Seriously? No mail box?

[Blitz0309]

While i do appreciate the "its comming in 2.0"..

It still is silly that so many features were missing at launch, and even now. Say all you want that "the current server can't do ______".. but that isn't a good excuse for anything. It can be done, it won't because its going to be redone with 2.0.. but it should of been there in the first place. It was their lack of foresight, not a hardware/software issue. Saying that the servers can't handle having a mail box... well.. is just ignorant. But i digress.

The only way to stop these threads is when 2.0 comes out and is better than promised (if that's possible). Though realistically the damage has been done. The community might grow a little, but the chance for this to be a mmo with a decent population sailed a while ago. You'll see an influx of new players when 2.0 comes out. But most everyone who wanted to try this game has, and a lot of people are pissed off they spent money on a beta client. Mention this game to anyone who is a "gamer" and they laugh. Ask people who bought it at release their opinion and most have tossed the dvd. People generally don't buy a game, have it be horrible and come back to it nearly 2 years later. And even if they do, the current community is so far past starting that its going to be sort of pointless.

Hell, even the majority of the playing community has nothing to do. Everyone raced to "endgame" in a game that is being rebuilt where new content isn't really being prioritized. New people will come in, get babied all the way to 50 and then be in the same boat. I hope i'm wrong, but i think this game has already passed through its first life cycle. The rerelease and expansions may bring hope, but i don't see too many people waiting for 2.0 outside of this community. All of my friends that started at launch have no plans to play again, granted some of that is life changes that prohibit mmo playing, but still.

I've read these forums since day 1, even when i didn't play. Sorta a way to kill time at work and hoping that this would become a game that i would enjoy as much as i did when i played XI. Each patch brings a little hope, but it still feels lifeless and meaningless to play. If anything it made me realize all the little elements of ffxi that i took for granted that this game is missing. I only hope that all this optimism that 2.0 will fix everything is deserved. I hope it's like a brand new game that everyone will find a way to enjoy. Though i also realize that a game "everyone will enjoy" will likely be boring to me, much like the game is in its current state. Oh well, guess we'll have to see in a few months.

[NoctisUmbra]

Saying that the servers can't handle having a mail box... well.. is just ignorant.

Actually, being so sure that it can be coded in so readily is ignorant. You seem to be suggesting that they are able to readily patch in such features that they have already accepted are vital to any MMO into FFXIV as it is now, but chose to put it off until 2.0 so they can put in fluff.

Now, unless you have some solid coding experience to back you up, don't bother making ignorant statements that ironically call others ignorant. Especially when the people with coding experience have already acknowledged the ass-backwards way FFXIV was coded could very well lead to such hassles and limitations that SE claims to be having with their current structure.

The difference between 2.0 and any 1.2X patch leading up to it is that while the 1.2X patches attempt to satisfy the players with as much as they can cost-effectively fix on the current disaster of a structure, 2.0 solves the major problem which is the structure. The idea is with a new engine and much more flexible coding as well as new servers they will be able to very comfortably incorporate many vital features that seem simple and small to us.