The PS3 killed FFXIV

[Rhomagus]

You could also come at it from an accessibility / GUI perspective, though that's SE's own programming fault and could easily sidestep this problem.

PC gamers, in general, have found their playability of the game greatly reduced because the game was designed with a controller in mind. The development team addresses this and apologizes for it in one of their 4gamer interviews:

4Gamer: How are you improving the control system?

Gondai: The biggest improvements have been made to the keyboard and mouse controls. Since FFXIV has always been planned as a PC/PS3 title, we needed to make it so that you could play with a controller if you wanted. However, it ended up where the design favored a controller setup. If you wanted to target an enemy, you had to hit the confirm button twice but that turned into having to click twice with a mouse too. It’s just odd when you think about it.

4Gamer: It definitely wasn’t popular with people who wanted to play using a mouse. It got to the point where some people just gave up and switched to a controller.

Gondai: We’re honestly sorry about that which is why those control issues have been given priority and are being worked on by Minagawa Hiroshi. The battle system is also being worked on which means we’ve been asking him to make the appropriate changes to the UI as well.

(Minagawa Hiroshi is the lead UI artist as well as the lead web content artist.)

Also, by not opening up the UI completely this man, and others with a similar condition(giving a whole new definition to "facerolling") are significantly deterred from play. I personally play with someone who is disabled (I don't know how in particular) and he's managed to find a way to play but I'm sure that process could be made much easier.

They need to open up the options, specifically in the human interface department, if anything and I don't know why they haven't. Keyboard/Mouse/FFXI players have been asking for arrow key camera controls since closed beta.

[BloodPact]

This change is good, wether is was made because of the PS3 release or not. The only downside I see is that people who used to do them every time they were available will now have a couple of less leves available after each reset. The option to stack and do them when you have time does not reduce immersion or any sort of crap people are inventing in the forums, it just gives you the option of not having to forcefully log in every X amount of time so you don't loose on the sp/exp. For those who don't like the changes, go camp the counter every time the reset comes by like you used to. NO ONE is forcing you to stack the leves; but I bet you are now going to say that because the option to do so is there no one is going to bother rushing to the guild at reset (like if you were animals who only do the hard stuff because they are forced to.) Those who want only timesink and restrictions like the old system are selfish, not hardcore.

[Rhomagus]

This change is good, wether is was made because of the PS3 release or not. The only downside I see is that people who used to do them every time they were available will now have a couple of less leves available after each reset. The option to stack and do them when you have time does not reduce immersion or any sort of crap people are inventing in the forums, it just gives you the option of not having to forcefully log in every X amount of time so you don't loose on the sp/exp. For those who don't like the changes, go camp the counter every time the reset comes by like you used to. NO ONE is forcing you to stack the leves; but I bet you are now going to say that because the option to do so is there no one is going to bother rushing to the guild at reset (like if you were animals who only do the hard stuff because they are forced to.) Those who want only timesink and restrictions like the old system are selfish, not hardcore.

I agree with this and +1'd it.

[Kiote]

LMAO this may well be the most ridiculous post I have ever seen on this Forum yet.

[Kiote]

being able to do 99 leves in 12.5days? ...i thought party grinds were back in play. it's been a ok maybe a player like me can enjoy this game

You do realize that 16 every 36 hours is 99 in 12.5 days right?

[zaviermhigo]

I play my ps3 for hours when I do play it. The hour here hours there, is due to the real world usually. If you know someone with a console who plays it even 3 hours a day they've pretty much killed the market value for entertainment there. 59.99 for a game, 3 hours, in 3 hours you can pay close to 30 bucks for 3 or so movies that will totally disappoint you. So even if its hours here and hours there, it doesn't mean they are being any less entertained by content put in place who may play for 8 hours a day. And if you did play this game for 8 hours right now everyday, not stop for months I might be worried, but thats your playstyle. Judging people for playing their consoles for less hours is like automatically like saying "you play for too long you have no life please get one" its the same crap.

and of course if you're playing COD or loser games on your console why would you play for more then 3 hours?, You play rpgs (even action games bleh) on your console and I guarantee you'll be on longer then 3 hours.

[Kiote]

Ok last post for the thread cause it's dumb and I want it to die.

YAY FOR NOT HAVING TO LOG IN EVERY DAY JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU MAXIMIZE YOUR WEEKLY SP GAINS!

[TidBones]

The original OP makes me bleed from my nose for his stupidity, how the hell conso.. i dont even.. wtf..

[odette]

the real problem, pc players have more advantage that console.
console players cant uses third party for voice chat program
players sometimes uses addon from third party

ffxi have real problem in many years the graphics become obsolet but can never upgrade for console limitation
ffxiv could have same problem

[NefarioCall]

all your base are belong to us.