Thread: Stuff I Miss From 1.0

I miss having the crest of the guild by the character names instead of having a name <<like this>>

The cutscenes involving Minfilia about the Path of the Twelve and this tune that played along with them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q16MONsB2t0

Waiting for the end of the era final countdown while exploring Thanalan with this gorgeous tune playing in the background.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVQS_yYAlh0

So many things.
-Anima (I don't much care for the gilsink. It would be diffrent if it happened after you ran out of anima but yeep. :/)
-the open world, I know people didn't like it but I don't even care running past those Hellbenders in the Black Shoud was a huge thrill for me, and getting to higher level areas like that was a lot of fun, for me anyway.
-Those LS shield crest things instead of <<wurdz>>
-the old 1.0 voices, I thought they would at least be an option instead of "hey everyone be voice 4 and sort it out later~!"
-1.2 something combat, and by extention, animation and ol' thm. Seriously we deal in death, using the umbral made sense!
-most of the old music that looped. The not looping bothers me. Why can't the new music loop, I would listen to it more then!
and most of all:
-What happened to my path companion? It seems sad but I miss her!

Originally Posted by Sotek

Now it's just "Tic this box, and in we go...", it's so disconnected...

I feel similarly about modern MMO quests.
"Here's a checklist of things to kill/find from killed enemies. They're right here on your map. Let me make a mark to lead you to them."

I'd like it to be a little more obscured and varied simply for the sake of engagement.

Oh and I also miss being able to cast protect + stoneskin to anyone I wanted, just to be nice, in fact, most conjurers/whm or classes with the skills set up did on low level areas when they passed by.

I really really really miss the sense of danger and exploration. Man how I was dragged into Gridania story line that I was ACTUALLY afraid about exploring the shroud too deep in case I awoke the green wrath, because the shroud was really intimidating back then. Then when I advanced in the story it blew up my mind. SE caught me, and it was done so gracefully and well done... It was really great.

All the game felt more mature somehow, more serious, ARR is really a theme park, where the sense of danger or loss is just a fake, with all bright colors and robot-like animations, with a really fast pace so you don't notice what's going on ad only enjoy the combat for the adrenaline rush or the distractions of the fireworks (I know they can be lowered or deactivated, but without the weight in the animations the game it's just plain ridiculous).

I still like the setting and the story, but everything about the game has been dumbed down and that's really a shame...

Edit: I would love to be able to reach Tanaka and tell him my feelings about the game and say him "I really wanted to play your full vision of the game, the true successor of FFXI, not another generic EQ/WoW/Rift clone for kids and teenagers that need to have everything served on a silver plate and that can't make any effort to achieve anything".

Originally Posted by Dannythm

I would love to be able to reach Tanaka and tell him my feelings about the game and say him "I really wanted to play your full vision of the game ...".

I.. find myself thinking that really often. Between the way Wada and company shifted all of the blame that they could onto him - no I'm not saying he made no mistakes of his own, but anyone not gleefully aboard the hate bandwagon could easily tell they scapegoated him something awful - and the fact there's been so little sign of him since.. Does he still work for S-E? Last I heard, even after stepping down as FFXIV's director he was still in a consulting position on Final Fantasy XI and still a part of FFXIV's administrative department.

I really do wish there was a way to write to Tanaka and let him know how much I would have loved to see v1.0's intentions realised, whatever issues it may have had. It really bothers me to think he and the people worked with him might believe he's/they're universally hated and blamed.

Found some more:

Monster AI
God i loved those aldgoats staring at me, running in my AoE. This was absolutly brilliant.

Noobcatcher and Lvl 99 Mobs, before you could identify their level!
They made the world a bit more alive and dangerous. Took me quiet a while to explore Mor Dohna back then.