Is anyone else disappointed by the lack of Long Term Goals?

[Ibi]

use stuff from FFXI that made it good

What made FFXI good was the people that you suffered through its BS with.

It just shows that Yoshi P and SE is strictly business wich is fine but it will kill the game.

Can you take... maybe two seconds to think about what you said here, and realize what a ridiculous statement it is?

You can save my post and use it against me if you wish but FFXIV will never live as long as FFXI due to how Yoshi P is running it. I like FFXIV but you can see how this will turn out eventually.

It won't last as long as FFXI for a myriad of reasons, almost all of which a) have absolutely nothing to do with how Yoshi-P is running the game and b) are completely out the control of SE because they're related to the genre as a whole, rather than any specific game.

[Velhart]

10 years of FFXI. There are many things about the game that was horrible that is why again and for the millionth time no one wants a new FFXI just use stuff from FFXI that made it good and put it here instead of copying WoW. I'm not sure if Yoshi P understands but all it takes is for Blizzard to release an interesting expansion and the players will go back to WoW since they are just Blizzard customers wanting a time off from WoW. It just shows that Yoshi P and SE is strictly business wich is fine but it will kill the game. You can save my post and use it against me if you wish but FFXIV will never live as long as FFXI due to how Yoshi P is running it. I like FFXIV but you can see how this will turn out eventually.

Here is the question. How do you take something that was considered a bad grind, or not favored content in general, and make it good? Ideas are given by you all, but you don't ever go into detail on how it works in the context of FFXIV. SE would have to tear down foundations, ideals, and greatly alter things to make FFXI players happy. At that point it is called destructive criticism and developers will almost never listen to that. FFXI and FFXIV: ARR are two completely different games with different ideals with a Final Fantasy logo slapped on it.

FFXI may be different, but its still there and still running. You can go there if you need your cravings. I went there recently myself to check on it and played the new content. I quickly started remembering why I quit to begin with. Too much is required out of me in a given day to be a relevant player in that game. It is truly held together by veterans.

[ServerCollaps]

None of those things are useful, though. That was his point.

grinding 2 years for a piece of gear isnt usefull either


everything what you do in mmos is e-penis extending, titles work as fine as stuff which needs 2 years of grind

[Bishop81]

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Copying WoW's UI is fine, it makes the game easier to get into. Cloning WoW in its entirety though isn't. If I wanted WoW I would go and play WoW.

In addition, I agree while FFXI was not the most successful game** that doesn't mean it didn't have any good ideas worth reproducing.

My 2c.

**It was very profitable though, more profitable than any mainline FF up to that point.

grinding 2 years for a piece of gear isnt usefull either


everything what you do in mmos is e-penis extending, titles work as fine as stuff which needs 2 years of grind

Maybe I'm taking this out of context ... but that's the kind of mentality that is killing the genre.

The obsessive focus on one-upmanship.

[RedAntares]

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To be honest, I don't really like looooooong term goals anymore, I had my fill with legendary weapons on Guild Wars 2 and Ragnarok Online. I'll admit that it's nice to have something to look forward, but I prefer if it's something that doesn't require 6 months of grinding to complete.

Right now my only "long term goal" in this game is to finally get the Hive weapon that I want, which will take me some time by the looks of it.

[Velhart]

**It was very profitable though, more profitable than any mainline FF up to that point.

Because the other Final Fantasy's were not MMO's....

[Luciano_Bozzelli]

Yeah we need some long term goals. I find it funny how people say if you want a game like FFXI go back to it, because this is a brand new game... Except it took all the character designs from FFXI, and has taken everything from it except for the grind, and the sheer number of Linkshell (Free company) events.

I swear if this game had dynamis, and nyzul isle, it would be better. Not because that's what made FFXI better, but for the fact that we will have some side ways options for legendary gear, or something that can always be upgradable to the people who take the time to tackle harder more time consuming content.

[Tanathya]

If you dislike this game so much, go back and you do us and you a pleasure.

You may also leave this thread if you don't like it, as it appears to be the case, instead of bashing those who don't think alike.

I wholeheartedly agree with the OP.

[Velhart]

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FFXIV 1.xx team used the same races and similar designs to enemies, not the 2.0 team. At most they have used certain monster designs which they have openly admitted was for nostalgia. Likely lower cost to HD render them and bring them over, but still.

Dynamis is basically a raid that requires killing a ton of mobs till you get what you want drops. Little to no strategy involved. Only Dynamis Lord was difficult and even then the main strategy was to zerg it before it wiped the group. Then out of 64 people, one person gets the Defending Ring, if it actually ever dropped.

I am open to Nyzul Isle like climbing dungeon if designed well. Randomized puzzles per floor.

[melisande]

As a legacy character from the beginning of 1.0 - I agree with the OP.