We Really Need To Talk About The State And Path Of FFXIV

[Deceptus]

I would really like climbing alot more than flight. Especially considering the fact the devs keep making maps with all kinds of hills and cliffs everywhere you look. But they have a slew of other map and enemy issues to fix to make it truly worth it and I don't think that will change anytime soon. I'd love to see the world enemies be much less... computerized. Or robotic. Like the animals(open world mobs) just feel so much like simple programs and not complex creatures. Doesn't make the world feel alive.

Then there are again, fish and puffballs of moss that can still threaten the Warrior of Light.

I don't. The engine sucks for climbing and object hit detection/recognition is terrible. See: Kugane tower where you have to stand on thin air and jump to thin air to make jumps.

[Magic-Mal]

I don't. The engine sucks for climbing and object hit detection/recognition is terrible. See: Kugane tower where you have to stand on thin air and jump to thin air to make jumps.

In my mind, the idea of climbing is cool.. in reality I know it would suck lol. Devs seem to always make any new feature or system way too complicated or have way too many mechanics for something that would normally be extra simple.

[Shurrikhan]

In my mind, the idea of climbing is cool.. in reality I know it would suck lol. Devs seem to always make any new feature or system way too complicated or have way too many mechanics for something that would normally be extra simple.

What, you don't like pseudo-loading screens every time your head dips beneath the water?

[Magic-Mal]

What, you don't like pseudo-loading screens every time your head dips beneath the water?

No I don't like that.. but I do enjoy being completely unable to do anything or find anything underwater. And using my wind-up Gloria underwater is one of the reasons why I stay subbed!

[Dirwen]

No I don't like that.. but I do enjoy being completely unable to do anything or find anything underwater. And using my wind-up Gloria underwater is one of the reasons why I stay subbed!

Diving seemed so cool to me until like you said there being nothing to do in it. Aside from the beast tribe quests.

[Zojha]

Diving seemed so cool to me until like you said there being nothing to do in it.

In fairness: It's functionally a complete copypasta of flying and everyone seems to love that one. Can't blame the devs here, they were building on a success.

[Magic-Mal]

In fairness: It's functionally a complete copypasta of flying and everyone seems to love that one. Can't blame the devs here, they were building on a success.

Well also in fairness.. we can't deny that flying is used for pretty much everything in terms of travel, it doesn't require a loading screen to start flying, and flight space is literally just air. With diving there are entire landscapes down there fit with tons of plants debris, randomly placed schools of fish, sharks, land bubbles, visual screen effects, and more. It's obvious diving probably had 4x as much resources put in compared to flight.