[dev] Please make future maps more varried...........................................

[Mack]

The future of MMOs are Massively Soloing Experience with zero hard work. Storyline quests are just that, storyline. They're not "go here and fight 820 mobs. Now go here and fight 9230 mobs. Now go here and slay 78 giant buffalos!" Some storyline will obviously have you fight, but that's not always the purpose of a story.

It's clear that the RPG genre is no more.

Wow ok yea lets put the blame elsewhere like we always do with FFXIV. Just because someone else does it *** doesn't mean FFXIV is excused. The storyline quests are boring, that was my argument, and I bet 3/4 of everyone here will agree with me. They should change them and make them better, perhaps have you run through a dungeon fighting a threat and then a mini boss at the end of the line, or maybe a temple and then hit you with a cutscene. FFXI's storyline was a lot more exciting and a lot less running around. [Removed by Moderator according to the FINAL FANTASY XIV FORUM Guidelines.]

EDIT: and if the purpose of that part of said story is NOT to fight, then don't make me run to Mor Dhona for crap all or to the middle of Thanalan for a couple sentences. After the one near drybone where you have to settle down the beastmen, my NPC mate says he'll meet me in Gridania and teleports off...why did he not take me with him for example? all the storyline quests are boring time sinks. If we're looking at this from an FF standpoint, not once have I been this bored playing a Final Fantasy game.

[Kafeen]

EDIT: and if the purpose of that part of said story is NOT to fight, then don't make me run to Mor Dhona for crap all or to the middle of Thanalan for a couple sentences. After the one near drybone where you have to settle down the beastmen, my NPC mate says he'll meet me in Gridania and teleports off...why the hell did he not take me with him for example? all the storyline quests are boring time sinks. If we're looking at this from an FF standpoint, not once have I been this bored playing a Final Fantasy game.

Now you're complaining because the game does make you go to different zones?

I do agree with your original topic though, we do need more variety in the zones. We get some when we go in the underground areas so the engine is capable of having more variety than we usually see above ground.

I don't mind it so much in the Black Shroud, I like nice big forest areas and there are areas such as the small and larger streams to break it up a bit but Thanalan is just desolate rock with a few rocks scattered about. Not the most interesting of areas.

[Mack]

Now you're complaining because the game does make you go to different zones?

Yea that's exactly what I'm complaining about. (/sarcasm) I'm complaining about the boredom the game induces into its quests. If its making me go to Mor Dhona to run through a temple with a boss at the end then MAYBE that's passable but its making me run to Mor Dhona to click on nodes and collect crystals. If its making me run to Gridania for a full blown voiced cutscene then MAYBE but its making me run to Gridania so they can tell me "We're in trouble, now go to Mor Dhona"...something it could have done over the linkpearl.

[Melodicya]

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