SE stop doing the "norm"

[Jaimie]

While I truly hate what you describe on XIV for quests, I also find amusing that you even mention XI.

I'd rather open my journal than being forced to return to POL Viewer, open an external site (ZAM/Somepage etc.), check where the f*** I have to go next, write notes (or print the page), restart FF XI. Just to notice after that I forgot something, having to log off again, etc.

While still being far behind competitors, SE made a tremendous progress when it comes to giving players information on steps to perform in order to clear a quest. On restriction in place when trying to do a content, etc. XI? Everything was outside the game, and it was either you break the ToS to ALT/TAB, either you have several devices to browse the web, either... you are screwed.

(Yeah we got official windowed mode later on, but that's way later)

Are you trying to tell me you never search the internet for game related info (ie. quests, mobs, equipment etc) ?

I mentioned 11, because of the map marker feature. Also, FF11 didn't have a bunch of maze zones, or obstacles on the road every 20 feet, making navigating to your destination a pain in the butt.

I use a dual monitor setup, and find google to be a lot more useful than the journal.

Half the time I spend questing in this game, is spent watching cutscenes. The other half is travel time lol

[Jaimie]

All of this didn't need a complete redesign of things that even worked lol. For example the server issues could have been taken care of eventually as they said. Much like instead of just a huge patch, they decided to rebrand the game (2.0) and try to recapture people, that is the main purpose of ARR...not to simply fix issues that could be fixed in normal development, but to basically get new people.



You never played a FF game then. FFXI was damn near FFIII's successor.

How long has this game been out? I think they've had more than enough time to fix the "glaring" issues. If they had scrapped their silly UI (and server authentication crap), added an AH, and a /JUMP command (lol) within 3 months of release, they wouldn't have lost all the customers they did.

[Gramul]

How long has this game been out? I think they've had more than enough time to fix the "glaring" issues. If they had scrapped their silly UI (and server authentication crap), added an AH, and a /JUMP command (lol) within 3 months of release, they wouldn't have lost all the customers they did.

They didn't even bother to try to fix it. They thew out anything having to do with 1.0 and jumped on the redesign as soon as Tanaka was gone.

[Andrien]

it has nothing to do with the wheel and stick, it's how long you can play with the toy no matter what the toy is. we don't want a mmo that we toss aside 5mins after we get it out of the package like 99% of the toys and games and even mmo's that come out these days. we get it they probably want to push out a new mmo much faster these days from the time there last one came out. but that don't make it a better product, it proves it to be a lesser quality.

you probably still play with the wheel and stick..

I understand you're assuming FFXIV will turn out like that if they borrow what works in other mmorpgs, and improve on it. I don't have much to say on that matter, but for me I'll reserve my criticism until the flood hits.

[Kuzak]

Yet people do that in XIV lol.

And nothing disappoints me more

Hopefully things pick up in the next version of the game.

Sorry for the late reply. I don't spend as much time on the forums.

[Gramul]

you probably still play with the wheel and stick..

And why is that bad?
If it's fun, good. The only issue is if you get jealous with what's new. Thinking it's somehow a more valid fun.

Hell. I have fun watching movies from 100 years ago. Do the innovations made in the last century make my entertainment less valid? Is The Artist a terrible film because it's in black and white in an age of color? Is Casablanca made worse from its thousands of parodies? Is it bad that I have fun playing early NES games that don't have a simple built in mapping system?
Because if it is, I'm a terrible person.

[KiriA500]

That's because the majority of people don't think

Slower leveling implies even pacing and content; A more natural and memorable sense of progression with numerous milestones that keeps players interested. End game does not have to, nor should be the point where the game begins. If that were the case, why bother with leveling at all? When people saw that question, the majority thought "Slower leveling? More grind before I get to the content? That sucks!", when that 'grind' should be where a large majority of the content is located.

Yeah, that's it. 54.6% of the people polled misinterpreted their own opinion.

[Gramul]

Yeah, that's it. 54.6% of the people polled misinterpreted their own opinion.

I know I did.

[Rokien]

Yeah, that's it. 54.6% of the people polled misinterpreted their own opinion.

as people have stated over and over and over again, those polls are VERY VERY misleading and add two or three different elements in a question that will take away a few other things.

[Starlord]

Yeah, that's it. 54.6% of the people polled misinterpreted their own opinion.

Everytime there's a poll there's like 3-4 people that come and say the polls don't matter. /shrugs *throws in the white flag* lol