Thread: Stuff I Miss From 1.0

I miss AF gear that enhanced abilities

I miss dept in stats

I miss the crazy combo system from Monk and the crazy cool looking WS animations from 1.0

I miss the exploration (unlocking those super far nodes) and dodging stuff that could kill me in one poke

I miss the economy that was worth a damn and stuff sold at decent prices (profitable)

I could go on

Originally Posted by Recycler

Coerthas. Enough said.



Monsters had teeth.



True boat ride.

The water in 1.0 looked amazing.

People who think the water 2.0 looks better are absolutely crazy.

1.0 was one of the best looking games graphically period, seriously, but A Realm Reborn doesn't even look better than many of its competitors.

1.0 was just so much better, I don't know why I bother playing A Realm Reborn. I gave them 3 years to make a better game and they made a worse game. I can't be alone on this.

I miss boat rides, leve linking, roaming NM's that dropped gear/craft mats, shards dropping from enemies, fishing not be completely and utterly useless, the best gear being crafted, and the cross-class skill system.

I partied with someone who was a brand new 1.0 player, her first words on exiting to the Shroud were "It's so... GREEN!"

1. I miss the extent of immersion from events released in patches or subpatches. When a new event is released we would not only have the event, but also numerous Lore articles on the lodestone, and this would be accompanied by the Devs roleplaying journalists from the 3 Citystates newspapers in game or even roleplaying Scions.


2. I miss combo's having timers and thus having weight. The current combat system makes everything seem like a basic attack.


3. I miss that weird arcanist weapon from version 1 whatever or however it was supposed to work lol


4. I miss open world dungeons. The world feels too constricting with dungeons locked away in instances. I'm all for progression/story based instances but it would be awesome to have field zones of all the dungeons too. Not just bland open dungeons for the sake of it but some purpose: Poppable NMs? (Give Linkshells/FC's more activities to add to their event schedules)


5. Coerthas. A tricky one. I like the theme/atmosphere/politics it is striving for now. But would like to see the 4 remaining parts in some form irrespective if they are totally destroyed. I assume Western Highlands will be expansion pack content given its landmarks were all named after dragons (Ishguard v Dragons etc)

1.0 was easy to change because it was so open that anything they could put in would work, it was more versatile because it didn't have so many features that relied so heavily on each other, each and every part was independent and unique, which gave room to many possibilities of hopes and dreams that could of been but lacked the power engine wise, all we needed was a better system capable of handling bigger content and hardcore mechanics. 2.0 can get more content, but they really can't change one system without having to change the whole game.

Originally Posted by Sancta

1.0 was easy to change because it was so open that anything they could put in would work, it was more versatile because it didn't have so many features that relied so heavily on each other, each and every part was independent and unique, which gave room to many possibilities of hopes and dreams that could of been but lacked the power engine wise, all we needed was a better system capable of handling bigger content and hardcore mechanics. 2.0 can get more content, but they really can't change one system without having to change the whole game.

This is my concern in regards to sticking so strictly with the trinity roles. Adding more classes and jobs is going to become increasingly difficult without just making a clone of an existing job or class. I mean, where would something like a Red Mage or Dancer even fit without completely bastardizing the job?

Its funny a Dev hasn't even commented on this thread, I think they've forgotten about us 1.0 veterans, if they don't take notice its obvious this game won't bring back the things we love and miss. This thread exists in hopes that someday we will have what we lost, but better done and polished. The people saying give this game time and things can change obviously don't realize, 2.0 doesn't leave room for any big changes in battle system, because the devs made a game that revolved so tightly over a spammy system, that any change towards the 1.23 system would result in having to remake 2.0 and we'd end up with 3.0.