Thread: Is 1.18 the final straw?

Why do ppl post about not playing the game anymore?

We already know the game is not very fun to play for alot of ppl right now, which is why SE isn't charging ppl a fee to play the game right now.

We already know the entire game play and game system is being overhauled, which is what SE hopes will make the game fun to play for alot of ppl.

To be perfectly honest, SE said before they ever released this game that they wanted to build this MMO from the ground up with the players and for the players, which is EXACTLY what they have been doing since the game went free to play.

So, we have two choices right now:

Stay with the game and help SE build a great game with us and for us which isn't costing us a dime...

Or quit playing the game and let SE build a great game with other ppl and for other ppl which isn't costing them a dime...

/shrug

Doesn't bother me to take option one.

Originally Posted by Crica

Why do ppl post about not playing the game anymore?

Then I'll throw you a curve ball: I just came back to the game!

All this news about 1.18 has gotten me kind of hyped and I'm very interested in seeing in what it brings. Do we even know everything that it will bring yet? All I've really heard so far is more NMs, dungeons (?), and auto-attack. Then some people have said the jobs will start coming as soon as 1.18? Am I being negative or does that seem just a bit too hopeful?

Originally Posted by Seffy

Then I'll throw you a curve ball: I just came back to the game!

All this news about 1.18 has gotten me kind of hyped and I'm very interested in seeing in what it brings. Do we even know everything that it will bring yet? All I've really heard so far is more NMs, dungeons (?), and auto-attack. Then some people have said the jobs will start coming as soon as 1.18? Am I being negative or does that seem just a bit too hopeful?

Too hopeful. 1.18 will mark the implementation of Auto Attack afaik and they'll slowly add and tweak the new battle system as they deem necessary. I don't think the battle system will be implemented in its full glory and hence neither will the new jobs.

I know a few players on my server that have stated that 1.18 is do or die for them.
I don't know how high their expectations are, but i'm guessing fairly high as this is the first major patch.
I myself can't honestly say if I'll keep playing if this patch is poor.
I'm quite tired of having little or nothing to do with my main class, and the only thing keeping other ls members going is grinding leves on their other classes. I for one am so sick of leves I'd like to see the whole system tossed out. (you can grind as much sp an hour fighting regular mobs in a party)

I do know without a doubt, that I'm reaching the point on the current content that i could care less about playing anymore, so I welcome the 1.18 patch and hope it makes things a bit more enjoyable.

One time I took a break from battling and spent 6 hours walking around Eorzea, It was really refreshing and fun. As i do that more often the game seams better.

Seems a lot of people are hyping this patch up to be way more than it really is and are going to be disappointed. If you're sick of waiting that's one thing, take a break and come back later or not depending on what they do. If you expect 1.18 to fix everything and magically thousands of hours of content pops into existence then you'll be disappointed and rage quit.

From my understanding 1.18 is SOME of the battle changes (which ones I have no idea but certainly not all of it), 2 of the dungeons and various other content/fixes. It's going to be a rather large patch yes but not the one big push that fixes everything for everyone.

As for me, regardless I'll still be playing. Even in its inferior state I find I have more interest in FFXIV than any other MMO I've played. I've had the game since launch, played beta too, took a couple of months off shortly after launch and I've been playing regularly since I came back. I'll take small breaks here and there when console releases of interest hit but I always come back once I'm through with those.