So, whats left of the original FFXIV?

[DoctorMog]

Tags for this thread are golden!

How are the tags determined? I don't see them in any post, nor did I make them when I started the thread.

[TonyMontana]

How are the tags determined? I don't see them in any post, nor did I make them when I started the thread.

No clue but this thread and the My little chocobo thread had some awsome tags.

[DoctorMog]

No clue but this thread and the My little chocobo thread had some awsome tags.

I guess someone liked my "baller" post o.O

[quantumsaint]

How are the tags determined? I don't see them in any post, nor did I make them when I started the thread.

Everyone can add two tags to a thread (the topic creator can add up to five), there's a button at the bottom of the page that says add/edit tags.

[genmakenx]

And if anyone wants a reminder of how bad the game was: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UVVJ...5&feature=plpp

If you have time, stick with the whole video, watch them try to buy something and craft it.
There is a playlist, checkout the earlier ones too.

Wow! Thanks for posting this video. The game still has a lot to improve on and additional content that is much needed. However, this does remind me a lot of how horrible it was in comparison to now.

At launch:
1. Npcs loading slow as molasses
2. Menus extremely slow and general loading
3. No auto sort for inventory
4. Menus not as organized
5. 80 inventory with tons of useless + items

Of course there are many other things like the minimap showing party members, etc. I wish how it is now was how it was released at least. I mean yea should be a lot more but the beginning experience would have been much better. I do enjoy doing leves now and leveling at a faster pace. Lag still exists in some area but I am sure these things will continue to be addressed.

[Zeno-Ira]

Whats left is that it is still boring.

[thepinksupervisor]

^^Can i pull out my trump card why are you still here if its boring card?

[genmakenx]

Whats left is that it is still boring.

Dear SE - Future forum update: The dislike button!

I think people that bore themselves with this game spend way too much time on it. I play some times for a long period or a couple of days then go back to the real world then pick it up later on, perhaps even a month, and enjoy the hell out of it again then stop. Sure I may not be level 50 all ranks or heck even one class but I have been able to enjoy it for the story as I progress as well as how the game progresses since its release. So I am happy I am not one who burned them selves out grinding to the end in the beginning for no reason.

[zaviermhigo]

I'm glad they got rid of the stuff they did for the most part. I bitched a little bit when it came to THM but I got over it fast. Really I don't need anymore "Western" games from Japan, who cares if you don't sell more, you don't sell more because you don't market to us and we're a marketing kinda country. I'm sad that they tried to make this game more western influenced to attract more people, because in the end it does the opposite. If they could kinda go back to "hey we're SE and we know who we are" that would nice and I think this game would benefit from it. Look at DQ, (dragon quest, even though I miss Dragon Warrior monster DQ monster just doesn't have the ring). DQ has pretty much stuck to the same formula, even same music sometimes, people who like DQ continue to like the DQ series. For some reason when Enix and Square merged DQ did not get effed up as much. But with FF they are kinda like "we have so much we've done outside of the medieval quaint town that we don't know where to go." As seen with FF, old school is for DS, and new school consoles are futuristic, they streamlined XIII and then had to expand XIII-2, as if they didn't know what we wanted. Sad thing is that the only marketing we get for their games is through articles and reviews, gamer misinformer said XIII cut out that "jrpg riff raff" and I almost cried for humanity.

They need to learn who the hell they are and get back to what they do best, that the only thing that can make this game better. Tweaking mechanics is all well and good but not if done by people who are totally unsure of what they want.

[Atomisk]

Lets see:

Beta:
Auto-Attack
Guildleves that were limited
Fatigue
complex synthesis
beautiful graphics
No content
crashed in full screen mode
catered to casual players

Early September release for CE:
Got rid of AA in favor of action
Guild leves still limited
Fatigue (I never hit fatigue because I didn't try to rush through levels)
complex synthesis
Beautiful graphics
Crashed in full screen mode
little to no content
catered to casual players

Now:
Auto attack is back because players complained about (moving in battle) ... lolwat?
free leves
no fatigue
simplistic synthesis and with the materia and dark matter system, all items that were needed might be obsolete
Job system totally going to replace the armoury system, so now I'm going to have a clone of myself
Content that's supposed to pass for something to do in the game (Not working since almost everyone is done with it)
Beautiful Graphics
Still crashes in full screen mode
doesn't cater to casual players with the new content being released (crappy armor rehashes that do moot)
The game is full of white knights that don't seem to see ANYTHING wrong with the game and will protect it until they die (They obviously love broken things)

i don't remember there being auto-attack in beta