Removal of Surnames

[Abriael]

[QUOTE=Rhianu;32773]I know the current state of the game perfectly. I'm just not delusional enough to believe that the changes made so far have been that drastic. Most of them are actually rather minor changes.

The changes have helped the game, sure, but they haven't completely transformed it.

I highly doubt you've played every MMORPG ever made for the first 5 months.

Actually I played every major MMORPG that gets released on the market, and many minor, and keep myself informed, for work reasons, about the state of basically every one of them (not to mention basically every single player game), So yeah.
There have been an enormous number of changes, and many of them quite major.

Okay, now you're just being an idiot. Review scores are HUGE for any video game. They have an enormous impact on sales numbers, which are critical to the continual success of the title. Also, any game, even an MMO, can be judged in an hour's playtime or less.

The fact that they can have an huge impact on sales doesn't make them anywhere indicating of a game's quality.
The fact that you say that a MMO can be judged in a hour or less shows how little you know about reviewing a game. You cannot review something until you see all the options offered, and there's no MMORPG that gives a player all the options in the first view levels.
It's a basic concept of journalistic integrity. You don't write about what you didn't try first hand.

You're twisting my words. I never said ALL options are always good. Sometimes certain options might not fit within the context of the game. That does not contradict what I said earlier.

"options ALWAYS good" = "all options are good".

Funny, I don't seem to have any trouble remembering all the different names of the people on my Xbox Live friends list

You seem to equate your standpoint with everyone's, or even the average. Doesn't work like that.
MMORPG systems and rules need to be as foolproof as possible, and actually one of the major flaws of FFXIV is that it's not foolproof enough.

Actually no, it can still have multiple meanings even in that context. It depends on how strictly or loosely you use the word.

"to fire" as an abslute term. As such it cannot be used loosely. The verb you're looking for is "to demote".

Sorry, but the only troll I see here is you.

Interesting. You may want to be made aware that the by the book definition of troll is "going to a forum dedicated to a certain subject only to bash that subject and stir controversy". Looking at the posting history of the OP, he fits that definition perfectly. On the other hand, since I enjoy this game and express it, i don't fit it by the very definition itself.
Unfortunately for you, disagreeing with you and proving your points wrong doesn't equate to being a troll.