FINAL FANTASY XIV Special Talk Session (translated)!!!

[AsterBarnivere]

real knee high socks

BAM!! THIGH HIGHS!

[Rannie]

BAM!! THIGH HIGHS!

full of win!

[TheFatHousecat]

To be fair Ms Kayla, BLM spamming does make up the majority of player's strategies so of course they'll be concerned they will have to actually try something else.

>.> what are you talking about they even said they have a ton more work to do I'm more excited for the quests and story >.>... oh wah you can't chain spells on BLM they said the new system would be different then the one we have now... so stop QQing and wait... jeez~

Actually, if either of you two had read my previous post, you would have noticed my description of BLM as 'faceroll ez', which is not what I want the other classes to become.

I'm concerned because the new combat looks like it's going to be a mindless spamfest, with little to no distinction of player skill. Quests and story are certainly important aspects of any game, but if one of the core pillars of the game, in this case, combat, are faulty, then the storyline and questing won't be able to make up for it.

From what the battle designer inferred, combat is pretty much done and ready for alpha, and while, again, I understand that things can change in alpha and by no means are any of the aspects of the game as we've seen it so far final until official launch, I would rather air out my concerns now.

I also have a feeling that while many players might like the new system as it was demonstrated, a lot of players probably either don't understand and therefore have no opinion of the new combat style, or don't care because they're too excited about moghouses.

[ShinigamiKayla]

To be fair Ms Kayla, BLM spamming does make up the majority of player's strategies so of course they'll be concerned they will have to actually try something else.

Its one of the many reasons I hate playing BLM -.-/ I hope it get more complicated so less ppl will play it because they just end up sucking at it... though all ones playing BLM now will probaly go off on SMN~ which in the end will make me a sad panda...

[Rannie]

or we can't knock something till we try it. Point is we have seen it but we haven't experienced it so bitching at this point in time is pointless until we get hands on experience.

[AsterBarnivere]

So it's good for BLMs being the only ones able to spam (which the timer prevents now) but if other classes spam, it's suddenly bad:

BLM: "OMG you're not allowed to do that! I am! The game is broken now because I can't spamfest raids anymore and have to actually TEAM UP with other classes that can spam besides myself"

[Jennestia]

I'm concerned because the new combat looks like it's going to be a mindless spamfest--

From what the battle designer inferred, combat is pretty much done and ready for alpha, and while, again, I understand that things can change in alpha and by no means are any of the aspects of the game as we've seen it so far final until official launch, I would rather air out my concerns now.

This is my fear as well, but we do live in an age where "spamfest = good MMORPG!" -- Personally though, during Alpha and Beta hopefully the ones who actually share this fear will speak up about it and they'll change the temp, though Yoshi personally seems to want a speedier (spammmier) battlesystem.

[TheFatHousecat]

So it's good for BLMs being the only ones able to spam (which the timer prevents now) but if other classes spam, it's suddenly bad:

BLM: "OMG you're not allowed to do that! I am! The game is broken now!"

Did I ever say that it was okay for BLM to be faceroll spammy? No, I don't want any of the jobs/classes to be like that.

[TheFatHousecat]

This is my fear as well, but we do live in an age where "spamfest = good MMORPG!" -- Personally though, during Alpha and Beta hopefully the ones who actually share this fear will speak up about it and they'll change the temp, though Yoshi personally seems to want a speedier (spammmier) battlesystem.

Fast-paced battle that isn't a spamfest is certainly possible, I can only hope that either I'm very wrong about what combat we've been shown, or it will be altered.

[Zumi]

This is my fear as well, but we do live in an age where "spamfest = good MMORPG!" -- Personally though, during Alpha and Beta hopefully the ones who actually share this fear will speak up about it and they'll change the temp, though Yoshi personally seems to want a speedier (spammmier) battlesystem.

I don't know if you played anymore mmos recently but its more then spamming buttons every time your off gcd. You have rotations to follow for max dps, buffs, and debuffs to keep up on bosses to get the most damage done.