Please becareful with developing FF14

[Pseudopsia]

Well dont be rude, not everyone lies but to me 2.1 dosent add anything new for players like myself. We are not asking for much (well maybe some are) but as players have said toss us a bone, I dont think that is too much to ask.

The time it took SE to rebuild the game engine and servers sacrificed a lot of time they could have spent making new content. SE can't please the type of gamer that devotes a lot of time into MMORPGs right now. SE decided to cater to the more casual crowd with the first patch to please casual and new players to have more of a solid foundation. I knew full well of the direction during the beta. It's going to take a few patches till there's a lot of content in ARR, 2.2 is for the more hardcore crowd expanding Coil, however I doubt this will still be enough. All I can suggest for your type of gamer is to either play multiple games to fill your time or take a break from FFXIV.

[Senchai]

The sad truth i guess. Im one of the biggest defenders in the game probably but even i am starting to not enjoy it anymore. But i think the reason is not really lack of content or anything, its rather a MUCH TOO FAST progress in everything. In this game even people that play 1 hour a day can get 50 in a week. Thats crazy and doesnt help Square at all. They probably didnt want that ppl have the feeling that they have to grind a lot to progress but now the exact opposite happened. Instead like in other games where ppl have to invest time to grind one Char to max we have the feeling that the goal of the game is to have ALL classes and jobs at 50 just because its feels so very fast in progress.

What i did in FF11 in 6 years i got here in 2 months... retarded imo. F14 is the exact opposite as FF11 where it should be in the middle rather.

Im still confident that it will a great game in, well, maybe 1 year of time. In a time in that i have more than one or 2 options after logging in.

[Shioban]

Well dont be rude, not everyone lies but to me 2.1 dosent add anything new for players like myself.We are not asking for much (well maybe some are) but as players have said toss us a bone, I dont think that is too much to ask.

What exactly is it you want from Square Enix?

With 2.1 you're getting new quest lines, daily quests, a revamped fight, an entire raid, two hard mode dungeons, a new dungeon, housing, treasure hunting an more.
Assuming that everyone in Tokyo is 'sitting with their thumb up their ass' when they've already explained that they're almost a month behind schedule on releasing patch 2.1 due to the technical difficulties on launch that needed to be addressed first is just down right rude.

They have in the works multiple layers of development teams working to bring the content out as fast as they can, as Yoshida explained simply that each 'layer' of the development team focuses on producing a certain area of the game [Critical Bug Fixing/Adjustment / Patch 2.1 / 2.2 / Expansion Pack] all work at different speeds and produce different results, but all of them to attempt to adhere to a schedule, but as with any game development things don't always go to plan.

There is new content, just because it doesn't suit everyone doesn't not mean it's a waste and that "My opinion matters more, SE fix it to suit me!" everything they're adding has a certain value to everyone (even those with every class leveled).

You will never satisfy everyone, some will want it harder, whilst others will want it easier. Some will want it longer, some will want it shorter. Some want it pink, others want it white. It's just the way it goes.

There is plenty of time to absorb the feedback they've received for this three/four month old game and apply that to future developments, but the content they've already promised they would add comes first, and they're deliviring that promise in 2.1 and 2.2.

That's what I get by sleeping until late. Lost the first page.

We had to wait till PAGE 3 to see the signature again, so un-punctual.

[Ed_N_Ants]

This game was just released a few months ago... WoW has been out for years... You can't compare this game to that or even have a valid opinion on how its not catering to hard core... 1.0 flopped thats why they rebuilt the game now you expect everything to fall in place like a rich kids christmas... They remade it for a reason and people need to get it through their head that it's gonna take a lot more patches and upgrades before this game is playable for everyone... I enjoy the game My crafters are @ 40 my main is at 47 and I don't fate grind my way to 50 I took my time played the story did the side quests ran the dungeons and enjoyed the game... People have an obsession with being the best and I guess being the first to 50 is it... Guess what I wasn't the first to 50 but I will be there in the next day or two... To make a long post a lot shorter, you people need to suck it up and realize everything in this world isn't instant and it takes time... Welcome to the real world... They are creating content to keep the MAJORITY of people playing... After all get 15 bucks from 100 people or get 15 dollars from 5 people a five year old could tell you which one's better... There not catering to hardcore people because their not the majority so they have three options... Unsubscribe and never come back, Put the game away for a few months as it develops and more content comes available... Or help people out enjoy the game and teach them the ropes while having a good time... When you expect 100,000 people and get 300,000 people things get delayed... It's reality and things like this happen, people keep comparing this to 1.0 IT FLOPPED...!!!

[Lord_Zlatan]

Another "FFXIV lost the magic of the universally loathed first version that got critically panned and SE had to publically apologize for" thread?

yes. this is what I don't understand. v1 was utter dross. Move on.

[Roris]

Can I have your stuff?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

It's true though, future doesn't look very bright, what a shame.

[Arriverderci]

Never played WoW.
I see it as a very generic MMO that has or had nothing to offer.
Who would want my stuff lol?
The things I do have everyone else already has.
Who even feel special in this game when things are handed to you like nothing?
Crafters barely play a role, I have to be level 50 to have a big part in this game
to meld shit for someones relic and so on. I can't wait for the game to grow.
it's just sad to see it come out the box, with barely anything in it. 2.1 is just a thrown in mess.
Things are backwards for those who did coil, FC housing lmao...dungeons that is before Coil.
CT gives Vanity and we have not V.slots....STILL.
But, I gotta remember this is a refurbished game. Thank 1.0 for that. Game turned
out to be played the safe way because of how much of a joke 1.0 was. A shame.
2.2 looks like it'll be the start up of things though. 2.1 is just trying to fill holes.

[Taerra]

people need to stop comparing this game to old standing MMOs .... FFXI sucked at first ... WoW sucked at first ... EVE still sucks ... NONE OF EM WERE FULL OF CONTENT AND KEPT YOU HOOKED FOR WEEKS AT FIRST ...
Those games have 10+ years in the making with a couple of expansion packs to their name.

Either be patient, or leave the game and come back next year, or go play ffxi or wow.

God I swear .... people played diablo 2 for 10+ years without additional content, now we get a whole new game revamped from the ground and 3 months after people are QQing ... sigh.

[Lord_Zlatan]

stuff about other games sucking.

and the sad thing is, that in another 3-6 months when we are at 2.3, new players will come in and say that there is no way for them to get caught up because there is too much to do.

I joined FFXI in 05. It was waaaaaaaaaaaaay overwhelming. FFXIV doesn't have a lot but its manageable for most people. They are implementing new things that will hopefully fill out the game and appeal to more people.

The only thing that is difficult to argue are people that stuck it out in 1.0, and now have nothing much to do. you can't really tell them to do this or do that because odds are, they have done it already. Or, something similar at least.

[Taerra]

content does not get rolled at the snap of a finger ... Gotta keep realistic expectations, great games took time to build. What do you want me to say ? boohoo c'mere for a hug let's QQ together ? Those types of threads are pointless. SE is doing their best and if that's not good enough for you, the door is close by. There's really no other to look at it. I'm all for new content, but it ... takes ... time ... simple.