SE: Please tone it down a hair

[Rjain]

Those of you who play just to play and not actually enjoy or partake in the RPG elements (e.g., the story), continue to do so and skip everything and stop complaining. Derp.

Those of you who play to enjoy the story and RPG elements, continue to do so and again stop complaining. Derpderp.

Again, I have no problem reading it, I enjoy a good amount of the dialogue (especially Limsa considering I live in a similar area and half the people around here talk the exact same way), and most of the dialogue makes sense to me and again has meaning. People just have their nostalgia goggles on, sad because this game isn't something else (FFXI). It won't be. It never will be. Tough titty said the kitty.

[Cendres]

It is close, how can something be 'too much' if it doesn't come down to wanting/not wanting to read?

Since you seem to profess your love of reading, please do actually read my posts (while using reading comprehension) and then come back to me with a reply that's relevant.

You know what? I'll give the benefit of the doubt and answer your question point bank: there's no point in adding lines and lines of text that do not say anything. To keep your audience captivated every sentence should convey meaning and not just be there for the sake of taking up time and space.

If every sentence in XIV was really meaningful it would be fantastic, but that's not the case. I LOVE reading, I read a lot in real life and have no problem with it in a game, but I don't like dialogue that is semi and sometimes even mostly pointless. I know it can be better and riveting!

With NPCs that make you laugh or give you decent information or both even, with their own personalities.

[Caliburn]

Those of you who play just to play and not actually enjoy or partake in the RPG elements (e.g., the story), continue to do so and skip everything and stop complaining. Derp.

Those of you who play to enjoy the story and RPG elements, continue to do so and again stop complaining. Derpderp.

Again, I have no problem reading it, I enjoy a good amount of the dialogue (especially Limsa considering I live in a similar area and half the people around here talk the exact same way), and most of the dialogue makes sense to me and again has meaning. People just have their nostalgia goggles on, sad because this game isn't something else (FFXI). It won't be. It never will be. Tough titty said the kitty.

I enjoy the RPG elements in games, I enjoyed them in FFXI, just not in this game when it comes to NPCs chatting away. And it's not merely about the amount of dialogue it's the amount of waffle in there that could be written more meaningfully. But hey each to their own.

[Teakwood]

On the contrary, the dialogue in this game is -incredibly excellent-.

Please do not 'tone it down' for illiterate mouthbreathers who will be spamming Enter through cutscenes one way or the other.

Please.

[Rydin]

On the contrary, the dialogue in this game is -incredibly excellent-.

Please do not 'tone it down' for illiterate mouthbreathers who will be spamming Enter through cutscenes one way or the other.

Please.

That was insightful... thank you...

[Caliburn]

Actually, I like the dialogue during cutscenes (i.e. the main story), but not from most random NPCs.

Also I really wish they'd stop making everyone sound so faux-Old-English.

[Preypacer]

On the contrary, the dialogue in this game is -incredibly excellent-.

Please do not 'tone it down' for illiterate mouthbreathers who will be spamming Enter through cutscenes one way or the other.

Please.

It's rather ironic that someone who apparently deems themself of higher intellect can't make an argument without condescension or launching personal attacks against those they disagree with.

Your conceit is not justified, sir.

[Majidah]

Those of you who play just to play and not actually enjoy or partake in the RPG elements (e.g., the story), continue to do so and skip everything and stop complaining. Derp.

Those of you who play to enjoy the story and RPG elements, continue to do so and again stop complaining. Derpderp.

Again, I have no problem reading it, I enjoy a good amount of the dialogue (especially Limsa considering I live in a similar area and half the people around here talk the exact same way), and most of the dialogue makes sense to me and again has meaning. People just have their nostalgia goggles on, sad because this game isn't something else (FFXI). It won't be. It never will be. Tough titty said the kitty.

Hello unfamiliar person! That is to say someone whom I have never met previously! At least not before the moment that is now! Yes, you! *grabs you by the arm*
I adore writing posts for the forums that belong to final fantasy xiv. These forums are filled with many people. Oh joy, the people. I dislike most of them, and tolerate a couple of them. Not many I like. But still there's this special something that makes you come back. *tightens his grasp on you*
Coming back. Ah, this is when a person returns. Return, funny that you mention it, is also the name for the function you can trigger on your menu to warp back to your home point without the use of anima.
Is it not anima a funny thing? A lot of people are against it. A lot of people are against a lot of things.
The opposite of being against things is liking them. And do you know what I like? The sky. Its so blue. Blue like my pants. Let me tell you about these pants!
I got them from the merchant wards. Oh boy, back in my day there wasn't even a proper search system. Oh no no, we had to walk in, and check them retainer by retainer.
This one time I had an argument with a friend about retainers. He hated the system! But oh boy, did I think it was innovative. But then changes came and the old merchant wards changed, and improved actually! I was so surprised!
Although really, if you look at it now it seems that it is basically an auction house with a little bit more of hassle.
Lets hope they replace that. That and the city maps. Boy. These cities will not do come 2.0!
Don't you think everything looks way too new and pristine? And isn't it weird how I just stand here all day grabbing strangers in the street to tell them all this? I mean, I could get to the point without derailing myself... but you know what? I really like that show, how I met your mother? You know the one? And no one seems to mind how they tell their stories there. So thought I'd might as well take their example! Haha oh yes, I do enjoy a good sitcom every now and then. House M.D. isn't a sitcom but its also good. Well, it was. Until cuddy left the show. Now it seems it just isn't going anywhere.
Anyhow! Kill five goats so I can prove a point to the people at the final fantasy XIV forums.
>>300 exp reward. 2,000 gil. 1x blue pants.

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Every NPC in the streets of FFXIV.

But if they write it in old english BEWARE! Because a lot of arrogant people, who think that anyone who is actually able to put essence over form is illiterate, will love it.

[Caliburn]

^^^

i have died.

[HiirNoivl]

=NPC BARF

Every NPC in the streets of FFXIV.

But if they write it in old english BEWARE! Because a lot of arrogant people, who think that anyone who is actually able to put essence over form is illiterate, will love it.

That is EXACTLY what it is. You can read it, it's legible, but it's so pointless, run-on, and down right silly that your brain shuts off. It's not the form, it's the NPC-barf of text splattered all over your log to the point where, in the case of animated scenes, you can't even get through it all before the scene changes and you have to scroll up to read what you missed in hopes of finding a point in there somewhere!