To Yoshida-san: 3 characters needed to fully experience the 7th Umbral Era storyline?

[Majidah]

This thread is composed by two kind of idiots:

- Those who think what the OP is requesting isn't reasonable or important.

- Those who think the dev team should merge the story lines so that we all see the same.

What the OP said makes much sense. I too would like to experience all cut scenes by myself and not have to google them up in a third party website. However, modifying the game isn't necessary. Just letting players change allegiance as in FFXI.

And Yoshi said this will be implemented in the future.

So /thread.

[Alhanelem]

- Those who think what the OP is requesting isn't reasonable or important.

It *isn't* reasonable. It most certainly is, an important issue however.

What the OP said makes much sense. I too would like to experience all cut scenes by myself and not have to google them up in a third party website. However, modifying the game isn't necessary. Just letting players change allegiance as in FFXI.

There's no need to google them up, because they aren't targeted at you. They're targeted at people who chose that GC or starting city. A function to replay cutscenes in the game is sufficient. With a story that is continously moving forward even between game updates, it makes no logical sense to go back and see the same events over again. This isnt' a Choose-your-own-adventure story book where you can go back and make the other choice. This is a living, breathing world where you can't undo what has already happened. If I'm a Horde character in WoW, I can't experience alliance storylines, or vice versa (and for a very long time, if you were playing on a PvP server, you couldn't have characters from both factions on the same server). There is nothing wrong with people having to make decisions. It's a bunch of whiny kids that have to have everything that prevent us from having more distinct experiences from one player to the next.

And Yoshi said this will be implemented in the future.

Where?

[Mushy]

I think each should have a different unique cutscene, and it eventually wraps up the same. copy paste would make gc less unique

[Jennestia]

This thread is composed by two kind of idiots:

- Those who think what the OP is requesting isn't reasonable or important.

- Those who think the dev team should merge the story lines so that we all see the same.

What does intelligence level have to do with either of these?

[Ruinaru]

Yeah, I haven't heard anything about being able to switch GC's in the future. Pretty they're calling it a permanent thing.

And Alhanelem, you can't level every class on one character in WoW. You're expected to have more than one if you want to experience different aspects of the game, and as such additional characters are free. In FFXIV you have to pay an additional $3 every month for another character. With the structure of the game as it is, that's another $3 for a character that probably won't get as much attention as your first, and will only be used to see the other Grand Company quests.

Sure, there are people who want to have one mage character, one melee character, one crafter character, etc, and to those I say: More power to you. I, however, hate the idea of paying more money for a character that I KNOW won't get any attention except to do a couple of quests every few months, and pouring in the time required to level it up, then never use it.

This isn't some Elder Scrolls or Dragon Age game where you can just make a new save file, or have as many characters as you want for free. It's not a game that's easy to re-roll in, and as such you shouldn't have MAJOR storyline content kept from you because you chose one Grand Company over the other. Weapons and armor, yes, that's fine. Smaller quests with "dialogue box" cutscenes in between major plot points, definitely. But the major cutscenes depicting crucial moments in the main, overarching storyline should be available to all.

But I can compromise a bit. Say they keep the storylines as they are. Same general storyline, different cutscenes along the way, etc. But then there's a player who wants to know what happened on the other sides of the story. He can't, because switching companies and going through its quests would create a time paradox! Oh, wait a second, don't all the adventurers in Eorzea have access something called "the Echo?" Isn't the Echo something that lets them participate in things that happened in the past? Couldn't the Echo be used to see the events of the 7h Umbral Era from another point of view?

There's no need to keep stuff like this from players who only want one character. Heavy choices like that do not have a place in an MMO where one character takes so much dedication and time, and extras cost real money.

[Jennestia]

There's no need to keep stuff like this from players who only want one character. Heavy choices like that do not have a place in an MMO where one character takes so much dedication and time, and extras cost real money.

Just about every single MMORPG that gives you choices and options with even 1:1 ration on character/class/job will restrict you from other stuff based on your choices -- It's never seen as a problem because there's a lot to do with your particular choice, XIV is being overhauled so there isn't a lot of content yet.

[Felis]

Making a second Character is not an Acceptable solution to this issue. A Character in FFXIV require a lot of effort and dedication.

What effort?
You only need 1 class to level. No need for multiple classes for a gc quest char. Some people have it in 1 week.

[Nakiamiie]

I have the same worries and problems as the OP mentioned.
A big portion of my fun in Eorzea is the story, not the endless grind like some people enjoy. If the whole story is limited to some players or broken into pieces so that I have to level and PAY three different characters (thus being restricted), what the hell is happening in the dev rooms? Everything was coming smoothly with the story until recently.

I expect an official announcement from Yoshi-P about this. Yoshi-P kept telling us to stay for the story, story this, story that and now they break story into inaccessible pieces?!

[Yelta_Sumasu]

Couldn't the Echo be used to see the events of the 7h Umbral Era from another point of view?

There's no need to keep stuff like this from players who only want one character. Heavy choices like that do not have a place in an MMO where one character takes so much dedication and time, and extras cost real money.

This seems like a winning idea. If we could replay any CS we already saw and had access then to view the equivalent CS from other GC or whatever that would satisfy most everyone wouldn't it?

[Reinheart]

This seems like a winning idea. If we could replay any CS we already saw and had access then to view the equivalent CS from other GC or whatever that would satisfy most everyone wouldn't it?

/nod

you can use that power to view other peoples past right? why not on another GC member lol

Nice idea imo