Final Fantasy XIV going back to Final Fantasy Roots

[Nyghtmarerobu]

Question for you all. If you could take what defines or highlights "Final Fantasy" across multiple the majority of its iterations, what would it be? Not just chocobos or crystals, but what it lends to gaming generally...

When I think of Final Fantasy, I think of a great cast of characters, amazing over-arching storyline, and great music. The titles themselves are always changing from one to the next in terms of adding or removing things from the gameplay.

- elements - damage resist absorb, pretty much in all FF
- gunblades - a lot of characters are using this weapon

This stuff is would be interesting to add, but the game isn't an old Final Fantasy title. Its a new one. They bring what they want to it, and this stuff won't make it more of a "Final Fantasy", even if you think it will. This isn't what defined the series, anyone can tell you that.

There's a difference between adding more of the same and actually adding something to the model.

If you truly believe this then I would argue that expansions and DLC's for many games never brought "anything to the model".

How about this, lets look at Diablo 2's expansion, Lord of Destruction. What did it add overall to its game? 2 new playable characters, hordes of new equipment, new areas, new enemys, new bosses, new quests and story, and a host of balancing. But man that sure isn't much they brought to the model, Druid was a mashup of a mage and Necromancer, and who cares about new loot, thats trivial right? New area's don't do anything for the game as a whole, as you said. But this expansion was hailed as great, so whats the differance between it and heavensward? I can't point how any of these made the game for the better. See what I did there. You're being overly critical, anyone can do this. The game has flaws, yes, but just because there are a host of things you don't care about or don't like, doesn't make them a failure.

Now you have biiiiiig amount of MMORPGs whats so special about FFXIV ? Why to choose it ? Thats the question. If you have 2 breads that looks same just another package which you choose ? OFC cheaper.

Then what is keeping you here? Why are you making a huge fuss over something you don't seem to care about when "there's cheaper and better" things out there. I'd have already left if that was the case. I like everything this game has to offer, I dabble in all the things, crafting, gathering, leveling, raiding. I do it all, and I like it all. If you constrict yourself to 1 or 2 things, you're going to get bored faster. Do I think things could be fixed? Sure, things can always be improved, but what everyone here is asking is for a different game. And you aren't going to get it, simply because the game is established, its been made.

Lets look back at FF14, 1.0. It was remade. Why? It was broken. It was incomplete. Do you honestly believe this new version is in the same place? I don't think any of you can actually believe this is a bag game, you're still playing and paying for it. If you did, you'd have stopped right? You don't buy crappy games right? Because I know I don't.