BETA TEST ROADMAP IS UP!

[Rustyhagun]

So did anyone notice the mention of a hunting log in phase 1 on the roadmap? I don't remember hearing anything about this.

Are we going to get a little of this:



Or is it just going to be a tally showing you how many marmots you've slaughtered?

Yes! This! And I hope its the version from FF12. That would add 10 points to this games hype meter. For me at least. Seeing the posting on the wall/board, going out and Hunting them down. I hope the red circle, on the map, does not show up for this. I want to actually find the mob myself, with the direction giving to me.

[Seirra_Lanzce]

Yes! This! And I hope its the version from FF12. That would add 10 points to this games hype meter. For me at least. Seeing the posting on the wall/board, going out and Hunting them down. I hope the red circle, on the map, does not show up for this. I want to actually find the mob myself, with the direction giving to me.

If it's that sure, cool awesome, i love it. But i very doubtfully it is...

[Elexia]

Yes! This! And I hope its the version from FF12. That would add 10 points to this games hype meter. For me at least. Seeing the posting on the wall/board, going out and Hunting them down. I hope the red circle, on the map, does not show up for this. I want to actually find the mob myself, with the direction giving to me.

It's a bestiary and if it was like that, it's an MMO from the new era where hand holding is the norm, so you'd be pointed into the exact location xD.

[KiriA500]

It's a bestiary and if it was like that, it's an MMO from the new era where hand holding is the norm, so you'd be pointed into the exact location xD.

Yeah, screw that crap! Let's go back to the good ol' days of when NPC's would ask you to do something but give you no information as to how to complete the task they just asked you to do! It's not like this is a video game or anything...! Let's make everything as much of a chore as possible!

[Elexia]

Yeah, screw that crap! Let's go back to the good ol' days of when NPC's would ask you to do something but give you no information as to how to complete the task they just asked you to do! It's not like this is a video game or anything...! Let's make everything as much of a chore as possible!

Agreed, clicking "Auto-Route" which moves you to an exact location as seen in many new asian MMOs is definitely the best way to do things, progress etc etc. Not being lazy at all etc.

[Zenaku]

Yeah, screw that crap! Let's go back to the good ol' days of when NPC's would ask you to do something but give you no information as to how to complete the task they just asked you to do! It's not like this is a video game or anything...! Let's make everything as much of a chore as possible!

FFXI Back when i was 15year old without 3 party tools
Get Advance job Quest "Ninja
Do all the boring parts
Go find and talk to person in Norg "...."
Log off
Print information/maps
Log back in
Look at map -.- "confuse" Wtf
20m to find the right Hole 3m to find the opening to enter Norg
"Die"
Do it all over again
Enter Norg
Guy at location is (H-8)

There you are -.-
Return back to bastok
read a sad story

Hours Spent:3+

Best 6 years of my life i enjoy and love every sec of that do i now? nope but i like more quest that are as good as FFXI without being so simple and dumb please and thank. "yoshi-p"

[KiriA500]

Agreed, clicking "Auto-Route" which moves you to an exact location as seen in many new asian MMOs is definitely the best way to do things, progress etc etc. Not being lazy at all etc.

Yeah, because that's exactly what's going to happen.

FFXI Back when i was 15year old without 3 party tools
Get Advance job Quest "Ninja
Do all the boring parts
Go find and talk to person in Norg "...."
Log off
Print information/maps
Log back in
Look at map -.- "confuse" Wtf
20m to find the right Hole 3m to find the opening to enter Norg
"Die"
Do it all over again
Enter Norg
Guy at location is (H-8)

There you are -.-
Return back to bastok
read a sad story

Hours Spent:3+

Best 6 years of my life i enjoy and love every sec of that do i now? nope but i like more quest that are as good as FFXI without being so simple and dumb please and thank. "yoshi-p"

It's weird, you had to look elsewhere to find the information, yet you still enjoyed the quest! Now, imagine if that stuff was in the game from the beginning! Same quest, taking you to the same places...only you didn't have to spend 3+ hours trying to figure out what to do!

People seem to think that having an indication of where to go or what to do in a quest implies there's no substance to them. Those people are wrong, and should shut up.

[Zenaku]

Yeah, because that's exactly what's going to happen.





It's weird, you had to look elsewhere to find the information, yet you still enjoyed the quest! Now, imagine if that stuff was in the game from the beginning! Same quest, taking you to the same places...only you didn't have to spend 3+ hours trying to figure out what to do!

People seem to think that having an indication of where to go or what to do in a quest implies there's no substance to them. Those people are wrong, and should shut up.

That what i'm saying i enjoy the quest due to the storyline and how hard it was to get done due to where i had to go and die. Now you can easy do that without wasting 2hours of my time just trying to find the area/looking up information. We need more fun and rich storyline not boring x,y,z.

[KiriA500]

That what i'm saying i enjoy the quest due to the storyline and how hard it was to get done due to where i had to go and die. Now you can easy do that without wasting 2hours of my time just trying to find the area/looking up information. We need more fun and rich storyline not boring x,y,z.

Hehe, yeah...sorry, my post kind of makes it sound like I wasn't agreeing with you. I'm on your side! *highfives*

[Payadopa]

People seem to think that having an indication of where to go or what to do in a quest implies there's no substance to them. Those people are wrong, and should shut up.

While I really would like to believe that, in the end I just go there and fight mobs that are usually too easy to kill anyway (Gods forfend I have to play with others in an MMO lol).

So, at the moment, the destination isn't fun, nor is the way. I'll reserve judgment untill I see the finished product, though, the way MMOs tend to work nowadays they do a very poor job of masking the grind. XI really had enough grinding in its own right. And yes, quests were obscure as hell, but at least it felt like an accomplishment in the end when you finished one (yes, I do have a brain lol).

ARR is almost too convenient when it comes to showing me the way (for quests). Not even do I have a narrow area where I can look for a mob, I also have little 'Qs' above every single one of them. lol I really hope XIV manages to strike a middle ground.

Don't get me wrong, I don't want to go back to XI. I don't want to trade in all of my conveniece just for the sake of nostalgia. But then again, at least a few MMOs (or games in general) should treat me like a human being capable of rational thinking and an attention span that last for longer than 10 secs.