Golden Corral buffet or high quality dining...Which do you prefer?

[Khal_Drogo]

I'm betting that most of you are just taking a peek in here to figure out what this thread could possibly be referencing. Well, I've been beating my head against a wall since the release of this game, trying to figure out why the hell I'm the only one that seems to think there's a MAJOR problem with the battle system.

Battle is the most funamental aspect of the game, and XIV battles just don't quite cut it. The title I chose for this thread is an analogy I decided to use to describe the comparison of FFXIVs battle to, what I would consider, an ideal "battle."


XIV battle is remniscent of a buffet at Golden Corral:

~You're there for quantity, not quality.

Ideal battle, imho, should be comparable to dining at a high-class restaurant:

~You don't care how much food you eat; you just want to savor it.




Anybody know what I'm talking about? or am I not "painting a clear enough picture?"

[Molly_Millions]

Anybody know what I'm talking about? or am I not "painting a clear enough picture?"

option B. What the hell are you going on about?

[Akumu]

option B. What the hell are you going on about?

This...

I also don't have a clue what you are talking about? The pace of the fights? The lack of tedious gimmicks like run behind a wall before he Pew Pews?

[ThePatriarch]

I hate golden corral's chocolate fountain

[Masamune1004]

Why are thread titles so misleading?

[Reaujien]

Hmmmm, let me know if I understood your analogies...

Golden Corral (which we don't have in MN - It's OCB!!!) relates to FFXIV in that you just need to LOL-SPAM-WS-YAY-LOOKIT-ME! as aimlessly as possible in an attempt to kill as many mobs as you can so you can get from lvl 40 to 50 in 1-2 hours...

Fine Dining - you want to enjoy the battle and all of it's "savory" skills required to use in order to achieve "fullness" by killing the mob even though it's... just ONE meal (mob).

Yeah, I definitely prefer fine dining - especially because I'm usually with a group of friends (i.e., party in FFXIV) and enjoy there company just as much.

[Khal_Drogo]

Hmmmm, let me know if I understood your analogies...

Golden Corral (which we don't have in MN - It's OCB!!!) relates to FFXIV in that you just need to LOL-SPAM-WS-YAY-LOOKIT-ME! as aimlessly as possible in an attempt to kill as many mobs as you can so you can get from lvl 40 to 50 in 1-2 hours...

Fine Dining - you want to enjoy the battle and all of it's "savory" skills required to use in order to achieve "fullness" by killing the mob even though it's... just ONE meal (mob).

Yeah, I definitely prefer fine dining - especially because I'm usually with a group of friends (i.e., party in FFXIV) and enjoy there company just as much.

Does the fact that I want to make love to you right now, for being insightful enough completely understand what I meant, make me gay?

[Majidah]

I totally get what you're saying. Its like in XI battles left no room for mistake, it needed a lot of coordination. It was kind of like this synchornizated dance you did with five more people.

In XIV I have no idea what anyone else in my group is doing and its over far too soon to matter.

I wouldn't even debuff a mob if I had such skills seeing they last like five seconds.

[Khal_Drogo]

I totally get what you're saying. Its like in XI battles left no room for mistake, it needed a lot of coordination. It was kind of like this synchornizated dance you did with five more people.

In XIV I have no idea what anyone else in my group is doing and its over far too soon to matter.

I wouldn't even debuff a mob if I had such skills seeing they last like five seconds.

You too!

/em makes love to Majidah. :P