The Current Status of FFXIV Patch 3.1 and How to Address it Moving Forward

[FizzleofHyperion]

Dzian: I'm really happy to see I'm not alone sharing my views aswell. I want content thats rewarding like you. I don't want to work hard for something thats useless next month and then I have to work again for the new thing. I just don't understand why Yoshi P and his took almost 2 years making us do this for them to wake up and see we don't need the game like this. If the majority of the players are waking up and not wanting this crazy item hunt and want something different why not just give it to us. I'm not playing FFXIV because it reminds me of WoW I'm playing FFXIV because I want a FF MMORPG experience. If I wanted to play WoW I would go there if I wanted FFXI I would go there. If Yoshi P is gonna use elements from other MMORPGs then stop using elements from everything but FFXI. When FFXI elements are used most uf want more than item names from FFXI or creatures. We actually want stuff what made FFXI so unique.

Meaning we want a game that is rewarding but learn from FFXI aswell don't turn it into a grind fest where people feel they have to give up when they can't catch up fast enough. Add more worldmap content we all wanted bigger maps but we didnt want empty maps where there is nothing to do on them besides hunts fates and gathering stuff when we are out of heavensward quests. I really hope Yoshi P reads all comments here its alot of productive ideas coming from everyone even stuff that I usually wouldn't agree with but it might actually work.


Kaurie: I think you would have loved FFXI during its golden era. The way the game was built all the teamwork it required and how it punished you for mistakes plus the amazing level down sound effect LOL. Nah but seriously aside from a few negative stuff about FFXI that most of us can agree on. There are atleast 50 amazing things I can tell you about FFXI that Yoshi P could have learned and studied. Nothing to copy but study why that game was so great why its still functioning after 14 years and why players still enjoy that game to this day. Everything isnt because of the nostalgia feeling. I promise you if FFXI as it is now had a graphics revamp so many players would leave for it I can almost guarantee it. Enough of that though.

Good things about FFXI offered me the following:
An epic storyline
hard content that was enjoyable and rewarding
Understanding that I'm not playing skyrim where I think I'm a one man army that can solo everything.
I had to play with respect and not a 10 year old child or I would have been filtered out quick and not getting help. Meaning douchebags get filtered out quick like early pullers for hunts etc like we have now would have been demolished.
A game soundtrack that was more than just rock music and chanting for almost every track of the game.
An overwhelming amount of spells abilities for almost all classes.
Alot of teamplay content meaning even my jobquests I couldn't do solo like im doing now and I had to bring people with me. I'm playing an MMORPG afterall if I want to solo stuff I can go to Fallout Skyrim and Witcher.
Gears that where valuable for many years to come and stuff didnt get outdated because of some weird chase for having the latest item thats usless by march like it is here.
Relic weapons where enjoyable they grew with you and they actually still do. They didnt ruin the relics from FFXI instead they could evolve to level 99 now something that Yoshi P should really take into consideration and learn from.
Relics also took time effort gil and teamwork to obtain!
Summons in FFXI didn't look like pokemons like they do here and especially not like some WoW Warlock either.
Ninja as ninja in FFXI and wasnt a combination of Ninja and Thief like it is on FFXIV.
Gear stats where amazing.
Merit points system where you could customize your character as you please.
You could actually borrow gears to your friends in FFXI and help them with content without this strange spiritbond system.
There was more to do than just Alexander Savage. You had so much endgame content to do it was crazy.
etc:

Bad things about FFXI imo:
Waiting forever for a party (something thats way better in FFXIV)
It was unforgiving if you didn't play alot you could'nt catch up and had to quit and thats not fun for anyone.
Abyssea
Also weekly lockouts during dynamis aht urghan relic areas etc.
No guidelines on where to go etc you where so lost.
It dependent a bit too much on alot of players.
It was too much of a competition feeling at times.

The list goes on but you would have loved FFXI.

FFXIV is amazing its just that its over 2 years now and along this way they have to listen more to what the non casual market wants. Sadly the Casuals are also trend jumpers meaning the next MMORPG that comes they will just go to that and we will be stuck with feeding a market of whats "hot right now in mmorpgs".

I just don't want my favourite MMORPG at current time get ruined thats all. Forgive me for writing so much if I didn't care about FFXIV and the future of it I wouldn't be so determined to voice my opinion.