Questions and Feedback on the Future of FINAL FANTASY XIV

[Arkine]

Will we get capes?


lol

[leomike35]

typical fanboy responce u better believe the game will lose alot of its low pop it has atm once they try to charge for crap.

Your response is typical doom and gloom. Just because you and the 3 other free loaders you claim to talk to are leaving doesnt mean everyone will leave. As it stands now you aint paying crap so if you leave does that hurt SE? Not at all. They will get your money eventually so why not get used to paying now so that you can budget it in cheap skate.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

1. Can you tell us all of the things that will transfer from the current client over to client v2.0 ? (Items, gil, achievements, levels, linkshells, friends lists, retainers etc.)

2. Will I have to choose my server again in v2.0 or will I automatically transfer to the new servers. If the latter, is there any worry that I won't be able to play with my friends from my current server ?

3. Aren't you afraid that the PS3 users will become disadvantaged because they won't be able to use UI add-ons ?

4. Will there be any special bonuses for players that play the current version of the game all the way to the end. (such as special in-game items in v2.0)

5. Will I be able to join more than one "Free Company". I have many friends in different linkshells, but I'm worried that I'll only be able to do the "Free Company" with only one of my linkshells. So I won't get to play with all my friends.

6. I noticed I can summon primals if I defeat them with my "Free Company". But what if I defeated them before my "Free Company" was formed. Do I need to defeat the primals again ?

7. Will I be able to change my character's name when I change my race/gender in v2.0. It would be strange if I changed my gender from male to female, but my name was still "John Smith". I'd like to change it to "Joan Smith" instead.

8. Can you tell us more about summoned pets ? Will these be the primals or some other form of summoned creature ? I'd like to summon the undead!

9. Requirement for "Legacy" items states: "Obtainable only by players fulfilling certain attribute requirements after first "applying" for them." Can you elaborate on this please ?

10. Will I need to upgrade my computer to support the new graphics engine ? I already upgraded it once for this game. I really don't want to upgrade it again.

11. Can you tell us more about the new "Bard" job ? I understand the bow transforms into a harp ? Does this mean any bow can transform, or do I need to have a special kind of bow ?

12. Can you tell us more about the job system ? I can change my class easily from Thaumaturge to Gladiator, but will I be able to easily change from White Mage to Warrior, or White Mage to Pugilist, etc.

13. Will there be any Level Cap increases before v2.0 is released ? It's pretty easy to reach rank50 these days. Surely in a year everyone will have reached the cap ! Maybe even in all classes!!

14. What about all the new players that will join in v2.0. Won't there be a big gap in levels between them and the players who have always been here (two years is a lot of time missed for PS3 users!)? I feel there should be a way for veterans and new players to play together (besides PL!).

15. I noticed in one of the concept art pictures it looks like a destroyed aetheryte camp. Does this mean I won't be able to teleport anymore in v2.0 ?

16. With the new replay cutscene feature, will I be able to watch cutscenes from the current version of the game in v2.0 as well ? Since I can't experience the "seventh umbral era" storyline in v2.0 I'm wondering if I'll ever get to see those cutscenes again.

17. What kinds of content can I recruit players from other servers for ? Is it only instanced content ? What about guildleves, or experience points parties ?

[stoned]

Just because it's what WoW and every WoWclone does, doesn't mean it's required in order to be a true MMO. I've always been for features being added where other people have said "Aww man, this'll just make FFXIV into a WoW clone", but in all those cases the additions were good on their own merit. I don't think jumping or swimming should be added to FFXIV unless it can add anything to the game, and I haven't seen a good argument yet for what it could add.

maybe i want to run around the rock or jump down the cliff side another fanboy makin poinless arguments. this is my char and i would like to play it way i want to not way u want to just cuzz ur fine wit brokein crap doesnt meen i am.

[Darkshine]

Look, I hate using forums. Mostly because they are coded like manure, and slow, and never clean. I am old, I like to just play games, but because of the OUTRAGE that I feel right now towards a company that I believed in since I was a kid, I managed to convince myself to put up with forums.

I understand that FFXIV was a complete flop, I get that. I would not expect less of Square than to fix it ASAP as the Final Fantasy series is a multi BILLION(Trillion since inital release?) dollar market.

What I cannot believe is that they would expect people to pay for a game that wont be completed for OVER a year...! What kind of crack-smokin business suit thought that up??!? I betcha he/she has never touched a video game in their life except to sell it to the kid down the street.

I have played since the very first days of FF starting from the NES, when I begged and begged my parents for it and subsequent releases into the SNES and Playstation. I did extra chores, got straight A's, and was a model child most of the time, just so I could spend my money on a game.

And now I am betrayed by the very game and company that I have always believed in, they have gone the route of corporate greed as well. I was so excited as my own children are getting old enough to understand the final fantasy game concept and I was looking forward to possibly introducing them to it.

Although the askance to support a non finished game for almost a year is absolute madness and the person that suggested it initially should be required to wear a court jester hat and donkey ears at the office for the remainder of employment with Square Enix.

I am apalled and outraged that you would dare ask a community that has already been spurned once by a worthless game release to the tune of anywhere from 75-150 US dollars to further pay you any money until you deliever the finished and complete product.

I hope sincerely that this post reaches whoever it needs to in order to slap some sense back into Square Enix, and not just sit in the dark recesses of threaded forums(I can almost hear the small chuckle as the admin deletes it). I know that the "glory days" of Final Fantasy are long over, but quality and ethical business should NEVER, and I mean NEVER be put to rest.

I encourage all fellow Final Fantasy fans to join in agreement with this as we have put up with a heck of a lot in the past almost year. I treat the continued free trial as incentive from Square Enix that we didn't bang down the doors and scream for our money back for an unfinished, lack-luster game, and probably prevented many lawsuits from being filed.

If Square Enix is really that hard up for public relations, marketing, and overall customer satisfaction, hire me. (Sorry had to plug) I would take care of these things, because that is my line of work, and I am used to nothing less than impossible. Above all else, I REMEMBER THAT I WAS AN ORIGINAL FINAL FANTASY FAN FIRST, and I am just one of the multitude of them out there, and my first priority would be to take care of the gamers and long-term fans.

Even though I have always been loyal to your Final Fantasy Series, you won't charge me for a product/service that isn't finished, as I wouldn't let anyone else do it.

Don't give into greed. Do the right thing.

/rage rant off

Thanks for reading!

[stoned]

Your response is typical doom and gloom. Just because you and the 3 other free loaders you claim to talk to are leaving doesnt mean everyone will leave. As it stands now you aint paying crap so if you leave does that hurt SE? Not at all. They will get your money eventually so why not get used to paying now so that you can budget it in cheap skate.

yea ima free loader i will piss on 15 bucks and burn it b4 i give SE more than the 80 buck i spent on this crap. u argu all u want and rest the fanboys can troll all u want.

[Starlord]

You have my 12 or lower dollars from me.. and I'll pay an extra 10 to be the first person to die from Meteor!

Anyways, onto my Question:

Post 2.0 How will Grand Companies Be affected in the New FFXIV?

[Babydoll]

What will the Summoner job be like?

[leomike35]

yea ima free loader i will piss on 15 bucks and burn it b4 i give SE more than the 80 buck i spent on this crap. u argu all u want and rest the fanboys can troll all u want.

Yeah that says it all. My apologies you are not a free loader. You must understand I spent the same 80 bucks and I played for a year for free. It could have been 80 +150. Not arguing with you just trying to help you see the bigger picture. Its ok to be upset and it is your money piss on it as you will but it wont change the fact that your 15bucks will not be a drop compared to all of those willing to pay. The truth doesnt change just because you dont believe it.

[leomike35]

Look, I hate using forums. Mostly because they are coded like manure, and slow, and never clean. I am old, I like to just play games, but because of the OUTRAGE that I feel right now towards a company that I believed in since I was a kid, I managed to convince myself to put up with forums.

I understand that FFXIV was a complete flop, I get that. I would not expect less of Square than to fix it ASAP as the Final Fantasy series is a multi BILLION(Trillion since inital release?) dollar market.

What I cannot believe is that they would expect people to pay for a game that wont be completed for OVER a year...! What kind of crack-smokin business suit thought that up??!? I betcha he/she has never touched a video game in their life except to sell it to the kid down the street.

I have played since the very first days of FF starting from the NES, when I begged and begged my parents for it and subsequent releases into the SNES and Playstation. I did extra chores, got straight A's, and was a model child most of the time, just so I could spend my money on a game.

And now I am betrayed by the very game and company that I have always believed in, they have gone the route of corporate greed as well. I was so excited as my own children are getting old enough to understand the final fantasy game concept and I was looking forward to possibly introducing them to it.

Although the askance to support a non finished game for almost a year is absolute madness and the person that suggested it initially should be required to wear a court jester hat and donkey ears at the office for the remainder of employment with Square Enix.

I am apalled and outraged that you would dare ask a community that has already been spurned once by a worthless game release to the tune of anywhere from 75-150 US dollars to further pay you any money until you deliever the finished and complete product.

I hope sincerely that this post reaches whoever it needs to in order to slap some sense back into Square Enix, and not just sit in the dark recesses of threaded forums(I can almost hear the small chuckle as the admin deletes it). I know that the "glory days" of Final Fantasy are long over, but quality and ethical business should NEVER, and I mean NEVER be put to rest.

I encourage all fellow Final Fantasy fans to join in agreement with this as we have put up with a heck of a lot in the past almost year. I treat the continued free trial as incentive from Square Enix that we didn't bang down the doors and scream for our money back for an unfinished, lack-luster game, and probably prevented many lawsuits from being filed.

If Square Enix is really that hard up for public relations, marketing, and overall customer satisfaction, hire me. (Sorry had to plug) I would take care of these things, because that is my line of work, and I am used to nothing less than impossible. Above all else, I REMEMBER THAT I WAS AN ORIGINAL FINAL FANTASY FAN FIRST, and I am just one of the multitude of them out there, and my first priority would be to take care of the gamers and long-term fans.

Even though I have always been loyal to your Final Fantasy Series, you won't charge me for a product/service that isn't finished, as I wouldn't let anyone else do it.

Don't give into greed. Do the right thing.

/rage rant off

Thanks for reading!

Again with the half finished game stuff. Come on my good man this is a mmo its not like you bought FFXIII and it wasnt finished. Totally different. They are not being greedy they are bending over backwards for us and all of this in spite of the nuclear crisis they had earlier this year. You feel betrayed? I understand this but I think you like many fans that got their feelings hurt and cant forgive. They arent charging you and leaving things as is that would be robbery. They are still giving us all the patches and hotfixes while getting 2.0 ready to go. Many feel that is when they should charge and some do think after 1.19 they should be charging. I am going to pay not for greed but to help. Also they cant steal from you if you give it willingly. There are no guns to your head so everyone should all calm down.