Worried about where the game is going

[EmeraldHill]

Overall, I'm just not feeling anything special for this game anymore. It feels like every other MMO out there right now but new and shinier. On top of that the game feels like it's being hindered by the consoles, which is probably why the world zones are so instanced, why the inventory is split into so many tabs, why the game feels the need to stop rendering people when there is more than twenty of them, etc.

[StarMarmot]

Not a fan of all the instancing and walling-off either. Any sense of exploration is effectively dead and done for, because you can clearly see where the invisible walls are on your mini map.

On the other hand this is all kind of a first experience thing. As much as I like that thrill when the game is fresh, when I've checked all the areas out in a more open ended kind of game, it's not like it will stay exciting and might as well be instanced and walled-off for all I would care personally.

Comes down to being able to have PS3 players here or not I guess. It's probably better to have the extra people in the long run.

[Grundy]

I guess I'm kind of lucky in that I stopped playing 1.0 just before they introduced the Ifrit fight. I've had lots to keep me occupied since 2.0, but I'll probably have all DoH complete by next week and quite possibly all DoL done the following week leaving my 4 classes left to level up. Last night literally everyone in my FC from the 1.0 crowd were bored, had nothing to do, complained a bit, some logged out, some ran WP. A lot of people are losing interest, a lot of people I know from 1.0 only log in to do coil, it's a problem.

Perhaps it's comes from an uneven start, so many people could begin 2.0 with a lot of 50's, and by design the game levels fast so others are not left behind. I wonder if the playerbase has surprised development by exactly how fast they've levelled though? Having the Crystal Tower as a next instance but progression wise placing it between HM Primals and Coil seems .. strange. The majority of people who are finding the game unappealing now are those on Turn 5, so why give them new content that is not level appropriate to them?

You have ESO, Everquest Next and Titan on the horizon and I'll admit right now I'll try out Wildstar (I've applied for Beta), I love this game, but I loathe running constant dungeons; I only do it under duress as it's the only way I can get better gear. Right now I use crafting and gathering as an excuse not to spam WP and AK, soon I'll not have that option and I may find myself saying "Why should I login today?"

[NovaUltimatum]

You have ESO, Everquest Next and Titan on the horizon and I'll admit right now I'll try out Wildstar (I've applied for Beta), I love this game, but I loathe running constant dungeons; I only do it under duress as it's the only way I can get better gear. Right now I use crafting and gathering as an excuse not to spam WP and AK, soon I'll not have that option and I may find myself saying "Why should I login today?"

This is what I'm curious to find out. As far as I know ARR has been successful thus far because of it's status in the MMORPG market (i.e. it's the newest, shiniest, latest game for people to play). When the next batch of MMORPGs come out, how many will stay and will content be tailored for those that do, or will it be for those who leave in an attempt to bring them back?

[yukikaze_yanagi]

I am worried of all the threads with cloned title. no, i'm not worried, yes, i welcome open world content, no i don't want anything nearly close to open world exp pt, hnm, claim wars etc.
For all the rest, give the game time. In whatever game you'll jump later, be ESO, wildstar, whatever new shit comes, you'll not find more content at launch than you have now in ffxiv.

[Mistoltin]

I remember reading all the "Worried about the game" threads on SWTOR thinking that they were all lunatics.

Game ended up going F2P then effectively being ran into a piece of shit.

[Grundy]

I remember reading all the "Worried about the game" threads on SWTOR thinking that they were all lunatics.

Game ended up going F2P then effectively being ran into a piece of shit.

I think that is EA's modus operandi. Hype a game to immense levels using fan expectation based on past success (Sim City, SW: The Old Republic), launch several different versions of the game to immense excitement and mucho monies being spent. People then realise they've been duped but there money is gone - development house owned by EA is forever besmirched and EA laughs all the way to the bank.

Sim City, you broke my heart.

[Machazareel]

I remember reading all the "Worried about the game" threads on SWTOR thinking that they were all lunatics.

Game ended up going F2P then effectively being ran into a piece of shit.

SWTOR is actually doing pretty well now, and has improved a lot. It's even getting free flight space pvp soon.

[Dyvid]

I remember reading all the "Worried about the game" threads on SWTOR thinking that they were all lunatics.

Game ended up going F2P then effectively being ran into a piece of shit.

Key difference from the dev team though. Where BW used buzz words like "soon", SE actually talks to you and tells what's coming when. Compare 2.1 to SWTOR first update.

[Arriverderci]

Key difference from the dev team though. Where BW used buzz words like "soon", SE actually talks to you and tells what's coming when. Compare 2.1 to SWTOR first update.

Yep.
They tell us what's coming and pushes it back 50 times.
2.1 suppose to be out already, we still don't have an exact date...
If it ain't Dec then that's a shame lol. I don't trust the Winter 2013 just yet.

They announced the release date in the live letter, and it's also on the blog ....

December 17th.

Thanks.
I don't follow the LL or Blog anymore, usually I read the forums and see if people say anything
and I barely troll the forums as much as I use to lol.
Let's hope it doesn't get pushed back.