I hope dungeons in this game aren't like western MMO dungeons

[Kazimir]

Honestly I think having FF style fights with the dynamic more similar to western MMO's, the dungeons might be pretty bad ass. I think people would like them even more than if they were in games like WoW or Rift because of 3 reasons:

1. Better graphics, fights like that would be insanely good looking in XIV.

2. Camera angles and ratio of objects vs character. If you ever noticed in WoW your character is rather tiny compared to the overall environment, and you're mostly looking over the top / far behind your character. I never did like that while playing.

3. No add-ons (hopefully) I don't want my screen completely clustered with crap, especially the ones that actually tell me what I have to do. That made even the bigger dungeons boring no matter how hard the fight was.

[Chezen]

Honestly I think having FF style fights with the dynamis more similar to western MMO's the dungeons might be pretty bad ass. I think people would like them even more than if they were in games like WoW or Rift because of 2 reason:

1. Better graphics, fights like that would be insanely good looking in XIV.

2. Camera angles and ratio of objects vs character. If you ever noticed in WoW your character is rather tiny compared to the overall environment, and you're mostly looking over the top / far behind your character. I never did like that while playing.

3. No add-ons (hopefully) I don't want my screen completely clustered with crap, especially the ones that actually tell me what I have to do. That made even the bigger dungeons boring no matter how hard the fight was.

You do have a point with that. I suppose the common thread here is variety. No reason there can't be a more traditional instance as well I suppose.

I never used add-ons, except recount to measure my performance. I found it funny when people would complain things were too easy, then come to find they had so many addons, they might as well just let the computer take over and watch the show.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

You do have a point with that. I suppose the common thread here is variety. No reason there can't be a more traditional instance as well I suppose.

I never used add-ons, except recount to measure my performance. I found it funny when people would complain things were too easy, then come to find they had so many addons, they might as well just let the computer take over and watch the show.

like my all time fav
DON'T STAND IN THE FIRE add on
i found it funny ppl in WoW said addons don't playu the game for you, but infact it did. It told you want to expect or when to move. went to job or where to stand. when to cast. it may as well played fopr you if you need to be told such things. Like don;t stand in the fire.... >.> that should be common sence from any gamer... name 1 game where standing in fire was good?

[Boricua]

3. No add-ons (hopefully) I don't want my screen completely clustered with crap, especially the ones that actually tell me what I have to do. That made even the bigger dungeons boring no matter how hard the fight was.

Widgets aren't so bad especially in a scenario with changing or randomized objectives (think Dynamis or Nyzul) where one action/event triggers others. Having an on-screen objective widget helps players retain focus and aids those who glance over directives within their chatlog. But what could accompany this is widget toggle commands like (/mapdisplay).

[Kazimir]

Widgets aren't so bad especially in a scenario with changing or randomized objectives (think Dynamis or Nyzul) where one action/event triggers others. Having an on-screen objective widget helps players retain focus and aids those who glance over directives within their chatlog. But what could accompany this is widget toggle commands like (/mapdisplay).

With event triggers I wouldn't mind if something was built into the game that told you where to go on your screen. I just don't want all that cluster from the add-ons. It's one of the biggest things I disliked about playing WoW. It completely ruins the atmosphere of the game in my opinion.