Make FFXIV more like FFXI and less like WoW

[Sancta]

I read some of this thread, but i'm switch it up with this thread. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...rom-1.0/page29

Support the good things we lost in 1.0 and hopefully a dev with take this thread into consideration and remember us 1.0 veterans who stuck in for so long!

[Gogatsu390]

I'm just curious with all the people complaining about XIV and how it NEEDS to be more like XI, why aren't you just playing XI? It's still available to play and they still put out content regularly. You know what I remember about XI. I remember how you had to grind everything right out of the gate from lvl 1-50 (yes I played XI before the NA release with Rise of Zilart). I remember how difficult it was to create a pt as a DD, sometimes sitting around for weeks in Jeuno and even after rolling a tank it wasn't much of an improvement. I realize the FFXIV isn't for everyone, and I certainly agree that there needs to be more content, difficulty, and a sense of community, but I don't want to see another FFXI.

[Otomis]

I am not sure how I feel, I still have FFXI account and recently a FFXIV (I restarted, started when it was first released). In one month, yes 1 month. I finished story line, finished most all quest in game, made relic, and have most philosophy tone gear, starting to work on mythic tome gear and coil. That is it, in one month I am at the point where I am "End Game" which is limited by entry timers(coil) and the 300(myth) point cap. I am not even a hard core player. I work M-F about 50 hours a week, and have 3 busy teenage kids I have to run all over. Play a couple hours a night before bed after dinner, and a few hours on the weekend if nothing else to do. I loved the fast pace the game moved at following the story line, and all the quest making it interesting. Also in that month I leveled the support jobs for my job abilities.

[Otomis]

Now I just have no desire to log in; Coil group on weekend, and after weekly point reset do some speed runs for 300 myth tomes. That is all I have to look forward to, beside getting online and randomly chatting. Feeling a little disappointed I guess. FFXI has update soon but I am sure it will amount to a few kills of a couple new bosses and possibly updating a relic or 2, then what? I really do not feel like playing both games, but neither game seems to offer a full plate which means playing both as SE alternates updates, which I am sure they do purposely. Or finding a new late night hobby before bed to do.

[ruzoko]

@ Gogatsu390
don't reply with this please ^ seen too much of this and read through the thread before you post things, you clearly only read the last few posts and decided to jot that down

[Gogatsu390]

@ Gogatsu390
don't reply with this please ^ seen too much of this and read through the thread before you post things, you clearly only read the last few posts and decided to jot that down

I did read through the thread. I wasn't aware that I'm not allowed to post my opinions on the public forums.

[ruzoko]

I did read through the thread. I wasn't aware that I'm not allowed to post my opinions on the public forums.

really doesn't seem so with how the last posts were about ffxiv going its own direction using whats best of the 2

[Redemption]

I'm just curious with all the people complaining about XIV and how it NEEDS to be more like XI, why aren't you just playing XI? It's still available to play and they still put out content regularly. You know what I remember about XI. I remember how you had to grind everything right out of the gate from lvl 1-50 (yes I played XI before the NA release with Rise of Zilart). I remember how difficult it was to create a pt as a DD, sometimes sitting around for weeks in Jeuno and even after rolling a tank it wasn't much of an improvement. I realize the FFXIV isn't for everyone, and I certainly agree that there needs to be more content, difficulty, and a sense of community, but I don't want to see another FFXI. Also for those that didn't play FFXIV 1.0 it was a lot like FFXI with similar combat style and menu layout and it was considered so difficult to cope with that SE tore it down and rebuilt it. Just saying.

The reason I personally am not playing ffxi is because ffxi is not ffxi anymore, its something else that was all to recently made worse by the application of ideas learned from our very own yoshida. I remember all the same things you do from ffxi, I also remember a lot of the more important fun times that came with that. People always are very quick to say "this was something I didnt like" but it was part of the journey, I remember the hard time I had getting my Dark Knight AF helm... It took me quite a while trying to get some people to help and then I had to climb the maze to actually get to the fight but it was all for fun. Why do people expect to never have to do this?

Furthermore, why is it somehow not ok to have another ffxi styled game? There are already tons of wow-wannabe games out, so what exactly is not ok about 2 - 3 ffxi alternatives?

[busta]

FFXI was the best of the best. It was the top of it's class. It was 5 star fine MMO dining while on a luxury cruise ship. World of Warcraft was McDonalds. FFXIV is Waffle House. And don't get me wrong. I love Waffle House for what it is.

But there's a massive amount of people who want a REAL MMORPG. These games today are just single player games with tacked on multiplayer options. They are Diablo with more people in the room. They have no substance. MMOs use to feel like an alternate universe you could really live in. Now they are just Call of Duty with swords and magic.

[Orson_Dara]

Furthermore, why is it somehow not ok to have another ffxi styled game? There are already tons of wow-wannabe games out, so what exactly is not ok about 2 - 3 ffxi alternatives?

Because they don't make money.