If you want FF XI , then PLAY FF XI!

[Oniji]

Some systems in FFXI felt really intuitive, and I would happily welcome them in FFXIV. Of course, everyone is open to their own opinion, but here is my list of stuff I do and don't want to translate across from FFXI to FFXIV:

+ Skill Chains (Elemental)
+ Magic Bursting
+ Full Elemental Wheel
+ RDM, SMN, NIN, SAM, THF
+ Auction House
+ Relic Weapons
- Abyssea
- Slow combat
- UI

Also, I really dislike change for the sake of change. There is no point reinventing the wheel if something already works so effectively. e.g. Auction House vs. Market Ward.

[ThePatriarch]

Some systems in FFXI felt really intuitive, and I would happily welcome them in FFXIV. Of course, everyone is open to their own opinion, but here is my list of stuff I do and don't want to translate across from FFXI to FFXIV:

+ Skill Chains (Elemental)
+ Magic Bursting
+ Full Elemental Wheel
+ RDM, SMN, NIN, SAM, THF
+ Auction House
+ Relic Weapons
- Abyssea
- Slow combat
- UI

Also, I really dislike change for the sake of change. There is no point reinventing the wheel if something already works so effectively. e.g. Auction House vs. Market Ward.

You had me from NIN.

[Maxwell]

I know it has been said already, but in a non wall-o-text fashion:

This game is named FINAL FANTASY XIV. It is a sequel to the final fantasy serie and was marketed as such. Therefore, it will be compared to its predecessors. People play sequels to enjoy more of the same original content. It is perfectly legitimate for people to wish for and expect the same great concepts that made the previous games fun.

A 100% original game would not wear the name final fantasy. Unless we have been duped ??

[Xeonerable]

While this game isn't exactly a sequel to FFXI it is the successor to it. As I don't exactly want the same world again it would be nice if they carried over the working concepts that people liked.

I would play FFXI still if my friends still played and it didn't get molested by Abyssea.

[nasomi]

Well actually you can blame Yoshi-p for this.

As much as I prefer him to Tanaka, his stance of power levelling and easy leveling in general is not a good one, that being said he doesn't plan to keep the same ease of levelling in 2.0.

What we are playing now is not a good indication to what to expect in 2.0, in any respect really including hard/time sink content.

I want 2.0 launch to wake up, in an alternate world, with no memories, no skills, a wand at my side, the knowledge that I'm a "white mage", a level 1 cure spell, and nothing more. I want to go out and kill worms and bee's, then wander to town and go to the magic shop, with a person who says they'll sell me a spell that allows me to increase my physical defense. I ask "sell??" and hte lady says yes, you have to read the incantations and memorize the words if you want to be able to cast it, you can't just suddenly "know" something. Then I want to wander through huge areas, get killed by beastmen called quadav's, get to this beachy place with a little port town on it, where I can join up with other people to form a party. Then, when our fighting power is combined, we can take on more difficult monsters!

So, 2.0 I want a whole new game, that is almost a cookie cutter of my previous favorite game, with updated graphics, areas, content, spells, abilities, quests, and so on.

[nasomi]

Also I'd like slower combat. Tearing through piles of monsters 3-5 at a time, meh. I like a camp, puller, tank, healer, and dps. 2 tank and 2 healer classes and 14 dps classes makes sense if your party of 6 has 1 healer, 1 tank, and 4 dps.

[Pim-ptarutaruOdin]

Well lets be completely honest here many of the enemies are from other Final Fantasy games also, and then the other half are just regular wildlife.

FFX raptor


FFXI raptor


FFXIV raptor


Another example

FF1 gob


FF2 Gob


FF11 gob


FF14 gob


Just sayin. there are alot of mobs i can continue with from 11 ->14 that have the exact same charector model just a little more detailed. There pretty much the exact same mobs. at least in the other games they changed how they looked. I feel xiv got lazy with alot of mobs :3

[ThePatriarch]

Gobs make me bawwwwww

[Morticous]

Also I'd like slower combat. Tearing through piles of monsters 3-5 at a time, meh. I like a camp, puller, tank, healer, and dps. 2 tank and 2 healer classes and 14 dps classes makes sense if your party of 6 has 1 healer, 1 tank, and 4 dps.

This plus your post before it is where the fun is at.

[Dragon]

FFX raptor

I'd love to see FFX's raptor make a comeback, albeit looks more like an Eft than anything.