When will we be able to do this in FFXIV?

[Vesperia]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E6co06eZQ

Patch 1.??

[Xatsh]

Short answer no, we will probably never be able to do this on FFXIV

[Vesperia]

All you guys ever do is talk about me. I dare say it is getting rather annoying. Can a guy get like a restraining order or something for these people? You wan't to ignore me. Well here's something you might find interesting, I'd like to ignore you just as much. If there was a way to exclude people from responding in my threads, I would welcome the addition if it meant excluding you.

In any case, the fact remains that more world-interactivity wouldn't be a bad thing. Ever since beta, perhaps even alpha, players have complained of getting burnt out easily, falling victim to the repetitive nature of the things that Eorzea has to offer.

Well please tell me how exactly more world-interactivity could be a bad thing when it gives the developers a host of new tools to create content. New content, and also diverse content.

Perhaps one of the main reasons that quests in FFXIV are rather dull and boring is because they are so deprived of diversity. No matter how interesting a quest is, no matter how much voice-overs or lore they shove down your throat, if the actual gameplay is the same old "run/walk here" dynamic (for want of a better word), then it will still be boring. It will be boring no matter what.

Allow players to climb and swim, perhaps even letting them jump, gives developers the ability to create interesting content around such features. Admittedly, these features do not immediately lend themselves to a good game, nor does their implementation make interesting content right off the bat, but I will tell you what such features do do. They provide a break in the monotony.

If you disagree with my philosophy on world-interactivity, well by all means elaborate. But please, if you would be so kind, stop appealing to the same old "you are gifthorse and therefore your point is moot" argument, if such a thing could even be called an argument. Which it can't.

[Black_Rose]

never.
NEXT

[Commat]

Who the OP is doesn't matter.

What does matter is that although the tech is cool; There is nothing fun about slowly climbing up a rope for more then half a minute.

[Vesperia]

Who the OP is doesn't matter.

What does matter is that although the tech is cool; There is nothing fun about slowly climbing up a rope for more then half a minute.

Are you suggesting they fly at light-speed? I would find more amusement in climbing a rope for a change as opposed to walking right around the building and up some stair for thirty times as long.

[Leeloo]

Unclickable links are evil and ruin my sense of immersion here on the forums

When they leave that area can they quickly slide down the thing?

[Xandre]

I feel like my lalafell would have some difficulty doing that. I'm just trying to imagine my little guy doing that.
I just need a Roe to pick me up and throw me.

[Vesperia]

I feel like my lalafell would have some difficulty doing that. I'm just trying to imagine my little guy doing that.
I just need a Roe to pick me up and throw me.

See, this is the creativity we need more of on these forums.

[Commat]

Are you suggesting they fly at light-speed? I would find more amusement in climbing a rope for a change as opposed to walking right around the building and up some stair for thirty times as long.

You are definitely right that the game needs better ways to get around, I wouldn't argue against that.

I think there could be better ways to do it then something like that, that i wouldn't find boring.

Jumping.
Swimming.
Running/flying mounts.
Hell, why not have some DoH guys make us some catapults to shoot us over motes/in to castles.

I stand by my opinion, boring ropes are boring.