2.0 is promising too much!!

[Picoman]

There has been confusion of what is going to be in 2.0 and what is for post 2.0.
Things that i can remember forum posters thinking will be in for 2.0 are things like: Golden Saucer, New Races, lots of new classes ect.
Where its more like: Crystal Tower, New Genders, Coliseum, Frontlines.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

New player will have a much better experiance.

That's why I'm glad they decided to do the legacy campaign. It means I can make all the new characters I want and experience 2.0 from the beginning without losing everything I already did, or having to pay more money.

It's good news for new players too because it means people can reroll and play with them even though our mains already have everything at max level. Solves the problem of level disparity between new and old players. I can't wait to reroll in 2.0 honestly

[Elexia]

it takes at least 3 years to build a block buster MMO, I cannot see SE do it in one. even if it is an upgrade, all I foresee is one big path

..I notice you have a 50 weaver, which means you play FFXIV. You do realize you're already playing the MMO, right? 2.0 being done in "1 year" is just overhauling pre existing assets, which makes things worlds quicker than building from scratch.

This is why people were hard on Dragon Age 2, because they used pre-existing assets to make the game in about a year and did the unfortunate path of not showing any love or care for it in the process.

[charlemagne]

2.0 will bring about world peace, universal 500mb broadband,free healthcare and allow your computer to directly dispense pizza,cookies and hot or cold beverages of your choice. No AH though.

[Ryuko]

It won't have all of the changes right away, but it better have a lot of them. 'Content' isn't really my main concern because the UI and other functionalities are what bother me the most right now. I KNOW the content will come, so I hope they don't screw up the framework, if you know what I mean.

My biggest concern about 2.0 is this: They projected the 'finish' date when 2.0 would be complete many moons ago. It hasn't been altered much, if at all. Their biggest mistake with 1.0 was 'releasing it too soon'. Had they waited a few months and tried to implement fixes suggested by the alpha/beta teams, it may not have failed so hard at launch... but they didn't. They pushed the game to be released on time and that is REALLY why FFXIV failed so much at the start. I am hoping that if 2.0 isn't ready for release when they say it will be, they will have NO QUALMS pushing back the release a month or two. I don't mind waiting if it means the difference between a failed relaunch and a complete success.

To make a long story short: I hope they don't make the same mistake twice.

[Delsus]

That's why I'm glad they decided to do the legacy campaign. It means I can make all the new characters I want and experience 2.0 from the beginning without losing everything I already did, or having to pay more money.

It's good news for new players too because it means people can reroll and play with them even though our mains already have everything at max level. Solves the problem of level disparity between new and old players. I can't wait to reroll in 2.0 honestly

Legacy campaign is brilliant for most people, current players can experiance the full 2.0 from scratch, and they will be able to play with friends from the start without paying any more, which is what I am most looking forward to can't wait for it, I was over the moon when I heard about legacy for the one reason I will be able to play with friends waiting on the ps3 release.

[viion]

Legacy campaign is brilliant for most people, current players can experiance the full 2.0 from scratch, and they will be able to play with friends from the start without paying any more, which is what I am most looking forward to can't wait for it, I was over the moon when I heard about legacy for the one reason I will be able to play with friends waiting on the ps3 release.

Yeh its great for us, but it will bring a chaos of problems later on when new people + media get their hands on it and start bitching that they have to pay more because they joined late or didnt want to play a half broken game. I think it will cause another bad image against SE, but we will have to see.

As for 2.0 promosing, i think a lot of people expect more than what is said.

[Delsus]

Yeh its great for us, but it will bring a chaos of problems later on when new people + media get their hands on it and start bitching that they have to pay more because they joined late or didnt want to play a half broken game. I think it will cause another bad image against SE, but we will have to see.

As for 2.0 promosing, i think a lot of people expect more than what is said.

It rewards loyalty, which alot of games do think verteran rewards "I didn't play at release and I have to wait 1 year for this item..." I don't think it will matter too much, I bet the real rage will come if we still have 120 members in a linkshell max, I don't wanna miss talking to my ls just because I'm playing a new character with my friends.

[Xaimera]

I don't think everything will be perfect we will prolly have the game go through another beta kinda lol there will be some bugs for sure it wont be perfect. But, I also see a lot of good things happening the moment it comes out like new servers that DONT have lag lol. Uldah maybe not being the most buggy and congested place in all the universe of ffxiv XD. And stuff like a map revamp the stuff outside are all so copy and paste, not to mention grid is just wow..... seriously who came up with the gridanian forest?? looks like a bunch of Giant Hamsters tunneled through the forest soil and made tunnels for us XD.

But in short all i expect is for them to make the world look better and to fix the damn servers ugh.

[Airget]

..I notice you have a 50 weaver, which means you play FFXIV. You do realize you're already playing the MMO, right? 2.0 being done in "1 year" is just overhauling pre existing assets, which makes things worlds quicker than building from scratch.

This is why people were hard on Dragon Age 2, because they used pre-existing assets to make the game in about a year and did the unfortunate path of not showing any love or care for it in the process.

To an extent but I"m not sure about DA2 but didn't it use the same exact engine as DA? So if that's the case then it's not really like 1.0-2.0 since the code for 2.0 had to be written from scratch based on what was on 1.0. It's not as hard as making a new mmo from scratch but it's still a strenuous task since it's not as simple as saying ok, we can move all these 1.0 models to 2.0, they have to make every single model from scratch including all the armor/weapons they made for 1.0.
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To the OP though. topics like this are becoming tedious, is it really necessary to have topics like this come up as the information for 2.0 comes closer. Wouldn't it be better to just sit back and be patient rather then act paranoid over the fact that maybe it won't be good. How can you tell unless you are actually working side by side with them or actually see the information they are going to post in the next few days.

You're better off just leaving topics like this in your head and waiting til the information is released before you start acting paranoid. If you see the site and find yourself taking back from stuff you find won't make 2.0 good for you, then feel free to make a topic like this. But it just seems completely unnecessary for topics like this to come up as the day draws closer to the E3 reveal. Just gotta be patient for a few more days lol.