Thread: Is 1.18 the final straw?

Their next offering will be the last chance for me too. It has been too long already with this amount of flawed systems ingame. Can't complain about it as I don't pay, but I can stop playing

They need to realise their next move is going to make or break it for the die hard few who have stuck around. They lose those players too, and they will have no one left to trust in them

Make your next move carefully SE, your cavalier and ignorant approach to your playerbase has reached breaking point, and if you don't start delivering, we may well be seeing the end to the numbered series too.

I'm still having a lot of fun with XIV.

But there's a very specific reason for this: I'm what many would consider a "casual" MMO gamer.

Not a casual gamer. I'm pretty on point when it comes to gaming.

But as far as MMO standards, I'm casual. I work 9 - 5, and when not at work or out on the town, I'm playing either XIV or some other non-mmo game.

Unfortunately, it seems I'm the target demographic for this game...at least until 1.18 comes about...

I prefer Guildleves over FFXI-type grinding where you just stand in one place, pull mobs and kill them for no other reason than to get EXP. At least with leves, there's a purpose. They definitely need a lot more of them, as well as more variation, while also tweaking existing leves. It would also be nice if you got rewarded more for upping the difficulty and doing it with less members, basically making SP gained in proportion with effort made.

Originally Posted by Mug

I prefer Guildleves over FFXI-type grinding where you just stand in one place, pull mobs and kill them for no other reason than to get EXP. At least with leves, there's a purpose.

You mean to level?

Originally Posted by Elexia

You mean to level?

Well yeah, but at least they're disguising it with a story. Even without that bit, the leves are better, because you don't have to compete for mobs.

Agree that 12 was pretty average, 13 was f'ing terrible.

13-Versus doesn't look like its going to appeal to me due to the real time combat, Final Fantasy started going down hill the moment it became mainstream as is the case with most games.

I can't believe some people are still expecting the game to become entertaining overnight...

Originally Posted by Kirith

I can't believe some people are still expecting the game to become entertaining overnight...

I am nit expecting it over night but I am expecting much more rapid progress after the battle system is complete. I have believed for a long time the reason they are not putting content in is because they were waiting for the battle system to be ready and finalised it seemed the only logical reason for the lack of content.

With 1.18 I expect the new battle system to be put in place along with skill, abilities and stat adjustments. After a week or two of it being released they can go ahead with 1.18b to fine tune any problems that they may have over looked.

After that though with 1.19 and 1.20 I will be expecting a lot of content to start making it's way into the game.

They have multiple teams working on other things so I expect to see the fruits of their labour once the battle system is complete, they must have been working on something all this time after all.

If this turns out to not be the case then I think I will finally throw in the towel as they will have had long enough to start showing what they are capable of.