Every inconvenience is a challenge.

[Biggs]

Because nothing says "fond," "fun," and "nostalgic," like sitting in Whitegate for hours waiting for a party to happen, only to get 7/8 and have the party disband because the tank went afk.
Because nothing says "amazing," like trying to do old content to progress the MAIN STORY that no existing player wants to do over.
Because nothing says "fantastic," like farming for six hours to afford gil to buy ammunition for your Corsair.
Because nothing says "engaging," like sitting in the same spot in Qufim leveling for hours of hours of mindless grind.
I could go on, but I think you get the picture.

Stop white knighting XI and its "inconveniences," which were more like fortresses of agony and masochism.

Since this person worked on Star Wars Galaxies, I can only imagine his idea of "inconveniences" is vastly different from what you (coming from XI) have.

I never felt incapable of doing anything in Star Wars Galaxies (pre NGE game ruining update.) SWG clearly balanced "gameplay" inconveniences appropriately, whereas XI just had inconvenience over inconvenience over inconvenience over a massive inconceivable system. There were plenty of times in XI where I just flat gave up and rage closed the client because I didn't want to deal with the stupidity of the game and it's "inconveniences."

XIV should look to XI for one thing: what not to become.

There should be barriers of skill. Not barriers of tedium, monotony, and TIME.

Funny post when you consider the fact that XI's subscription base is still waaayyy bigger than XIV's right now and that game is almost 10 years old. Not saying I want an Xi clone either but, they must have done something right or it wouldnt still be kicking this games ass in both net income for SE and player subs.

[Leigh]

It's the little things, the little things.

[Sephrick]

Funny post when you consider the fact that XI's subscription base is still waaayyy bigger than XIV's right now and that game is almost 10 years old. Not saying I want an Xi clone either but, they must have done something right or it wouldnt still be kicking this games ass in both net income for SE and player subs.

It doesn't even make sense to compare the two. It's like telling an architect that his new design won't work because a house down the street has occupants but the frame of his design-under-construction doesn't.

Of course XIV has a low player base, it's still not 2.0. And the promises made by SE just aren't enough for anyone except the diehard fans of the company. Granted, there are some who enjoy the game as it is. Even some who wish the game would revert back to Oct. 2010.

But for most, XIV just isn't worth playing because all 1.x has is some filler content that's going to be wiped when 2.0 is finally delivered.

[Gramul]

Overcoming adversity makes us feel good.
Overcoming heavy adversity makes us feel fantastic.

[Molly_Millions]

1Blame World of Warcraft or Canada.

but why do I have to choose?

[Jinko]

You just need to go play bejeweled, no time sinks at all ever.

And you need to shut the .... ..

[Tyro]

This IS exactly why we should :P

Leave the Animas alone ; ; Traveling shouldn't be a inconvenient. Is like if there was no Fast Travel in Skyrim, the game would be sooooo annoying.

[Matsume]

Have people forgotten that video games...are... time sinks.

THERE I SAID IT

CAT'S OUT OF THE BAG

[Xoo]

but why do I have to choose?

Well, in all truth, blame who you like!

[Starlord]

Leave the Animas alone ; ; Traveling shouldn't be a inconvenient. Is like if there was no Fast Travel in Skyrim, the game would be sooooo annoying.

And things shouldn't be so "easily accessed" there has to be a happy medium.... Because as it stands.. Traveling in this game has turned into a Hey Im here.. oh I beat it.. Now what, now that I beat this in 15 mins... Time to sit in Ul'dah for Hours while I ponder what I do next for the next 1hour... Rinse and repeat... Happy Medium.. all I ask :P.