Game Heading in the Dull and Boring Direction

[Arriverderci]

Fact is, this game offers nothing new to the MMO world.
Nothing at all. I mean did they try to be different from the average MMO? Don't say Limit Breaks, they are trash.
I never used my healing one...
Another fact is, this game isn't "new" it's a reboot. If it didn't to crap from the beginning, we'd have tons of content already.

So all of you unhappy people. How would you all do it? I would love to hear how you would fix the problems.
Share you plans with us.
What would you change and what would you add. Go into detail. Show SE how it's done. You may land a job offer. No seriously
I am sure you are all experts at making game content and how to make a cutting edge MMO.

I would suggest Minigames IE. Triple Triad, that one sphere game in X-2, Blitzball, and other crap outside this junk...[I know Golden Saucer is coming and that Fort Siege.] swimming, contests in game, contest in-forums. [Old one is make your own recipe for Culinarians.] Chocobo breeding, I know housing is coming and wedding, make crafters apart of weddings, level 50 dungeons hard modes for all dungeons, so we can go back and re-run dungeons for tomes. I mean face it, you run these dungeons but a single time and there is no need again...It'll help dissapate the boring runs people have...
I mean there's a lot of fun things you can come up and create. There's nothing wrong with giving feedback to this game. We can sit all day and talk about what we want to add and stuff but you still get bashed to hell over it.

When WoW launched it had 2 raids, Onyxia and Molten Core.

These games released over a decade ago...2013 man, let's step it up.

[Sixmp]

So all of you unhappy people. How would you all do it? I would love to hear how you would fix the problems.
Share your plans with us.
What would you change and what would you add. Go into detail. Show SE how it's done. You may land a job offer. No seriously
I am sure you are all experts at making game content and how to make a cutting edge MMO.

While this may come across as sarcasm, i would really like to know. It is easy to stand there pointing your finger expecting amazing content and complaining how you don't have it.
Have a go at actually creating some content.

InB4 It's not our job. No excuses.

Just to add, i am in no way against people giving feedback, it just gets mind numbing reading thread after thread of complaining/feedback with nothing constructive.
If something gets enough positive feedback from the community i am sure SE would hear of it.

[sasakusaku]

So all of you unhappy people. How would you all do it? I would love to hear how you would fix the problems.

Take all those dungeons in my list and make lvl 50 versions. Then have HM versions on top of that. Add in reasons to run them (gear/gil/crafting mats/etc). Basically tweak the treadmill to require you to run those for drops instead of spamming CM speed runs and getting it all in a week like right now. Also improve Prae/CM to be rewarding with HM versions as well. Bam, lots of things to do. But let's be honest, that will never happen since that would take months if not years to do + reinvesting money earned which is a no no. I am full of suggestions, let me tell you but problem is having someone listen to and or implement them is nigh impossible by the looks of things.

[ilikeorangejuice]

So all of you unhappy people. How would you all do it? I would love to hear how you would fix the problems.

1. Remove the Subscription*.. I foresee the ultimate decline happening in 3 months, tops. (Brutal competition over the horizon)

2. Fix the client/server side delays between every single gahdamn action. (game-breaking & awkward)

3. A SUMMONER THAT ACTUALLY FEELS LIKE A SUMMONER AND NOT A HALF-BAKED AFFLICTION LOCK!!!

4. A competitive pvp scene.

I'm not a coder/game designer, but I do understand what separates a great game from a forgettable mediocre one.

*Blizzard understands they can't create another mmo as established as WOW, which is why they scrapped 'project titan' and built it again from the ground up with a b2p/f2p model in mind. Its just the ideology of most modern gamers nowadays mang. Its gotta be premium vip service, content, coupled with revolutionary gameplay to be able to surpass or even attain any noteworthy amounts of success.

[Chiruru53]

All these complaints and Not one really good idea or suggestion. Hmm.
Personally I'm having a good 'ol time helping random people beat Titan on WHM or BRD (if they ask nice enough lol). Such a fun fight.

Take all those dungeons in my list and make lvl 50 versions. Then have HM versions on top of that. Add in reasons to run them (gear/gil/crafting mats/etc). Basically tweak the treadmill to require you to run those for drops instead of spamming CM speed runs and getting it all in a week like right now. Also improve Prae/CM to be rewarding with HM versions as well. Bam, lots of things to do. But let's be honest, that will never happen since that would take months if not years to do + reinvesting money earned which is a no no. I am full of suggestions, let me tell you but problem is having someone listen to them and or implement them.

....Aren't they already going to be adding HM dungeons...? Your "ideas" are already being used... and it isn't really an "idea" since like every MMO ever does it.

Hmmm... lets see what could be done.

I also like this game, but it gets boring waiting 30 minutes in que to go to an instance, then someone quits for w/e reason and there goes 30 mins of my time again
/rantmodeoff

That's really pretty much mostly because of the fact theres like 20dps to every one healer or tank... all MMOs suffer from slow dps queues.
And as for ppl bailing, yeah, it sucks, know, but its hard to control what people do. Some just join to troll and leave, not caring of the consequences. All MMOs also have this.

[Hagito]

Hmmm... lets see what could be done.

I also like this game, but it gets boring waiting 30 minutes in que to go to an instance, then someone quits for w/e reason and there goes 30 mins of my time again. Some suggestions out of nowhere, some more serious than others:

1. Scale fates the more people the harder it gets.
2. Make fates affect the world not just loop them, like people already know which fate is next beat it, run back to town, run to the next one, if fates have a meaning make them more important, not just a way to grind up to level 50.
3. Gear, we need more variety of gear, everyone ends up using the same stuff.
4. Duty finder, it needs optimization for faster que times, I know healers and tanks get pretty much instant que, but that's probably because there's no incentive to que, i'd suggest giving exp bonus, gil bonus or w/e bonus to the players that help even the que numbers. Like if tanks are missing before you use the duty finder it would tell you what % of each class/job is there queing atm, and what is missing, if you go in with the missing class/job then it'd give you bonuses. Bet that'd even the numbers a bit more.
5. Party/companion while using duty finder, I find it awfull that I can't party with people to level up other classes while I'm in que for a dungeon in duty finder. If I'm not the party leader it shouldn't be a problem; when I'm called into duty finder just kick me out of the party I was in and get me to the fight!
6. Market, need to do something about it, prices are crazy low or crazy high.
7. CULLING, fix the hidden monsters / party members for christ sake.

That's all that comes up to my mind, I think there's more but these are the ones that bug me the most.


PS: If these aren't added/modified it won't affect my decision to play this game. But please look into these if possible lol.

/rantmodeoff

EDIT: Added culling to the list.

[sasakusaku]

Ah, now resorting to insults. Well I am done replying for now. You enjoy the game, that is your right and is totally cool by me, Personally, I had hoped there would be more things to do than a single 5 man dungeon and 1 raid for three months. Content wise, that is laughably low if you ask me. FF 14 ARR launched in a window where there is a total lack of 'new; MMOs and is perfectly timed however I am not sure it's going to stand the test of time. Far more meatier MMOs have come and gone over the years, that's just how I see it.

[ZakarnRosewood]

Interesting. After browsing through this thread and reading things people are suggesting to make the game better, I noticed something.

Most of the suggestions are things the dev team are already planning to do.

Hard mode dungeons and make level 50 versions? In progress.
Vary FATES? In progress.
More varied gear? In progress.
More varied stats? In progress.
More dungeons? In progress.

I get the impression from people who are unhappy with the game that they think that what we have right now will be all we get for the life of the game. Do you seriously think they dont already have big plans for this game content wise? If I am wrong in my generalization of the negative nancies and you dont think this is all we are going to get, why then do you spew such vitriol? What will it accomplish?

In your defense though I will add that there are things they can improve upon that they have not mentioned or have even said they dont want to put in (at this time). Such as more open world content and maybe a few new systems for leveling up/attaining gear/getting end game seals.

Its one thing to suggest something might be a neat addition to the game, its something completely different to degrade the company if they dont implement this miraculous new idea that you were smart enough to think of when a gaming company of 25 years experience had not even considered.

Fact is, I do not work for SE and have not had the privilege to sit in on any board meetings or consult with their creative designers throughout the creation process of this game. I cannot say what/why they did/did not talk about behind closed doors. Sure I can point to other companies and say what they did but again, I was not privy to what happened behind their closed doors and cannot compare it to this process.

Maybe I'm asking too much of internet goers to just be civil and considerate.

Just my 2gil.

[Renik]

Interesting. After browsing through this thread and reading things people are suggesting to make the game better, I noticed something.

Most of the suggestions are things the dev team are already planning to do.

Hard mode dungeons and make level 50 versions? In progress.

More varied gear? In progress.
More varied stats? In progress.

Those 2 are mine, and i would like to see where you find information about this being impemented to the game, i haven't seen something about this, and more gear tiers and new skills is not what i'm asking for.

Also, adding more dugeons raids and bosses won't fix anuything if they keep this token (tomestones) system, that way everyone will still make the easier and more profitable content, and that will lead to boredom and unsubs.

this ghame needs more variety and freedom, and i'm talking about everything, stats, cross skills, content, jobs...

[Rekujen]

game just launched guys... relax.

This game has tonnes of end-game for something that was JUST released, not many MMO's achieve this... just imagine what we have in 6 months time? we are already getting Crystal Tower, PvP and hard modes soon...

give it time.