In NA, FFXI released one year after it did in JP

[Rinsui]

You still dont know what you are talking about, like i said a couple posts ago. If you point out that FFXI was "looking better in beta" than FFXIV is right now, then bring on your facts. If you cant fact out things, you obviously fail with these kind of comments...

Hmm. Back in 2001 not having an AH, no LS management tools and a shipload of small bugs, missing features and lag issues may have been acceptable, but that tells us little about whether a game in that state is acceptable for release nowadays.

It's like arguing that you don't need planes to travel to Europe, because galeons did fine in 1492.

Don't get me wrong, they definitely are moving in the right direction; but there is no excuse for the mess they delivered last September.

[Zenaku]

FFXIV is using crystal tool which they have issue with and they got cheap Servers by the look of it and program everything dumb oh and i forgot The CEO ended up releasing the game in 2010 and everyone blame Tanaka when he himself said it's not ready. FFXIV is bad only because they made it release when the dev said no.

FFXI? that was there first MMO so there no one to blame there lol.

[Blarp]

You can't compare a game that was developed and released a decade ago to a game that was developed and released a year ago. The excuse of, "XI was terrible at launch too" is a bad one. If anything it's more damning to SE than anything; they have a decade of experience, but are dealing with huge problems that first-timers in the industry don't face. Tools and procedures for development and implementation have come a long way in the last decade, but it seems like SE didn't get the memo.

As for XIV, it doesn't feel anywhere near as polished as XI did when XI was released in NA.

[madolyn]

i can't believe people are STILL talking about this.
if you don't like it, then leave. the game is free right now.

"I can't believe the free service I am in no way obligated to use is not what I expect and is making changes that either mildly inconvenience me or I don't agree with."

that's pretty much what 75% of people on this forum sound like to me.

[Nero]

but there is no excuse for the mess they delivered last September.

I agree with this.

[Wolfie]

Market Ward = Auction House.

You can search for your item, you can see who sells it. The two differences are you have to run your lazy ass across two GIGANTICALLY tiny rooms while looking for an NPC with a different colored name and a red star conveniently located next to the name, and that there's no price history (my only problem with it).

Both games have bazaars.

There you go. A searchable option, and a non-searchable one.

Just because they share some similar features does not mean it's an Auction House/Trade Broker/something good.

A bicycle has wheels and it takes you from point A to point B, but it's not a car.

MW is barely passable as a trading system. It's been met with an incredible amount of hostility from the majority of customers since its inception. It's time to stop wasting time with it.

[AsterBarnivere]

i can't believe people are STILL talking about this.
if you don't like it, then leave. the game is free right now.

"I can't believe the free service I am in no way obligated to use is not what I expect and is making changes that either mildly inconvenience me or I don't agree with."

that's pretty much what 75% of people on this forum sound like to me.

hurrah more people cheering on the death of this game by telling others to leave if they don't like something they like, although BOTH parties want to see it improve. GOOD JOB! *sarcasm*

[madolyn]

hurrah more people cheering on the death of this game by telling others to leave if they don't like something they like, although BOTH parties want to see it improve. GOOD JOB! *sarcasm*

lol the few people who leave (IF anyone actually did because "madolyn told them to") will not "kill" the game. There will always be people playing. I thoroughly enjoy playing this game. I'll give you a thumbs up you because your sarcasm made me chuckle.

[Wolfie]

lol the few people who leave (IF anyone actually did because "madolyn told them to") will not "kill" the game. There will always be people playing. I thoroughly enjoy playing this game. I'll give you a thumbs up you because your sarcasm made me chuckle.

If this game will continue to cater to the "hardcores" that want an unintuitve, boring grindfest of a game, it will never go above 30k players again.

[XxOstiaxX]

lol the few people who leave (IF anyone actually did because "madolyn told them to") will not "kill" the game. There will always be people playing. I thoroughly enjoy playing this game. I'll give you a thumbs up you because your sarcasm made me chuckle.

The current non existing player base this game has cannot and will not support the game, hence why is free, and even when it is free, the player base is below 50K players, that is a very very sad number for a MMO.

This game needs every player it currently has, but more importantly it needs the other 600K players that left to come back to be successful.