FFXIV-- the fear of a WoW Clone is real...

[Preypacer]

I still remember that line, exactly how it is said from my alpha and beta days, such an awesome line delivered perfectly, also it was pretty much hammered into my head with all the character resets, got sick of LL eventually so joined Ul'dah, Y'stola is my favorite archon by far.

I like the comedic combo of Yda and Papalymo, and their intro is my favorite of the 3. But I do agree... Y'shtola is definitely the badass of them. Love how she smack-talks the guy in the beginning. "Oh, I was under the impression that I would find men here" (or something like that - it's been a while).

[Recycler]

For the lol's:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-vAF3eeL0U#t=3m54s

[Valmonte]

You explicitly referenced Final Fantasy 14.

I'm sure you are aware of the fact that intentionally mangling SWTOR's title identifies you as an irrational hater, pretty much voiding what you write of whatever validity. SWTOR's voice acting is actually, besides a few characters, very high in quality. It has a large number of top tier voice actors and lines are almost always delivered convincingly and realistically.

yep i hated it, it was the worse 60 bucks of my life.

[Montijin]

Nothing wrong with devs playing other MMOs; in my opinion, They in fact should be playing other MMOs so that they can assess what the other games did right and what they did wrong.

SWTOR's MMO fundamentals were bad and the only thing that made that game enjoyable for me was the interactive cutscenes and story; which is something that would not fit in with FFXIV. So I'll agree they should perhaps not look too hard at SWTOR for ideas. =p

[Warlock]

on the recent live letter, it was mentioned that the devs have been playing Starwars old republic and guild wars 2.

Do you guys fear that what made FFXI and FXIV unique will cease to exist and that we will sadlyl endup being a WoW clone?

I REALLY HOPE NOT

Wait how can it be a WoW-clone if you mention star wars and guild wars 2? >_>; are those 2 WoW-clone? besides this horse was already reduced to dust from the massive beating in multiple threads

[strallaalaa]

i hated both those games so if they copy anything from them or clone them then sadly they will fail. those games failed or will fail, there numbers at the start of launch is what made them special, not the mmo itself. it sucked. and ffxiv had them numbers or at least decent ones in box sales ...they lost them all and will not ever probably get them numbers back but even if they do, they will deminish again right away if copy these mmo's.

you can say good parts ...but not much good in them and reality is what they do copy from mmo's is the casual downfall of every mmo. and if anyone white knights those games then why are they here playing ffxiv or on forums for it? you quit already? no kiddin. some people want to live in a mmo for years not months.

[Abriael]

yep i hated it, it was the worse 60 bucks of my life.

You're very fond of hyperbole.

[Abriael]

i hated both those games so if they copy anything from them or clone them then sadly they will fail.

"I dislike a game, so if this game will be like that game it will fail".

Yeah, very logical argument.

I'm actually very glad that Yoshida isn't listening to some of the people here, and is giving a serious look to the competition (which is actually part of his job description as a producer, mind you), not doing so is exactly what brought Final Fantasy XIV to disaster to begin with.

It's utterly laughable how some seem to like the idea of him pulling a Tanaka.

[Valmonte]

You're very fond of hyperbole.

For me its far from an exaggeration.

[Abriael]

For me its far from an exaggeration.

yeah mate, yeah.

Just like Final Fantasy XIV has a great voice acting, lol.