worst lore in history of mmo-rpg's

[Drakent]

Before i start i like to let everyone know that english is my second language so i will try my best with my spelling and grammar

Every person play mmo-rpg for difference reason, got player's that play it for pvp other's play it to show there rare gears other to play with friend's.

I play mmo-rpg for story reason and to explore the world that was created,
This is why i found FFXI to be the best mmo-rpg ever created. The story was so well done that it had me wanting more and always kept me on my toes, it even gave me adrenaline rush a few times.

I have play every single MMO-rpg out there and they all had great story but it has never compares to ffxi so when i heard of ffxiv arr coming out i was so excited thinking finaly a new game that will have me dreaming on about the story and to my discover this game has the worst lore i have ever seen in history, I feel like i am watching The Last Airbender.

[Drakent]

I am so disappointed with SE especially when GW2 has no monthly charges but they have spend time and $ to create a great story and SE charges $15 a month and they put very little effort

[jomoru]

How can you say that this is the worst Lore in the history of MMos when WoW exists?

[Raagnar]

you are seeing ffxi with rose tinted glasses. the story telling in ffxi rank 1-6, and rize of the zilart was absolutely terrible. half of the ranks was fetch quest then it merged into the same for all nation, gets semi interesting with magicite mission, ends abruptly. continued in rise of the zilart but if you condense the story its extremely short and direct, those guys are bad, go get these shards, find sky and beat them.

CoP was decent, ToAU had nothing to do with anything already established, WoTG was finally starting to have some FF style cs of epic proportions. FFXIV has a much deeper world set out before in terms of presentation and story telling with a classic FF feel. But that's just my opinion..

[Dotsusama]

I have learned more about the world and the people of Eorzea through side quests in this game than I ever discovered through the story missions up through Aht Urhgan in XI (which is when I quit).

Are we... reading the same content?

[Peptaru]

I feel very far from immersed in the lore of eorzea. The game is visually more appealing and runs (sometimes) more smoothly... that's about it from my chair. I will give that the city missions in XI could be crappy when taken in the context of a single mission, but all of the story together felt great. Half the time I find myself not giving a crap about the events in XIV because they do not draw me in at all. And do you really wanna touch on fetch quests in XI vs. XIV? That's a big can of worms for supporters of XIV.

Side note: its hard to take anyone who says things like "all nostalgic" or "rose tinted glasses" seriously because that's the same dismissive BS post that everyone makes, even when its unfounded.

[Raagnar]

Perhaps you should resub and see what you remember so fondly because I used to say the same thing. FFXI has an amazing story that felt like I accomplished something, I played for 8 years and loved it. A few months ago I resubbed and made a new character, using my old gil I funded my gear and lvled(which is extremely easy now) to 85 and flew through the main story and some expansions. It is not even close to how epic I remembered.

Im not saying ffxiv doesn't have fetch quests, every rpg in history has them but maybe you forget getting lizard eggs for the president of bastok after a few dozen hours of gameplay. Where in the same time frame for ffxiv you are well into a story that continues to flow instead of stopping you because the content is extremely difficult and there was no form of duty finder. Most old school players didn't even finish the expansion storylines.

You know how hard it was to find people who were willing to finish RoZ after doing divine might for the reward? when ToAU was out alexander was extremely hard and the game requires class stacking for most fights. the end reward was not worth it so most didn't bother on my server.

[Kyan]

For me, I guess I really enjoy the story and lore in FFXIV. It was one of my favourite aspects of XI, and many other final fantasies. That and the characters.

Contributing to these lore forums, discovering information about the wider world of Hydaelyn, and creating a character which adheres to the racial lore and story, I am excited to see where the rest of the story will go, what other information we will find out, and how this will impact my knowledge of the world.

I guess it is all a matter of perspective, taste and difference. I'm sorry it is not as enjoyable for you, but I am sure if given time, maybe it will get better when there is more content?

[Peptaru]

There is a reason I am playing XIV and not XI. XI is not the same game it used to be. They removed most (all?) level caps, made it easy to get to max level, easy to get gear, made relics useless. . . they made it like FFXIV, no? While it may not feel as epic, it doesn't change the difference between the stories.

I am sorry that people had trouble finding help, but again, that is not the fault of the story. It is the fault of the community. I'm also fairly sure we're just talking lore here. I played from NA release to the end of WotG and came back during abyssea for a good while.

[Raagnar]

Right... this is about lore, not about why you don't play it or don't like it anymore. If you cant be bothered to play it then look up the story on youtube, Im saying the storytelling and cs in ffxi are very bland until WoTG. Its confusing at times and doesn't flow properly like other ff titles. You remember it being amazing but its far from it in terms of story telling. I could care less why you don't play anymore or which has the "better lore" but ffxiv presents itself way better then ffxi.