Empty Promises and what needs to be changed in FFXIV

[Xzen]

Make zones smaller and add LOTS of variety. I want a desert, a volcano, ice caves, castles, catacombs, etc.... What we have now is just bad. I don't really even care if you need to go back to FFXI zone sizes and make me load every time I switch to a different area. It is a necessary sacrifice.

Class Distinction - Every class feels the same. I can hop on a Gladiator and feel like i'm playing a Lancer. There's just no feel to it. It doesn't feel different in the way XI did.

Crafting - I know you wanted to make a player driven economy but there is seriously too much of an emphasis on it. Everything you do in this game requires a crafter for some reason or another, even the holiday events (which is next). Please tone it down a little with the heavy crafting emphasis.

Battle System - To put it simply - it's extremely boring. I don't really feel like sitting around mashing the X, A, or 1 key over and over. There is no strategy it is simply button mashing. Monsters are either really over powered or extremely easy. The poor animations and the mashing just makes me want to vomit. I am on the side that is in favor of the Auto-Attack (which I know is controversial).

I agree with most of what you said. What I do not agree with is what I have quoted above.

Less copy paste and more diversity? Yes! Smaller zones? Uhhh no thanks.

While I agree with the classes being too similar... A Lancer is weak as a tank but a Gladiator can take a hit like a champ. I think you just picked a bad comparison.

For the love of god do not give gear drops! Nothing has ever killed crafting systems in MMOs more than gear drops!

Auto attack? I don't want the program to play my character for me. Auto attack might as well just allow bot programs and call it a day. I might not mind it if they made it something you can turn on and off but your normal attack still uses stamina I'd be ok with that. Making auto attack would have me watching TV more while playing than actually playing just like I did in FFXI.

[BelgianRofl]

I agree fully with this topic. Problem is, if it took them 5 years to get to this point, there's no way they're going to fix the game before the competition passes them up.

[Zezlar]

The problem is that most of your post is made up of the "wah wah wah I want it NOW!" attitude of a 4-year-old. And the rest of your post that might contain valid arguments are ruined by your vitriolic tone and the aforementioned attitude of your other points.

SE is already aware of most of what you're getting at, and Yoshi P has mentioned as much in interviews and his letters from the producer series. Most of this stuff isn't a matter of IF, it's a matter of WHEN.

No no no. I don't want it right now. I'm saying that's what needs to be done. I've went back to XI to give them time to change XIV. I'm having fun in XI, whereas in XIV i'm not.

[Prevbean]

Oh look, new and unique thread with issues not brought up before.

Directly talking to SE and acting like you're bringing up concerns they haven't seen before is naive at best. It's been done, whining and stamping your feet isn't going to speed things up and certainly isn't going to make them take your threads into consideration.

You want things to be better? Start constructive discussions about an aspect of the game you feel strongly about. You're not appealling to their sensitivities by saying they're your favourite company (for one thing, most of them worked on all kinds of different projects, Square Enix is made up of many, many people, not just one big entity).

Oh look another blind apologist fanboy that can't handle critique.

They themselves even said they wanted post of this type. If you can't handle it don't enter the thread ok?

He did have a discussion about many aspects of the game are you slow??
Who gives a crap if he/she said SE is his/her favorite company are you just looking for something to nitpick?

I also laugh at the fact you're saying hes being impatient with a " WAH WAH attitude. The game had so much time to make this game right and have done basically next to nothing but simple UI fixes and lame ass sidequest noone gives a crap about.

Damn some of you people are just blind is laughable.

[EliseDee]

For all you people that are like wheres our chocobos and airships blah blah blah. Understand that when YOU started playing Final Fantasy XI it was AFTER the first expansion known as Rise of Zilart, that expansion released: "Chocobos, New Cities, New Classes, Use of Airships, Higher Level Cap ect" You guys have been crying and moaning about getting games the same time japanese users do, and you got that, now deal with the fact that you are NOT going to get those things until the new level cap is raised and other content is unlocked. Sorry to say but you asked for it, so stop crying.

[Malakhim]

...I actually like the sidequests. Anyone assuming they were going to be these grandiose "kill the dragon of Lonely Mountain" quests right out of the gate were only setting themselves up for disappointment.

As little additions to the game that add bits and pieces of lore and stuff on what people do to contribute to their city or whatnot, the quests are thus far nice. I've seen some funny ones, like unwittingly helping a miqo'te brew a love potion for some dude, or some that are sad, like helping an old woman find her estranged son who went to the mines in Ul'dah to make it big. Most importantly though, they succeed in adding that level of busyness and conflict to the game that Yoshi P was aiming for.

Naturally I'm not saying that I want this to be the status quo as time passes, but the devs have said as much that every update will introduce new quests and they'll become more elaborate as time goes by.

[BM64]

Oh look, new and unique thread with issues not brought up before.

Directly talking to SE and acting like you're bringing up concerns they haven't seen before is naive at best. It's been done, whining and stamping your feet isn't going to speed things up and certainly isn't going to make them take your threads into consideration.

You want things to be better? Start constructive discussions about an aspect of the game you feel strongly about. You're not appealling to their sensitivities by saying they're your favourite company (for one thing, most of them worked on all kinds of different projects, Square Enix is made up of many, many people, not just one big entity).

You are my freakin' Hero! I am so tired of the whining and crying, if you don't like whats happening, take a break, play RIFT or something. Its not gonna get fixed overnight, SE is the architect of either there own demise or their own rebirth, they could give 2 craps what we want or think. Let them play it out.

[Visch]

If you hate the game this much then uninstall it.

The Dev team pretty much has their hands full fixing basic things in the game so they can't shower you with everything you want.

It sucks it was released in the state it was but everything will come eventually.

[Zezlar]

If you hate the game this much then uninstall it.

The Dev team pretty much has their hands full fixing basic things in the game so they can't shower you with everything you want.

It sucks it was released in the state it was but everything will come eventually.

I don't hate it. I don't really like it either though, which is a first for the Final Fantasy series.

[KRTGDL]

For the love of god do not give gear drops! Nothing has ever killed crafting systems in MMOs more than gear drops!

Auto attack? I don't want the program to play my character for me. Auto attack might as well just allow bot programs and call it a day. I might not mind it if they made it something you can turn on and off but your normal attack still uses stamina I'd be ok with that. Making auto attack would have me watching TV more while playing than actually playing just like I did in FFXI.

I'm not a big fan of the idea of auto attack implementation, but it wouldn't be a personal game-breaker if done properly.

I'm not sure implementing gear drops is an either/or issue. Both unique and interesting gear drops can be added and top notch gear can be in the domain of crafters alone.