Sea/Sky/Nyzul/ZNM/HNM Can I have It?

[BlackRosesXIV]

The longer I play X|V, the more I find myself missing those little nuances from FFXI. Here's some memories that come to mind...

Many players already mentioned farming pops like Sky or Sea, Kirin runs used to generate a lot of attendance in my linkshell at the time.
I vividly remember camping shikigami weapon for a few weeks try to get my robe for SMN. What an accomplishment it was when i finally got it!
I miss fighting RMT's for claim on Roc, Simurgh, Behemoth, Serket, etc etc...

REMEMBER HOW BIG OF A SHIT SHOW SERKET WAS? Oh... and make no mention of King Vingaroon.

CACTROT RAPIDO? OMG What I wouldn't give to get pegged by 10,000 needles again... Give us something, cause I can only do so many Coils, relic runs, and treasure hunts with my free company to satisfy their desire for events.

Lastly, I really miss the mechanics of NIN from XI. That job was just SO GOD DAMN FUN. You had to be good at the game to be a NIN tank, or you just couldn't make the cut.

This is my boy Gund from XI (now in XIV with me), I miss this stuff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucvuhbBMHCg

[Eclipsed]

Unfortunately we are very unlikely to ever see new and original things in this game. We had new and original in 1.0. Unfortunately it came off more like the ravings of a lunatic madman than the product of an experienced and talented game designer and failed miserably. That failure cost them untold millions of dollars and caused them to redesign the game.

Now, instead of taking a risk on another game designer and letting them build the world they would like they got Yoshi and gave him the job of creating the most guaranteed to succeed mmo possible. So now they took the safe route of copying every last minute detail of WoW and implementing it in FFXIV.

They have already lost WAY too much money on this game to ever let the devs experiment and try something new.

[Kittararae]

I really miss open world content and varied end-game activities. I remember the first time I stumbled upon Tiamat. OMG, my poor Mithra about lost it! Or leveling in Ronf. and JJ would pop and kick my kitty butt all over the place. Bunnies are just plain evil! I miss the element of surprise and the challenge of several different types of end game activities. Instanced dungeons are really getting boring, especially when you have to run them over and over for currency.

I do hope that a variety of end-game activities is in the process. I believe that's what kept FFXI going. So much to do and with a true sense of danger. CoP, before the nerf was awesome, because of the challenges. Didn't like all the running around though... Love the airship fight and finally landing in Sea. OMG what a different world you landed in, more than once during the story-line. I know a lot of people didn't like it, but it was memorable.

[Alipoprocks]

The more I play XIV, the more I miss XI (pre-Abyssea).

[Marishi-Ten]

The more I play XIV, the more I miss XI (pre-Abyssea).

You and me both, sister.

I think our glory days are gone though. As much as everyone hated 1.0, at least they tried to be different and the devs cared about the game they were creating (devs RP'ing with players/placing in careful lore/making the game actually enjoyable where players weren't at eachothers throats constantly/actually listening and taking feedback to be implemented. Do we have that in 2.0?). Now we just have a xeroxed copy of a copy of a copy. I'll take broken (but listening and implementing changes from the playerbase) and original over broken and generic any day.

Before people start in on how Yoshida was responsible for 1.23, he wasn't. Those patches were in the roadmap before he even arrived (as the dev sprints need to be planned months ahead time to account for man hours and resource planning). It was already there. All he did was step in and take credit for it.

I miss XI, but mostly, I miss Tanaka-san ....

[Berezo]

They have a success story in Xi and should look to it for the things it succeeded at, which was diverse end game. Its clear that there is an interest for it!

[Dyvid]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Return-to-FFXI
/thread

[Berezo]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Return-to-FFXI
/thread

/ignorance

[BlackRosesXIV]

You guys remember the Ark Angels Fight???

Walk in with 18 BLM and DEMOLISHHHHHHHHHH. Epic moments in gaming history.
Our linkshells was also one of the first to bring Vrtra to its knees, but not before downing Tiamat, and Jormungand.

WHERE ARE MY BIG EFFING DRAGONS? I DONT COUNT BRAYFLOX. OR STONE VIGIL.
IF IT DOESNT TAKE 3 HOURS TO KILL GTFO.

Pre-75+ cap, I had a haste build NIN, oh the joy of watching him glitch with Haste, and 2x March (2 BRDs)
We used to just RDM BRD BRD NIN NIN NIN and destroy everything in Sky for merit parties. I truly miss this fun.

[Grizzlebeard]

We used to just RDM BRD BRD NIN NIN NIN and destroy everything in Sky for merit parties. I truly miss this fun.

That sounds like a truly awful combination for probably at best 14k/hour. Granted, burn parties in WotG had a far superior ability to generate exp.