stormblood and how you feel for it

[Reyll]

This is seriously enough for someone to question if this game is actually a good game to invest their and money in.

Still not seeing where the problem is. Are you saying you would rather sugarcoat what the game is and pretend it has absolutely no flaws whatsoever? People deserve to know both sides to an argument or a story so they can decide for themselves and not just hear one side. I wouldn't want to trick someone into paying for the game because I left out details of what they can and cannot do and what is available and what isn't. People are discouraged because while there were some good announcements, there should have been more to get people excited. If you had the same birthday every single year and the only thing that changed was the wrapping paper on your present, would you grow bored of it and not really look forward to it as much? I know I would.

[Rokke]

I'll put it like this.

If I wanted to deter someone from playing this game, I'll just send them here lol.

This is seriously enough for someone to question if this game is actually a good game to invest their and money in.

When my friends ask me about this game I am honest with them. You gotta take the bad with the good.

[DuskTS]

This is seriously enough for someone to question if this game is actually a good game to invest their and money in.

As it should be.

[Claymore65]

So these forums just ain't for me.

This is a video game forum. Players usually come to forums to either:

A.) Praise something in the Game
B.) Criticize something about the Game
C.) Discuss a feature of the game

No forum is complete without all three of these factors. However, Criticism usually generates more discussion than praise. So, you're going to see a lot of criticism on any game forum. Criticism causes debate, as people evaluate changes to a game they are passionate about. When changes are somewhat controversial (such as the lack of a new Healer/Tank job), passions are going to rise, leading to an onslaught of both criticism and praise to combat it. Sometimes, you'll agree with the criticism, other times you'll disagree, but you'll never avoid it entirely. If that means you should stay off the forums, that's absolutely not a problem. The forums won't be for everyone.

My hype was personally hurt a bit by the fanfest reveals, but for others it was amplified significantly. That's perfectly fine too.

[Theodric]

I'm cautiously optimistic and excited...yet somewhat worried that they'll go back to painting Garlemald in a very bad light and have more over the top scenes where the Scions/Warrior of Light triumph over Garlemald inexplicably with minimal losses. Is the liberation of Doma and Ala Mhigo going to be rushed? What about the rest of Othard? Is that suddenly going to be rebelling against Garlemald and succeeding? I loathe the whole 'rag tag bunch of rebels succeed at bringing down an Empire' trope.

I was, admittedly, also hoping for an expanded character creation system.

[Aylis]

I'll put it like this.

If I wanted to deter someone from playing this game, I'll just send them here lol.

This is seriously enough for someone to question if this game is actually a good game to invest their and money in.

People have different tastes when it comes to games, what one person may love, another person might hate. It's quite rude and deceitful to not explain the bad and good to someone on the fence about a game in hopes of getting them excited enough to sub to it only for them to be disappointed later if something was not meant for them. Even with MMO's I love unconditionally, I'm always brutally honest with my friends about the good and bad and let them decide for themselves if it's something they wish to invest their time and money into.

[Xdark93]

i notice that the ones who complain the most are the ones with inactive subs... honestly they are catering to the ones who are the REAL players not the 1s who get everything they wanted done in the expansion got all their main jobs gear, weapons etc. who rush through everything without really enjoying the game labeling it as "too easy" or just plain don't wanna do everything the game has to offer to them dismissing it as a waste of time and effort. if your ques are bad don't blame the dps or the development team blame those fuckers who go inactive for months on end or years even who expect everyone else to carry their asses through new content added in between expansions cause they didn't feel like or want to re-sub. the players who login everyday or twice a week even are the community and make the game worth playing they are the 1s the development team are thanking and receiving valuable data from, and the 1s keeping this game afloat.

[Meow9000]

Y'all are dumb. How about you wait til we get more information about the expansion in the next few months before making silly judgments about it over what you think will be a lack of content? Just because they don't give us all the same shit they gave us last expansion doesn't mean we won't get the same amount or more. There's a lot more to be revealed especially since Stormblood has a larger budget than Heavensward.

[madolyn]

Some of us like things the way they are now :P horizontal progression is boring, thats why i quit GW2. Also, saying you are not trying to take away my excitement, but then saying I enjoy Mediocrity? lol. You must be one of those boring people that enjoys boring rng grinds for drops

Well you edited your post to assume I am boring which doesn't really make sense but I will try to explain to you what I meant. The game is mediocre in the sense that SE is too afraid to try new concepts and they like to play it safe by repeating the same cycle and not introduce new systems...which you said you enjoyed. They also like to not have a PTR so that things can be tested and seen if they work or not and instead push stuff out and hope for the best like the first diadem. Now, if you enjoy repetition and forever doing the same thing then cool... (wouldn't that make you the one who enjoys grinds?) you want to settle for mediocrity rather than demand a more grand experience and some new concepts from the game and the developers. People get satisfied with repeating the same safe cycles over and over and eventually the gameplay just becomes mediocre. Nowhere did I say anything about RNG drops or grinds....though the game has already done a fine job of using these concepts several times on its own.

[Reyll]

There's a lot more to be revealed especially since Stormblood has a larger budget than Heavensward.

Like... what, exactly? Read the bulletpoints on their official Stormblood page: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/stormblood/

They've mainly covered everything except for the inventory, battle system changes and Eureka. Swimming/Diving speaks for itself. Are you thinking they are magically hiding a boatload of content from us that will be surprise reveals? They would have done so at the Fanfests since those are their biggest events. Nothing else is coming, and you are a bit naive if you think there will be.