Great job in 1.21 - Let's Talk Future FFXIV additions.

[TheBlazed]

Sounds to me like you should be playing FFXI instead!

While i agree, i had my time with FFXI, im more interested in this now.. but suggesting things that work from its brother.
They tried the new game approach and consequently suffered from it now im suggesting things that kept players since 2003 and to this day... but with a new angle on them.

[Rydin]

While i agree, i had my time with FFXI, im more interested in this now.. but suggesting things that work from its brother.
They tried the new game approach and consequently suffered from it now im suggesting things that kept players since 2003 and to this day... but with a new angle on them.

Just a note... borrowing systems from FFXI is touchy... you have to be very careful...
But being inspired by FFXI features is a must... and needs to continue....

And FYI... the game didn't fail because they tried to be different...
The game failed because it was rushed, underdeveloped, lacked content (Zero NMs at launch), plagued by latency and lag
An FF MMO that is not an FFXI clone would work as long as it wasn't released half finished...
You definitely have good ideas, but it's time people stopped trying to sneak their ideas in on a rider
i.e. "The game failed.. guess they should have copied FFXI"
when those 2 things are unrelated

[TheBlazed]

Just a note... borrowing systems from FFXI is touchy... you have to be very careful...
But being inspired by FFXI features is a must... and needs to continue....

And FYI... the game didn't fail because they tried to be different...
The game failed because it was rushed, underdeveloped, lacked content (Zero NMs at launch), plagued by latency and lag
An FF MMO that is not an FFXI clone would work as long as it wasn't released half finished...
You definitely have good ideas, but it's time people stopped trying to sneak their ideas in on a rider
i.e. "The game failed.. guess they should have copied FFXI"
when those 2 things are unrelated

Along with those things... Battle system was negatively critized, you couldnt even party because leve's were the way to level up. (grouping on leve's), Crafting system was decent, but thousands of materials to craft 1 item.

I didnt have much problem with Latency and lag at start, it was rushed with bad mechanics leading to failure.
People didn't like what was in the game first then concluded it was rushed. Not 100% why it failed by trying to be different is a big part of its failure.

Edit: Not saying it tried to be different from XI but different in general of the FF series... i cant name any game that played that that.

[Rydin]

Along with those things... Battle system was negatively critized, you couldnt even party because leve's were the way to level up. (grouping on leve's), Crafting system was decent, but thousands of materials to craft 1 item.

I didnt have much problem with Latency and lag at start, it was rushed with bad mechanics leading to failure.
People didn't like what was in the game first then concluded it was rushed. Not 100% why it failed by trying to be different is a big part of its failure.

Im all about happy compromises....
they went with an auto-attack (Like FFXI) but the battle system is still a lot faster than its predecessor
Also they left the action bar in instead of going towards a menu based battle system
All in all I LOVE the direction of the game... I just recognize that it's far from finished...
and even with jobs and combos... the battle system is still extremely vanilla
Battle regimen needs to come back (More robust and in depth, mind you)
Incaps need to frikkin matter (I know I say this a lot but I just can't say it enough)
You can even incorporate combos into incaps to allow for special incap objectives on NMs and bosses
More emphasis needs to be placed on damage types (Blunt, slashing, piercing)

[TheBlazed]

Im all about happy compromises....
they went with an auto-attack (Like FFXI) but the battle system is still a lot faster than its predecessor
Also they left the action bar in instead of going towards a menu based battle system
All in all I LOVE the direction of the game... I just recognize that it's far from finished...
and even with jobs and combos... the battle system is still extremely vanilla
Battle regimen needs to come back (More robust and in depth, mind you)
Incaps need to frikkin matter (I know I say this a lot but I just can't say it enough)
You can even incorporate combos into incaps to allow for special incap objectives on NMs and bosses
More emphasis needs to be placed on damage types (Blunt, slashing, piercing)

Good Suggestions, ima put those up n original post