Questions and Feedback on the Future of FINAL FANTASY XIV

[OMEGA_HACK]

The one MAJOR problem with the game's initial release (excluding the technical/glitchy problems) was lack of content. Since you are wiping most of all forms of content (quests/storyline/current dungeons like Totorak and the like) my question would be:

HOW MUCH of each type of content do you plan on giving us on the initial release of ver2.0?

* If I may offer a suggestion in terms of amount: to me a "just released" game should have at least 5-7 dungeons (timed, instanced, objective based dungeons)

* 50-60 side quests for each main town and a handful of side quests in each zone (1-10 depending on total size and don't make the bulk of them low level spread it across all levels including high levels 40-50; as it stands now there is only a very small number of those quests, maybe 1-3 of them total out of 73 side quests)

* A handful of "subzones" like the Mun-tuy Cellars or the strongholds for example (maybe have 1-3 per zone, make coffers appear here like in the Sph.... dungeon; also since you seem to be going on smaller yet different looking areas, try not to repeat the same format, ie: Mun-tuy looks and feels the same as Tam-tara, this is no good; sorry)

* A story line that is very very close to being complete or preferably...complete; and not ambiguously complete, we want a final boss > it dies > it concludes story. It needs to be no less than 75% complete when released.

* Some form of Long-term goal oriented content! (This game doesn't have one yet sadly) this is most ideally created via the Legendary Weapons and a large scale PvE content that requires months or even years to complete. (yes we need this, they need you to continue to play to get paid, sadly this is the way it works with an MMO, however, the content can also be enjoyable making it not feel as grindy as XI's system)

* A bunch of BCNM style fights (this would likely include Primal Fights; since they are basically zone in and fight the boss, not a traverse through a zone, unlock the boss in the time frame, and fight before you get kicked out) I would say anywhere from 10-20 of these would be ideal

* NMs (both HNM and reg NM) make them Open World as is and I would say have anywhere from 15-30 make them various levels as well from levels 5 to level 50+ and each should have something to make it worth while, ranging from specific special crafting materials for crafters to make cool gear or gear itself.

* PvP! (Yes I know its coming in ver2.0 but it better be there once the ver2.0 goes live imo) I know there are some people that don't prefer it, but that is why I enjoy how you (SE) are doing the PvP; that its optional. Still, people who want it, want it; and if you want them to stay, add it right away. Its that simple. To add to the note of PvP and its content, why not have PvP ONLY abilities that you could purchase through winning battles in the arena? Something like this would add a definite replay-ability to the PvP content, something that MMOs strive on, so that too should also be there when it kicks off.

I feel that with that people would be willing to stay and play without question; and having the best graphics in an MMO to date as well as a release on the PS3, there is no way this MMO won't be the best in the world! Thanks for reading!

[Andrien]

MY suggestion

I hope you'll reconsider about having language specific servers. I don't think it is a good idea.

[Hopecord]

what is the importance of the gods "The Twelve" in the game, I'd like to see if they have a great impact in the story and use within the game. As you know that beastmen have their gods such as leviathan and Ifirit. We on the contrary, have our own gods as we such as Thalik.

are these guardians gods? or what their role ingame-wise?

Do they have temples? such as FFX ones?

will us have to prove that we are worthy to have their blessing? "guardian's related quests"

are they all humanoid-like guardian? such the one in Gridania grand company poster?


Anyway these are my concerns about the guardians I hope you address them in the new FFXIV.

[Synthesis]

Will 2.0 resest characters ? That would make angry or made quit some current players. Or will you transfer all data to 2.0 with our progress ?

[Evangelus]

the new engine : crystal tool 2.0 or luminous engine?

[Enma]

Will 2.0 resest characters ? That would make angry or made quit some current players. Or will you transfer all data to 2.0 with our progress ?

Already answered... No data will be lost.

[Evangelus]

swim in v2.0?

[Lienn]

After reading the translated part of 4Gamers interview, i saw that you guys plan on discarding the old FFXIV and replacing itt all by the new one. So my questions are:

Is there a chance of the old one being restored to the point where the original dev team stopped (since the very core of the original FFXIV and the current FFXIV are already different) and having the project resumed as a different game? as a spin-off game maybe? Maybe resumed as Beta or even Alpha test so this time it can be made "right"?

The market is plenty of games where battle is not the most important aspect of it, just like the original FFXIV was meant to be, but most of them are just offline games with multiplayer possibility...wouldn't having a MMO growing under these concepts pretty much an interesting approach to a nearly unexplored online gaming option?

[JackDaniels]

Will our names be reserved in some way. I regret picking the name Jack Daniels, i get lots of random groupies on my adventures which is nice, but it's not a very original name. But to the people who have put a lot of time into picking a unique name, will they run the risk of having someone steal it come 2.0.

[Kibo]

Since you're making a new graphics engine, have you looked into PlayStation VITA support? I'd love to able to do some leves while on the move!