dev team, 'cause i had high anticipation and expectations for their new content.

Time will tell.

[Cichy]

Yeah, If only FFXIV started with Yoshi and the new dev team. I cant help but wonder what it would have been now.
Tough job to work on an existing messy system. Gotta give them credit for trying, i think 1.18 is still too early to judge. Perhaps by 1.20 it will clear up.

He's doing the right thing reworking the system first I'm just wondering if it's possible. Surely adding story, dungeons, content, all this will help but ultimately the game engine is crap. Seems like simple tasks like adding search system, loot pool, party system, etc is a nightmare due to the way system was designed. I think it would just be easier to start over.

[sirbuzzkillington]

cancel the project

i agree with this

[Althea]

Man this game has SO much potential to be awesome, it's just so lackluster on a fair amount of subjects. The graphics are incredible, I like the characters, the worlds are neat, and the dialogue (how it's written) is immersive and interesting.

Some of the top issues that stand out in my mind:

1) Your time sink. Right now it's grind Dodos ... or do professions.
I'm really not into this system at all. While I agree professions should take up time, but there should be more battle content than grinding the same mobs over and over again. If they dropped the 8 leves a day thing, and add in a plethora of quests that you could do all the way to 50, that'd be awesome. Yeah, it'd still be grinding monsters, but at least you'd be doing it with objectives, and have some backing story, etc. Also, add in more monster variety. 2-4 species per zone is very .. very bland.

2) The UI ...
Yes the UI ... this one's obvious. It's clunky, EXTREMELY slow and unintuitive. I don't think there's a lot of hope for it. I think it just needs to be re-done completely. It just needs to be more straightforward, and not rely on server-to-client handshakes on every single button press (which sometimes fail, and have to be redone again).

3) Market Wards
Again, do away with this. Keep your retainer, but just change the market wards to just "The Market." Basically, make it a big window, and use the item search counter idea. You go "Armor .. helm .. plate", then you get a list of all the plate helms that people are selling. The current item search would work for this. You click on "plate helm of the awesome", you see all the individual ones people are selling, then instead of having to go to that ward, and then physically picking it up, you could just click "buy" from the UI instead. Done deal. The wards are such an unnecessary step.

4) Classes/Physical Level/etc
These aren't completely off, just need a little rework. Physical level is unnecessary (which I think is going away anyway). But if/when they get rid of them, they'll have to figure out what to do with your attributes. Perhaps these could be your "specialization" (sort of like WoW, guild wars, etc). Let you have a couple of different specializations. IE, you have one point allotment build for tanking (high vitality, with a mix of strength, dex, etc). Then you could have a general caster build (even mix of int, piety, etc). Then switch them freely, when you change classes. That way you still have that "limitation" of being a dedicated caster, tank, dps, but still support the very open job system that FFXIV has going for it. Could put in a cooldown for switching out your spec builds, or something.

5) Barber shop
You generally have one character. I like my character. I get to change my class whenever I want an fullfill any role that I want at any time. But I'm stuck with this hair for the rest of my life? . Haha. This one's simple. Add in a barbershop, either in world (best way to do it), or do it at the login screen (not the most immersive, but still viable). Let you change your hair style, color, highlights, etc. If you wanna get really crazy, could even add in some sort of a illusionist merchant who can change your appearance (face features, skin color, etc) using magic (magic, to make it more immersive?). Don't charge real life currency for this, either. Don't be Blizzard. A small gil fee would suffice for this.



With those 4 outstanding issues, I think the rest is just content. More story, more quests, more things to do, maybe even add in sort of a "gold saucer" area where you can just hang out and play mini games, etc. But those 4 are probably the biggest thing right now. Fix the CORE elements of the game, THEN worry about content. Even if the world is still small, at least the framework is there. Know what I mean?


And they def need to dedicate a bigger, more paced team for this game. 1.18 was SUCH a step in the right direction, we just need patches like that to happen a little quicker lol. Not once a year.


NOW WITH ALL THAT WINING ASIDE, I actually do enjoy this game. It's one of the first games where I can actually log in, and just wander around for a couple of hours just because the game's so immersive and the cities are huge, and interesting. The races are wonderful. It has incredible potential. It's just lacking sustenance, the drive. Fix up the core elements, and this game will absolutely be fantastic.

[Gennosuke]

He's doing the right thing reworking the system first I'm just wondering if it's possible. Surely adding story, dungeons, content, all this will help but ultimately the game engine is crap. Seems like simple tasks like adding search system, loot pool, party system, etc is a nightmare due to the way system was designed. I think it would just be easier to start over.

Yes, these are my same dreaded thoughts too, the new poorly designed dungeons were kind of proof of that. I'm not sure if it's the game engine or the designers, or both. I can't seem to grasp the issue, but for a game as old as FFXI having much more appealing dungeons and caves and environments even though the graphics excels by far in FFXIV gets me wondering if it's at all possible. With time, i'm getting more inclined to feel starting over would be the easier way out. Though i'd like to believe it can be saved.