Message from actual new player

[Vanguard319]

See, now I found it to be the opposite, but a lot of that can be the fact that we all have a tendancy to read posts from the same people we agree or disagree with. From my view point it seems like the biggest two complaints were: The current game state does not feel dangerous enough. People were looking for a sense of danger in an otherwise empty, and fairly easy to navigate gameworld. The other major complaint was the lack of party play. I think they solved both those problems wonderfully, but I can understand why some people are upset. Once again though, this all goes back to what I have been saying about SE not redisigning this game for the current population, but rather doing it for ficticious people that havent actually given them any money yet.

Edit: I should comment that there is now a NEED to party, which is great, but no actual good tools for FORMING parties yet, which is far from great.

unfortunately, they essentially said "f**k you" to both new and casual players alike, without new players, the game doesn't grow, and casual players may decide to quit, meaning the game dies over time.

As a predominantly solo player, I have found it it almost impossible to stay alive against mobs even slightly higher in level, especially now that they almost always attack in large groups. Bear in mind that I have somewhat decent, despite dated equipment, and I often did leves solo before the patch. Part of the problem is that they not only made equipment matter too much, but that gear now HAS to have the best materia gil can buy as well. How do they expect a new player to afford that kind of enhanced gear early off?

The simple answer is you can't. there has to be at least a shallow enough learning curve that new players will not feel alienated and ignored.

[Biggs]

unfortunately, they essentially said "f**k you" to both new and casual players alike, without new players, the game doesn't grow, and casual players may decide to quit, meaning the game dies over time.

As a predominantly solo player, I have found it it almost impossible to stay alive against mobs even slightly higher in level, especially now that they almost always attack in large groups. Bear in mind that I have somewhat decent, despite dated equipment, and I often did leves solo before the patch. Part of the problem is that they not only made equipment matter too much, but that gear now HAS to have the best materia gil can buy as well. How do they expect a new player to afford that kind of enhanced gear early off?

The simple answer is you can't. there has to be at least a shallow enough learning curve that new players will not feel alienated and ignored.

I see your point. I do think a lot of the rage right now though is because people are shellshocked that what worked before when soloing totally doesnt work anymore. Given time I think we would find new ways to solo. I get what your saying about gear and materia though as I also share this fear for low level peeps. Its all uneccassary though as I think we will find a lot of these issues rebalanced in the coming weeks. I know its a released game and all (which I will NEVER understand why they didnt pull it to rework it) but people tend to quickly forget that this game is in REdevelopement and that, 2 months from now a whole slew of other things will change and the rage cycle can begin all over again just as we are getting used to the last set of changes.

Oh, and I genuinly dont think SE is trying to gather new players atm. So people that are worried its chasing off potential new players right now are the ONLY ones worrying about it. I can assure you that, at this juncture in time, SE is not.

[Betelgeuzah]

Oh, and I genuinly dont think SE is trying to gather new players atm. So people that are worried its chasing off potential new players right now are the ONLY ones worrying about it. I can assure you that, at this juncture in time, SE is not.

I hope so. I like how the lower levels feel now, but the game is still not in a representative state.

I myself am going to take it really slowly because so much good stuff is still in the pipes which I don't want to miss. Action rehaul, Job system, zone redesign (this is pretty important), server repair, client optimization, UI overhaul. I don't want to be level 50 when all these aspects are implemented.

[Biggs]

I hope so. I like how the lower levels feel now, but the game is still not in a representative state.

I myself am going to take it really slowly because so much good stuff is still in the pipes which I don't want to miss. Action rehaul, Job system, zone redesign (this is pretty important), server repair, client optimization, UI overhaul. I don't want to be level 50 when all these aspects are implemented.

I rerolled so I can do just that my Galkan friend I see much crafting, gathering, and materia making in our future