Storytelling

[Nixxe]

I have ADHD, so I know a thing or two about finding it difficult, if not impossible, to focus on things. I don't really experience a problem with the MSQ, which means it's doing an adequate job of being the most interesting thing going on whenever I'm doing it.

The old English makes dialogue too formal and unnecessarily long, if you compare it to other localizations you notice that the English version has way more text, for some people it makes the story hard to follow and this leads to this antipathy for the characters some people Feel.

The problem is not the story it's the localization ... but you will be bitten by Koji's fans if you complain too loud about it.

It's faux early modern English. It's doubtful you would be able to read Old English.

[Renik]

It's faux early modern English. It's doubtful you would be able to read Old English.

Oh sorry, I'm not even native, i just know that it resembles old English.

Why not give the solo'ers a solo game and groupers a group game?

MMOs are about society in a vitual world not about being forced to play content with others, most soloers would take ofense about what you just said.

[Kaethra]

MMOs are about society in a vitual world not about being forced to play content with others, most soloers would take ofense about what you just said.

Little hard to have a society when the game throws up an error because you're doing a quest in a group.

[Paladinleeds]

Little hard to have a society when the game throws up an error because you're doing a quest in a group.

I think for that, if you're doing a quest as a group, it should allow them to join in, but scale the difficulty up significantly so you HAVE to work together. This should however in my opinion exclude Class/Job quests where duty is required (since it's about your personal understanding of the duty), but any main or side story quest that isn't locked to a certain class/job should be A-OK with the scaling.

[Berethos]

Oh sorry, I'm not even native, i just know that it resembles old English.

Most of it, believe it or not, is modern formal English in structure with a tendency to use old words or old meanings of words...and it's that particular approach (meant to add a sense of authenticity to the setting..."Man that was epic!" wouldn't really work in what is supposed to be a medieval fantasy setting) that I think throws people. The "pirate" or Limsan dialect can also be tough to follow if you're not accustomed to it, and they liberally use old words and phrases there.

The faux early modern English is the harder (esp if not native to the language) to read way Urianger speaks...but he's actually meant to be tougher to understand and the impression he gives by using what others probably consider a haughty way of speaking is intentional.

[matteoxyz]

I don't think there's anything wrong with Early Modern English. Shakespeare for example. But in this game it doesn't have a natural flow. Reading actual contemporary writings in older styles, it's lyrical, very succinct and.. beautiful, really.