What XIV can take from XI to make it better

[strallaalaa]

then repeating that with... 9-10 other jobs...

no different then starting a totally new reroll for another class but doing the same quests. only diff i would say is you get to enjoy it with 5others in ffxi. there is other parties all around you too. you want to explore a zone for exp more then one job like in gw2? hell no. but the first one or 2 or 3 are the best experiences ever in ffxi. i've yet to have anyone give a story about how amazing there quest to quest experience was.

[elreed]

the name....

[ShinigamiKayla]

no different then starting a totally new reroll for another class but doing the same quests. only diff i would say is you get to enjoy it with 5others in ffxi. there is other parties all around you too. you want to explore a zone for exp more then one job like in gw2? hell no. but the first one or 2 or 3 are the best experiences ever in ffxi. i've yet to have anyone give a story about how amazing there quest to quest experience was.

guild wars 2 is a horrible excuse for a hyped up game that ended up flopping in my mind even though they make a crap ton of money on it... i don't know why it did so well it was so god awful... got level 80 on 1 char and just completely quit...

[strallaalaa]

guild wars 2 is a horrible excuse for a hyped up game that ended up flopping in my mind even though they make a crap ton of money on it... i don't know why it did so well it was so god awful... got level 80 on 1 char and just completely quit...

i agree lol, i think i worded what i said wrongly. i was saying gw2 was opposite of ffxi leveling. i hated gw2 i hit 80 and i have not loged in for weeks. but that game apparently had tons of what people call exploring while leveling. i hated it i ran right to leveling places that were good. half my maps had like 1percent open.

[xXHalloweenTrixXx]

then repeating that with... 9-10 other jobs... falling asleeep or helping pl... grinding exp was horrible...

Thanks for reminding me how casual FF14 is.

[Allistar]

Remember the NPC shops in FFXI?

They were closed at certain times of the day and on certain days of the week. Also, they had a limited supply of items per day, and they could sell out.

I'm not sure if this would necessarily be a great import into FFXIV, but it did give the shops their own life and it made the world feel more real.

One thing that would be more realistic (and would shut down pseudo-exploits like the 'Dawn Drop' fiasco) is if every NPC had a limited amount of gil they could spend on buying things per day or a smart supply-and-demand dynamic pricing model.

After a certain quantity of item 'X' is either bought or sold, the NPC buy/sell price for item 'X' would be adjusted accordingly.

I think this would make the cities and economy of FFXIV seem a bit more real and the NPCs seem less like cardboard cutouts.

If only I could like this more than once.

[TheRac25]

24 hour pop NM's were my favourite part of XI, my LS always got claim because we had dedication.

i doubt if you actually had an HNM shell because dedication had nothing to do with the claim system on these, it was more like check your game every 30 mins to see if your shells bots got the claim

[Jinrya-Geki]

Professional Jobs

Thamaturge > Black Mage > Black Wizard

Gladiator > Paladin > Templar

Arcanist > Summoner > Caller

Imitator > Blue Mage > Mime

[Mamba]

then repeating that with... 9-10 other jobs... falling asleeep or helping pl... grinding exp was horrible...

Well, whats the rush to get all jobs leveled?
I remember it took me nearly a year to get my 1st job to 75 on FFXI and once I had done it I actually was really looking forward to going back to the basics on some other job.
In FFXIV I agree... once you have leveld your first 50 doing levequests or what not you really feel like you just want to have your jobs PLd to 50 because you cant be asked to go through the same stuff again.

Make the lvling slower and more of an experience. Make level 50 MEAN something and be something to be admired not something that everyone should have after 2 weeks of playing.

Besides that, I don't care if nothing else is taken from 11...

(BTW... ffxiv already is very much like ffxi... the races, some of the same character, starting cities etc etc...)

[Ingolf]

i doubt if you actually had an HNM shell because dedication had nothing to do with the claim system on these, it was more like check your game every 30 mins to see if your shells bots got the claim

I did have a HNM shell. Rampant botting was a common misconception, and an excuse used by those who weren't dedicated enough to get claim. "wah he botted for claim wah"