[dev1002] No quest cutscenes no motivation to play.

[Seif]

I remember quests like the Star Onion Brigade set in FFXI, that really stood out to me because of the cutscenes.
They were minor, but they were still cutscenes.

This is what I mean. The cutscenes don't have to be big but the fact that they're there is a lot better than nothing.
The music in some cutscenes like "Candle Making" made them feel more emotional experiences and the small (sometimes tiny) camera pans focused on the situation at hand and made the NPCs stand out.

Yes XI has some quests that don't have cutscenes in them. Those were usually the most worthless, repeatable trash-quests that can be seen in any MMO. Frankly it seems like that is the standard for all XIV quests currently.

I know XIV story CSs are mind blowing and that's not at all by what I mean by this thread. I'm talking simple elegant camera pans and animations that don't require a lot of development time and give the story some "oomph" and make it possible for the sound team to compose music suitable to the mood for these events. (there's already a ton of music that could be used for these in XIV)

[Maxi_Irving]

I know XIV story CSs are mind blowing and that's not at all by what I mean by this thread. I'm talking simple elegant camera pans and animations that don't require a lot of development time and give the story some "oomph" and make it possible for the sound team to compose music suitable to the mood for these events. (there's already a ton of music that could be used for these in XIV)

That is exactly what I want. That's it. There doesn't even have to be additional animations, the current ones will suffice. But having the camera change from time to time actually immerses you more into the conversation or topic of that quest.

Atleast it does for me.

[Abriael]

Yes XI has some quests that don't have cutscenes in them. Those were usually the most worthless, repeatable trash-quests that can be seen in any MMO. Frankly it seems like that is the standard for all XIV quests currently.

It's not "some" quests that don't have a cutscene. It's "most". And yes, most quests in XI that didn't have a cutscene were quite bad (but not repeatable for the most part, so yeah, your memories seem to be definitely blurry).

On the other hand, the companies-related quests i've seen today in FFXIV are great. It doesn't take a cutscene to make a great quest.

[Jynx]

It's not "some" quests that don't have a cutscene. It's "most". And yes, most quests in XI that didn't have a cutscene were quite bad (but not repeatable for the most part, so yeah, your memories seem to be definitely blurry).

On the other hand, the companies-related quests i've seen today in FFXIV are great. It doesn't take a cutscene to make a great quest.

Aside from main story missions name me more than a handfull of well animated cutscenes in Windurst.

You have a handfull of Star Onion quests, anything involving Shantoto because they needed to get every use out of that laugh animation of hers, and maybe a few others. Mind you many of the other quests have been added over YEARS of expansions and content.

I stand by the fact that 9/10 cutscenes you seen in XI involved.

1. A different camera angle.
2. NPC walking/talking animation.

Not what I would call "Motivating"