this new game director producer does not know what he is doing.

[Nakiamiie]

NM's pop as fast as regular mobs and appear to have a 100% drop rate.
100% drop rate? Stop complaining in the forums and try to kill one.

Parties are awarded an automatic buff when formed.
And this is a bad thing because...

just did an 8 man behest and it ended about 10 meters where it started from. mobs were zerged to death once again.
So you did a behest with a full party and you won. Again, this is bad because...¿?

Took away collision detection from player to player for no reason.
I'm sure they woke up someday and said "Hey! let's take out collision detection!"

Wasted time enlarging mobs.
I'm sure that took them years of develpment time.

Announced instance dungeons over open battles.
Because when the dungeon was anounced it also said that we would not have open battles right? I wonder were did Yoshi-P said that...

No mention of camp and pull zones.
Why the hell would we want that? If you want to spend months in a single spot killing the exact same monster then go ahead and play FFXI, there's a bunch of tucans waiting for you.

Market wards still in game.
Since the search function was implemented I like the wards, It could be a bit more stable tho.

Pointless economic model still in place.
Explain this?

no risk vs. reward system in the world.
Because every time we lvled down in XI we had so much fun.

world still copy / pasted.
Completely redesigning and creating the current zones can be done in a couple months right?

No mention of getting rid of the teleportation & anima garbage.
You want to walk? walk all you want.

+1 for this.
Nonconstructive whining is like trolling, please take a walk outside and go play something else.
Final Fantasy XIV should not be what keeps you alive, it is entertainment. Deal with the negative aspects of the game, submit constructive criticism or play another game (just like you would with any offline game).

[Dargoth_Draconia]

You forget he is following a guideline set by Tanaka, he said he would continue to follow that guideline while adding stuff him and his team likes. Quit complaining at least we got some NMs at all this patch, I wasn't expecting any content. If you want something like FFXI go play FFXI scrubs. Sure the NM spawn times are a bit crazy but whatever I can live with it until further content comes out, just gives me something to do and the ability to help my lower level LS members get some good gear.

[Elexia]

I do want something like FFXI, because FFXIV should have been an evolution, not regress to the primordial pool.

Search system was basic yet better
LFG system was basic yet better
Linkshell system was basic yet better (and more color choices even if people defaulted to white, blue, red or pink)

And so on, instead, a lot of these systems were a step back. NM pop timers of 5-92 hours (Magian Trial NMs..) however? That's one thing that even Square agreed should have been abolished.

[Elkwood]

And that's perfectly fine, that would be the smart thing to do. If you're not enjoying a game, cut your losses and find something you do like. Some people are just going to stick around and complain about every last thing though.

Yes it is true a lot of people do complain and offer 0 solutions, I have ideas and sadly I have no idea truly how to even get them to the dev team for serious consideration aside from getting 100 posts or 1000 views, thing is tho the dev team needs to have there own ideas as well so that we can get some ideas out of them.

[Onidemon]

You know what the biggest mistake of Square Enix was? These forums ....

They never should have made these forums. They never should have asked us what we wanted. Since obviously it is impossible to please some of you ... just go play FFXI or any other game that pleases you, but please, just please shut up already with the endless not constructive crying.

Best comment ever.

[Vivoco88]

Best comment ever.

this is a great comment, but I have a better one

"Square enix should have never launched this game"

[gifthorse]

I do want something like FFXI, because FFXIV should have been an evolution, not regress to the primordial pool.

Search system was basic yet better
LFG system was basic yet better
Linkshell system was basic yet better (and more color choices even if people defaulted to white, blue, red or pink)

And so on, instead, a lot of these systems were a step back. NM pop timers of 5-92 hours (Magian Trial NMs..) however? That's one thing that even Square agreed should have been abolished.

Dude... FFXI was a load of crap. Just because it was better in a few UI-related ways doesn't mean it was better.

[Jennestia]

Dude... FFXI was a load of crap. Just because it was better in a few UI-related ways doesn't mean it was better.

Nice sarcasm so I truly agree.

If you weren't being sarcastic, I highly doubt an MMO that's "a load of crap" would be in service for a decade+, what was crappy about it that doesn't include poor drop rates? As that's bad design in every MMO with less than 60%+ drop rate.

[gifthorse]

Nice sarcasm so I truly agree.

If you weren't being sarcastic, I highly doubt an MMO that's "a load of crap" would be in service for a decade+, what was crappy about it that doesn't include poor drop rates? As that's bad design in every MMO with less than 60%+ drop rate.

Oh my god Jennestia. Are SE paying you or something?

FFXI was terrible, just terrible, with the exception of having nice atmospherics. And just because a game is enduring doesn't mean it's the best thing ever. Duh.

[gifthorse]

filth. lol. that's why i <3 you gifthorse.

Aw shucks.