Thread: Stuff I Miss From 1.0

Originally Posted by Kirith

That question was absolutely impossible to understand without actually knowing what plans they had in place for the "changes". ...

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Agreed all through, basically..

Just to quote myself (oh hey and Gramul, too!) in an earlier, similar discussion?

Originally Posted by Fensfield

Originally Posted by Hawklaser

Originally Posted by Gramul

Still, would have prefered 1.0 get the chance to really become something special on its own. When I voted to drastically change the rules, I wasn't exactly expecting them to make a bolt for the obvious.

Same with me, too bad I can't recall if there was a middle option for only drastic change where needed.

There wasn't, it was a yes or no question. And that's basically why I voted 'No' for my part in the poll. No matter what, a Yes answer would come back to bite me on the proverbial arse somehow.

11. Would you welcome changes to FINAL FANTASY XIV that would drastically alter the rules already set in Eorzea?

Yes - 85.2%

No - 14.8%

(http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...98e4034b898102)

Looking back, it was obvious they weren't looking for an instructive reply. They were asking at the height of the rage over the state of things at launch, in over-simplistic terms without properly defining what they meant. They weren't asking permission, they were engineering a positive answer they could wave at dissenters in the event the v2.0 project went wrong. 'Well at least we listened to our customers!' they'd have cried, had it crashed and burned.

Now I'm not saying people would have voted against the rebuild had it been less manipulatively phrased and given more options, but seriously, looking back at the PR, the way they scapegoated Tanaka (yes he made some big screwups and all but they really went out of their way to play up his fault and keep attention away from Wada and co's role in things).. I can't see things any other way than they were betting everything on the answer being a majority yes. Thus the timing, the lack of details, and the lack of a middle ground option. Not that it wasn't an incredibly safe bet, of course.

Yes I'm a mite bitter about Player Poll 01. Bite me >.>

Originally Posted by misterrpg

... It's time to go back guys...

And if only. Sadly not only is it my understanding that recent changes to Final Fantasy XI have spoilt things rather decidedly (is there still a majority of the original to enjoy, there? How much longer, do you think? .. No really I'm trying to decide if I ought at least pick it up alongside >.>) ... I have always struggled with FFXI's character creation. I know it's shallow of me but when it's so limited that hair gets only two colours and its style is inextricably linked to which of the the three faces you choose..

Were those limitations for the sake of the PS2? I mean good lord that thing was about the same spec as the Dreamcast and that console's Phantasy Star Online got wildly more complex chargen options than we have now.

.. Gosh I wish they'd just give that game a few fundamental upgrades; even disconnecting hairstyle from face choice would go a long way. Weren't they talking about dropping PS2 support recently? I wonder what the chances are in light of everything's happened by now.