One to Fifty, One Zone - Long OP

[Zanfire]

Well, I think there's two possible outcomes: We'll either be informed that nothing in our current world is changing, aside from the addition of more camps. Or, that we can expect a true, diverse experience from 1 to 50 in time.

And I believe it's important for us here to know where we'll be in our future, both in higher levels as well as the too-often-forgotten early levels. An answer, either answer, will help us understand their real direction for Eorzea and for this game.

Should a true world be on its way, I look forward to waiting. Here's to a crown!

Jobeto, thank you for your thoughts. I understand how you feel.

Brace for tomorrows "we are adding camps and re-arranging mobs" as the best they can do to make the world feel more filled out. Maybe im just a debbie downer, but i can't help and think they dont want to do that much work to get this up to snuff for us to start paying. I also have a feeling that SE's higher ups have given them like a fall deadline until they need to start charging....cause this games been quite an expensive screw up.

Makes me miss Vanadiel too.... Im still holding that tiny candle of hope that they were hard at work on FFXI-2 XD
(they did say they tried to do everything a lot different from it for 14 on purpose....so maybe?)

[Zanfire]

also i logged in last night (and promptly right back out) but is it just me or are the characters movements feeling really heavy and slidey?

[Vunak]

This was one of the main issues I stopped playing the game. I really enjoyed the experiences I had in FFXI and felt FFXIV didnt deliver on that. I played JP release of FFXI as well, so I know the hardship it had when it first came out. I hope the dev's see this and are reactive to this issue, it might bring back a lot of players. I'm glad to see the dev's are fixing some of the things they said they would like the battle system and Professions ect. Who knows they seem to be reacting to what the players want, maybe this isn't such a far stretch.

They have to know that without huge changes they will not get a re-interest in the game they way they want. I hope SE gets there heads out of there *&*@ and stat being the company they used to be when XI came out. Meaning Square-Soft. And yes XI was being worked on by SS before they became SE and even release in JP under the SS name. Though it released over here in the west under SE.

[CrstyCaptin]

Yea they really need to fork out the changes. I'm sure everyone remembers Yoshida saying they have multiple teams working on different aspects of the game. My hope is that after these battle changes are done their 'world/zone' team have a fix ready to go(even if it's just one zone). Otherwise, I can really see FFXIV dying off when GW2 comes out. Not to mention if they actually started charging before ps3 release everyone would go to GW2 or any other MMO at that point. I think the biggie is they just need to put out some HUGE change(like grid being totally redone) and do it well. If the players can see they can do what it takes to make a good game they'll stick around.

Waiting 1.5 months for a patch is not going to cut it.

[Xeno]

This should be the next priority right after the battle system. I hate leveling 1-50 in Thanalan. SE CHANGE THIS PLEASE!!!

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

This should be the next priority right after the battle system. I hate leveling 1-50 in Thanalan. SE CHANGE THIS PLEASE!!!

Then try leveling in different areas, no one is forcing you to stay in Thanalan. :P

[Richard]

Then try leveling in different areas, no one is forcing you to stay in Thanalan. :P

while no one "forces" you to stay anywhere in an MMO, SE has not done a good enough job of optimizing any of the areas for leveling. The best SP you can get is from spamming Levinshower, Dunesfolk and Ranine Reveries in Thanalan. There is no incentive to level anywhere else because the SP/hr just does not compare. Due to this the majority of the population in each server stays in Thanalan. Most of the time you're hard pressed to find a pick up group for leves in any other area which technically "forces" you, even if indirectly, to level in Thanalan.

[Sonic_the_Hedgehog]

while no one "forces" you to stay anywhere in an MMO, SE has not done a good enough job of optimizing any of the areas for leveling. The best SP you can get is from spamming Levinshower, Dunesfolk and Ranine Reveries in Thanalan. There is no incentive to level anywhere else because the SP/hr just does not compare. Due to this the majority of the population in each server stays in Thanalan. Most of the time you're hard pressed to find a pick up group for leves in any other area which technically "forces" you, even if indirectly, to level in Thanalan.

That's why I never played looking for the best SP. I've never been in a rush to get to the end because there isn't shit to do once you get there. I go to different areas when I get bored with one area. Anyway I was just teasing the guy notice the

[Xeno]

while no one "forces" you to stay anywhere in an MMO, SE has not done a good enough job of optimizing any of the areas for leveling. The best SP you can get is from spamming Levinshower, Dunesfolk and Ranine Reveries in Thanalan. There is no incentive to level anywhere else because the SP/hr just does not compare. Due to this the majority of the population in each server stays in Thanalan. Most of the time you're hard pressed to find a pick up group for leves in any other area which technically "forces" you, even if indirectly, to level in Thanalan.

This, I'm not going to waste my time by getting lower sp/hr just to be in another zone.

[Carzilla]

I hope we get some info on monday about 1.18 Cuz every time I log in i play less than the previous time I logged in. Se should of just used an existing engine and focused on game play. there lots of engines out there unreal, cryengine, source, Frostbite . and they dont lag in congested area either If fact they have better gfx and run smoother.