FFXIV 10th Anniversary Special Site

[Theodric]

lol yeah it really should say XIV:ARR 10th Anniversary. They really trying to forget about the first few years. IS YOUNG HUNK THANCRED NOT WORTHY OF YOUR LOVE!?

It's funny how much it flip flops, too. They both want to seemingly pretend 1.0 is an entirely separate thing but also pick at lingering 1.0 plot threads when it's convenient.

They should have more confidence in that era as far as I'm concerned. It had a lot of problems but the zone design and character design/characterisation was a lot better. Even the cut scenes were less stiff.

[VelKallor]

They should have more confidence in that era as far as I'm concerned. It had a lot of problems but the zone design and character design/characterisation was a lot better. Even the cut scenes were less stiff.

One project I wish they would do is to recreate the 1.0 storyline, BUT only via NG plus, using the current engine. A huge job, agreed, but it would be fun to play it all.

[OdinelStarrei]

Doesnt matter what it will be, you and others will always find a reason to complain.

I uh, don't think that's really true.

Constructively, the entire thing just seems to lack imagination in general. Nothing here is a really a surprise or worth getting excited about, at least for me anyway. There's nothing in-game to really celebrate the 10 year, outside of the Rising, but I feel there should be something more, that doesn't require me to get a plane ticket for an event, or spend more money on the SE store. ...Back during the ShB pre-release, there was a stress test in The Lochs where Ixion was force-spawned by I'm assuming GMs, they were floating above us watching and collecting data. This was meant to stress test instances across the game during pre-Shadowbringers hype to prevent another Raubahn EX situation I'm guessing, and players were requested to show up, mingle, have a good time, and get some Ixion horns if you never got the chance to find a spawn window on your own. Unfortunately, haven't seen something like it since.

This always stood out to me as a really good idea for developer/player interaction and it harkens back to the 1.23b sieges on the city states during the Fall of Dalamud. Wouldn't it be neat to open up a few instances, force spawn
Odin, Behemoth, Couerlregina, that one in Azys La that never shows up so I don't remember it, Archaeotania, Formidable, Ixion, Tamamo, Phi, and Daivadipa across the game a few times over a weekend, so every player, even if they aren't in the current expansion can participate? Or even some kind of throwback event. Imagine if we got really blessed with a "For the 10th Anniversary, we are happy to present "The Binding Coils of Bahamut (Normal)" so that all players can experience the Coil storyline without unsyncing? "Developer resources etc etc", yeah they're already focusing on the new player experience, I don't think that's a stretch.

Just not satisfied with mediocrity, I've been through this song and dance multiple times now. The 10 year should've been different, at least to respect the history of the game. Not expecting "30th year Anniversary of Bungie" tier of content drop (whatever you think about D2, that was a great free update), but come on man.

[R041]

It's funny how much it flip flops, too. They both want to seemingly pretend 1.0 is an entirely separate thing but also pick at lingering 1.0 plot threads when it's convenient.

They should have more confidence in that era as far as I'm concerned. It had a lot of problems but the zone design and character design/characterisation was a lot better. Even the cut scenes were less stiff.

Yeah, and I keep saying it - They should've finished that whole plotline around Stormblood. But I think they just hoped to continue the continent hopping 90% world plot, 10% Ascian plot. But not so quickly realized that was an extremely boring idea. I bet they felt creatively trapped. But they kinda only have themselves to blame there.

I'm absolutely ready for 100% self-contained stories. Do 'em in 1-2 expacs please, make them 100 hour bite sized.

Also, if I'm being honest - I never really liked the war parts of Final Fantasy. I like it as a plot device for the party to skirt around, but as the MAIN plot device? It's boring. Always has been boring.

I think this is where XVI actually shines, and maybe they've learned for 7.0. But XVI does war, it has a lot of war. But it's more traditional FF where it skirts around it, so your character plans AROUND the world events, and is not directly tied to every single fucking event in the world. Then they have the lore systems in XVI, which oh my god it's so good. Please let us get that in XIV. Please let us be a normal protagonist that isn't directly on the world stage. Thank you Yoshi.

[Boblawblah]

People really get angry about anything and everything don't they?

[R041]

These days I look at it the way I remember a staffer I had. Didnt listen, didnt learn, mistake after mistake after mistake. The fact that they blatantly lied to their customers is one thing I will never forgive.

Stop bringing your weird store manager shit into this, you always do that. It's so weird. It's like trying to be a flex working at a Walmart, and it just comes off as strange. You always have these weird little anecdotal stories about how you were right and how the IT guy, or floor employee was wrong. It all just sounds like some Karen shit. Stop it please, it never helps whatever cause you're trying to promote. lol

"I'm always right, because this one time an IT guy said I was wrong, then the whole system failed, and then I smiled and the whole office clapped"

Also with your anecdote, you basically justified the frustrated player behavior you see on these Forums. Good job I guess?

Mistake after mistake, lie after lie.

Something, something, go play Ultimate.

[Iscah]

...

Could you maybe, just maybe, consider not picking apart every single negative post so the negativity goes on even longer and takes up even more of the thread? You quote it all so it gets displayed a second time and then they argue back. And then you quote it.

[Iscah]

https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/10th_...KI8AZOJ5rQXjio


Great to see a 'Roadmap' of what is upcoming!

So much bickering in the thread, and nobody has pointed out the best(?) part: a new hairstyle contest!

Time to get thinking about ideas...

[Carin-Eri]

So much bickering in the thread, and nobody has pointed out the best(?) part: a new hairstyle contest!

Time to get thinking about ideas...

Is this something they've done before?

Edit: judging by subsequent replies, there clearly have been

[Shinkuno]

So much bickering in the thread, and nobody has pointed out the best(?) part: a new hairstyle contest!

Time to get thinking about ideas...

Because people know what the winners will be - more mid-length feminine hairstyles. If for some reason a male hairstyle wins, its gonna be awkward looking short haircut with a huge forhead.