I hope this game doesn't follow WoW's expansion routine.

[frostmagemari]

Going forward, I hope they take a WoW model over the XI model for releasing new classes. XI released classes by the droves over the years, and they maintained poor balancing on all of those over the years; To the point where a single class would bounce between worthless to party staple.

Warcraft, like it or dislike, they made the right decision not to over-saturate the market with multiple classes each expansion.. and the reason is very simple. The more classes you have, the more overlap you are going to experience between those classes, as well as the harder it is going to be to balance each class against each other; And while there has been balance issues in the past, they have never been close to the level that XI classes experienced.

*Note: Going by the current class/job format that XIV:ARR has, and comparing that to how WoW released it's classes, you see that WoW released with nine classes with each having three jobs (making that 27 jobs) and then one base class and three 'jobs' each time they released a new class bringing the total to eleven classes and thirty-three jobs.

[KyteStones]

OMG you are soooooo Right!!

They should change noting about FFXIV EVER!! It is 100% perfect as it is. If they added anything to the game it would just soooo ruin it.

Especially if they added anything from FFXI... i mean, what kind of loser company even made that game?

There is nothing at all redeemable about FFXI and nothing from that game should be carried over. I mean, 11 and 14 arent even the same number.

Plus look at all the stupid races they had in FFXI, humans? Really? Midgets? Musclebound big people? Cat people? Elves? Come on, this is 2013!

And all those stupid classes they had, like Paladin, Warrior, Bard, Black Mage, White Mage, Monk, Summoner... Those have nothing to to with FFXIV, at all, ever.

Thanks for the reply with the quote! First I'd like to address your spelling mistake of "noting" should be changed to "nothing" but it's OK! Not everyone has time to proofread so no worries!

As for you stating its 100% perfect, i have to disagree! At the same token if the developers need to take content or mechanics from other games, that does not make this it's own unique game! But have no fear! Please read on!

Final Fantasy XI was a great game indeed! However, that game is still live! If you or anyone else feels they are missing out on certain things from Final Fantasy XI they can go back at any time and get exactly what they are looking for!

The races? The races are a trademark Final Fantasy stamp! Look at Final Fantasy X! Kimahri Ronso wasn't human at all but could speak and act like a human! So it goes beyond Final Fantasy XI!

And for your last statement of Paladin, Warriors, Mages etc all come from early versions of Final Fantasy games! Final Fantasy XI did NOT create these classes new, they have been around since the beginning! All of them may not have been playable BUT they certainly were there!

Thank you for showing interest in my post! Hopefully this clears up any confusion you may have had after reading my initial post!

[Dale]

1 new class per expansion... Ugh..

XI had at least two new jobs per expansion and pumped out content like crazy.

Since this game is as much as a WoW clone as you can get nowadays I hope they don't also clone the expansion routine.

"Level up to 60! 1 new class: Musketeer with one new job: Corsair! One new zone! One new dungeon!"

How about no.

Most expansions gave 3 new jobs in XI.

Hell, this game needs more jobs. XI began with 12 and that game was released more than 10 years ago, that's a lot more than this game has. Over three years SE added...... two. Two new jobs. Wow.

I agree with the spirit of your OP. Final Fantasy 14 needs more interesting variety. Especially in the class/job arena. But in other things as well, such as armor, secondary job options ect.

[Ryios]

XI released in JP a year before the US and didn't have the xilart expansion. When it shipped in the US it came with the xilart expansion and the cap was raised to 75 and it stayed there until abysea came out a decade later or so. The cap never raised before that.

No imagine playing XI in japan with a level cap of 50, no SKY and no xilart missions. That's pretty much what we have in XIV right now. The difference being that it came out for JP, NA, EU etc all at once. If it were like XI we'd still be waiting for launch till aug 26th 2014.

[Gardes]

imagine playing XI in japan with a level cap of 50, no SKY and no xilart missions. That's pretty much what we have in XIV right now. The difference being that it came out for JP, NA, EU etc all at once. If it were like XI we'd still be waiting for launch till aug 26th 2014.

I imagined about what we have now and then imagined getting the equivalent of the zilart content for arr...one year from now.

I laughed. Yoship's gonna need lots more coffee. (Yes I know there were updates between jp base launch and zilart launch)

[Kazamoto]

Thanks for the reply with the quote! First I'd like to address your spelling mistake of "noting" should be changed to "nothing" but it's OK! Not everyone has time to proofread so no worries!

As for you stating its 100% perfect, i have to disagree! At the same token if the developers need to take content or mechanics from other games, that does not make this it's own unique game! But have no fear! Please read on!

Final Fantasy XI was a great game indeed! However, that game is still live! If you or anyone else feels they are missing out on certain things from Final Fantasy XI they can go back at any time and get exactly what they are looking for!

The races? The races are a trademark Final Fantasy stamp! Look at Final Fantasy X! Kimahri Ronso wasn't human at all but could speak and act like a human! So it goes beyond Final Fantasy XI!

And for your last statement of Paladin, Warriors, Mages etc all come from early versions of Final Fantasy games! Final Fantasy XI did NOT create these classes new, they have been around since the beginning! All of them may not have been playable BUT they certainly were there!

Thank you for showing interest in my post! Hopefully this clears up any confusion you may have had after reading my initial post!

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Either feels that FFXIV currently does not take content or mechanics from other games, or, does not mind unless the game it takes from is FFXI.
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Thinks FFXI as it currently is counts as life. Feels that anything from FFXI that people liked could be gotten from FFXI now, so why bother adding to FFXI, while a number of other features from other games that could be currently played are included, or asked for.

Vanity Slots - Age of Conan
Minions - WoW
Fates - Rift

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Calling Khimari Ronso a Galka/Roegadyn...
Khimari could speak to people and acted human... what?
Races are trade mark of Final Fantasy...

Human - Hyurr - Hume
Galka - Roegadyn
Mithra - Miqo'te
Elezen - Elvaan
Lalafell - Tarutaru
Moogle -
Viera -
Bangaa
Nu Mou
Seeq
Gria
Hypello
Guado
Ronso

Other than humans, not many repeats except for FFXI an FFXIV, and FFT -> FF12.

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Same classes used again? Yup

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If people want Vanity slots they should go play Age of Conan, or if they want minions they should play WoW. Those games are still active, so no need to borrow any of their features. And Rift has plenty of Fates, no reason for FFXIV at all.

Over all, 4.5/5 Not bad.

[Malamasala]

Honestly, SE should just add Absolute Virtue and get it over with. It would shut up all XI lovers instantly, because suddenly they have an impossible to beat enemy they can waste their entire life fighting and believe they are doing something meaningful.

Meanwhile all of us who think spending hours for nothing is a waste can do do something productive.

[Gardes]

Honestly, SE should just add Absolute Virtue and get it over with. It would shut up all XI lovers instantly, because suddenly they have an impossible to beat enemy they can waste their entire life fighting and believe they are doing something meaningful.

Meanwhile all of us who think spending hours for nothing is a waste can do do something productive.

Like...not playing the game?

[KyteStones]

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Hopes user has sense of humor and can realize responses to him are jokes.

Witty response followed by rhetorical question to above quoted user.

More satirical responses, showing no more interest in the quoting game with above quoted user.

closing statement.

Logs off.

[Kazamoto]

Then simply without quotes.

People all the time seem to suggest that if a person liked something from FFXI, rather then add to ffxiv, the players should quit and go elsewhere.

Meanwhile, features from other mmo's are complimented or asked for left and right.

People seem to want it both ways and no ways.

When people say they don't want any new features from x, y, or Z because FFXIV is its own game, but they love A,B, or C which come directly from another game is madness.

FFXIV does not exist in a void.