Game Suggestions

[Lambdafish]

FORCES PEOPLE THAT DONT CARE ABOUT THE STORY TO SPEND EXTRA $ TO SKIP PAST THAT CRAP

I'll answer this thread far more politely than I should. English is a wonderful language and you should learn to use it properly.

Deconstructing your post and looking past the absurdity of your language I will say that I had the same reservations about jump potions as you do, however Yoshi P has said on record that this is something that will be addressed in the future, and players won't be expected to slog all the way through ~5 expansions to get to endgame. Jump potion will not be their solution to that growing problem, only an optional means of an instant skip.

Having said that, you are in the minority in thinking the storytelling in this game is poor. Many many people praise it and use it as a selling point of the game, having characters that you can properly invest in and actually have meaning and impact on the world rather than being a basic NPC with some lore background explained through world exploration. The story itself is ambitious for an MMO and rivals even single player final fantasies in its scope. I would seriously reconsider your angle before you dismiss it completely, being uninterested is fine, but you seem downright uninformed.

[Arutan]

4. Hell no please, they need to do the contrary.

[LaylaTsarra]

Im sure Square soft cares more about making money vrs forum trolls posting stupid crap , truth is a huge portion of the new player base are people from wow, and if they want to keep these people subbed these are some things they can do to make that happen

She isn't a troll but stop tying to make final fantasy into another game. It's not WOW and it's not focused on your devoted end game raiding scene and never will be. The story is a big part of the game and I'm so happy they make you pay to skip it.

[bswpayton]

THIS GAME IS NOT NEW PLAYER FRIENDLY AT ALL,FORCES PEOPLE THAT DONT CARE ABOUT THE STORY TO SPEND EXTRA $ TO SKIP PAST THAT CRAP

Naw dude some things I like but way to many things I dont like with this post

[Raqrie_Tohka]

The only suggestion I would seriously consider is #8. The other ones are too arbitrary to be taken seriously.

[Eyvhokan]

I have to say, weapon procs and effects were more interesting than just being stat sticks. I remember in some FF games you could add status effects to your physicals.

They might make balancing SS more difficult though, but I guess you could make them only proc from autos instead.

I think they're gone from WOW as well.

[NinjaTaru72]

I disagree with 7,8,9,and 10.

If you have a good idea for pvp do share. I don't mind our pvp but ideas are good.

Lastly, you say "truth is huge portion of the new player base are people from wow."

Where are you getting these numbers?

[jameseoakes]

I'm sceptical that making big changes to the game to accommodate the current influx of WoW gamers we are apparently getting. If people are looking for a new game to play and are liking 14 that's great but changing the game to suit them isn't going to be a good idea if they'll just switch back to WoW the next time WoW adds something the like the sounds of.

The game does need feedback but it needs to be more than make the game more like the game I was playing, some of us like the core design of the game and alienating them just to try and pick up people look for a small change from another game probably isn't good long term thinking.

[Dark-Saviour]

Suggestions

Disregarding the initial outburst, which you have wisely edited out, you had me through #6, then lost me after.

Particularly, I'd like it if every significant/rare weapon (not just relics) had fixed stats and a unique effect (and possibly be untouchable by glamour, but I know people will scream bloody murder over that bit).
Would work far better however, if the game didn't cling so heavily to the vertical progression system and weapons were more than just stat upgrades as a rule.
As you (and others) would like the game to be closer to WoW, I have my own games I'd like things modeled after.

The cinematics, story, etc. are a major focus of this game, and for those that enjoy them, removing any of them wholesale would be wholly unacceptable.

We have a "Skip scenes on subsequent playthroughs" option already though, so I wouldn't be opposed to a "Skip all cutscenes" checkbox as well for people that just want to rush though.

3rd-party add-ons are not something I want (and I'm going to assume you mean parsers here, which is especially a "No" from me). They either become required, which is just obnoxious to manage, or they're pointless, which is... well... pointless... Opening up portions of the game via an API to external, out-of-game tools like GW2 did could be alright though.

[Bacent]

for a lot of MMO players, the mmo doesnt start until max level, and when you have played as many as i have, (even though i played through the story to get the pets and mounts) the last thing you want to do is level another char on a new game and honestly in comparison to most mmos, the leveling process in FFXiv is PAINFUL especially the inbetween story parts between expacs

Coming from someone who looks like they're a jumper due to having two classes at 70, and one at level 1.....you've missed a lot of other content you might not be able to get into due to how few people actually do them now days.

There's a thing called an armoury bonus. You get bonus EXP to classes of the same type (Combat/Gathering/Crafting) for anything that's under the highest level one you have. There's also food and grand company EXP bonuses, as well as special items you can get from your squadron, if you bother with that at all, that gives you a 15% EXP bonus for two hours

first im more then likley older then you are

maybe read the full post before responding hmm?

Personally if people from WoW are coming here and they act anything like you, their age won't save them from what people think about them after a very short while