One to Fifty, One Zone - Long OP

[EdenArchangel]

I'm not following your argument....

My first trip to 50 was anything but linear, trying to find somewhere with a different scenery, different mobs, a sense of adventure, and an actual challenge.

[Mack]

Again, this leveling path assumes you did nothing but leves and behest as I implied and never left one zone. My path was more like Black Brush (desert, could be compared to Gustaberg) > Skull Rock (Grassy Plains, could be compared to La Thiene) > Cassoipeia (Misty Caverns, can't think of an FFXI reference) > Nanawa (Mines, Quadav or Orc mine area) > Tun Yuy Cellars (Dungeon Cellars/Sewers, again no reference).

The game offers nothing but leves and behest although you like to think otherwise. The game doesn't make it easy to get a group of people together and grind SP...in fact SP parties aren't a viable option for many people until past R30 so I don't believe you even do anything other than leves and behests. On top of this, when the game rewards you so much for doing leves and behests and everyone else is in that mindset, its hard to convince people that some grinding options are good. This is the game's problem, it doesn't facilitate SP grinding and considering almost everyone on these boards is in unanimous agreement on this it doesn't matter what your "adventures" did for you.

The reason this game is being changed is because people want it changed. You seem to think people want it to become like WoW (from other topics) or other cookie cutter MMOs when the majority of people that stick around here are ex-FFXI players to begin with and they want nothing to do with WoW or its kin. You need to take off your rose tinted glasses and play a little past R30 (lol) and come back here when you're bored out of your brains. The only way this game can keep someone around for the long haul in its current state is because of friends or LS mates, if the game needs that to succeed its done something wrong.

And P.S. for someone who is 30 years old you sure don't act like it (mainly in other topics its surprising you've been civil here). Let me remind you that you're arguing with a younger crowd, some can even be teens, so maybe act like the grown up avoid the temper tantrums from now on. FFXIV needs a lot of change and one person, or a handful of people, or hell even 30K people saying otherwise doesn't change this fact because the game has failed off launch, that is why no one is being charged still, despite your professional opinion.

Respond if you want, but all these threads do is bring me down. I'm now remembering why I hate game forums.

Like I said in another topic, the negativity on this forum is, for the most part, warranted (for example this topic) and people typically play the game and ignore all the bad or try and not think about it and when they come on here the negativity puts them down because deep inside they know its the truth. Because if you really believe the game is great no one's opinion should bother you. This game needs work, there is nothing wrong with that because when they're done plenty of us are hoping its going to be amazing, you should cherish it instead of push it away.

[Siobu]

Thanks so much for the kind words, everyone! I'm really glad you've all enjoyed the little pictures but big possibilities. Thanks, Eden, for adding it to your bundle.

So long as we are clearly told what lies ahead in our characters futures, the definition of a 're-design,' I am willing to wait, especially considering the work involved to turn Eorzea into a world. Because I'd rather be here, with my character and with this community, than anywhere else.

I feel we need to know where we'll be standing in a year. In 2 years. I worry to be in the the same maps, but different corners, making way to level 99. I, personally, would enjoy to be so far from home, it's a bit of an adventure in itself to get back.

Eorzea is brimming with potential. What will you do with it, Square Enix?

Thanks, everyone!

[CrstyCaptin]

Easily the best thread ever posted on these forums(which kinda isn't saying much but still...). Really love the ideas and would love for them to be implemented.

I did a local leve run today from LL to skull valley then to bloodshore(going iron lake route). I can say that I passed a bunch of rats, a bunch of goats, a few dodos and a few ladybugs. I sighted a puk, a fly trap, crab, and yarzon. The fly trap was the only thing that aggro'd me for this 20+ minute run. The scenery was completely the same and I covered half the region. My overall experience: boring, especially since I received 0 guild marks.

Even if they just cut these 'regions' into 2-3 zones each would be a far better improvement than what they have now. Down the road they could add more with expansions.

[Zanfire]

^ dont bother trying to agrue with um, its pointless. Either way its clear the MASS majority of people think it sucks, which is plenty enough for them to take a second look. I can tell you right now, if they decide to ignore all of this, im not going to bother with the game because they are making it clear they dont really care what everyone wants, just what works for them.

[EdenArchangel]

About to go through again and do a good 'like'-ing of good posts, I urge others to look through in spare time as well ^^

[kurokawa]

So....Bayohne,

You gonna go ask the devs if they'll look into this or what mate?

Be good if you would sir. I think it's warranted.

[kurokawa]

Posting again just to hit 50. REDESIGN> OOOOO YEAHHHHHHH

[Mack]

I urge everyone to click on the french and german topic (via the first post of this topic) and just click the "like" button please . And if there are any good English Japanese translators here It would be awesome if you can translate this topic over to the Japanese boards to renew it over there more or less.

[Rentahamster]

And if there are any good English Japanese translators here It would be awesome if you can translate this topic over to the Japanese boards to renew it over there more or less.

The JPN side already has similar topics.

The unique thing about this thread are the user-created visual graphics examples, so that would need to be translated differently. Like, they would need to create a copy of the graphic with no text for someone else to fill in the translated words.