FFXIV: Different and Unique

[Nilheim]

I really fail to see how FFXIV is unique. It's like people talking about Tanaka's vison lol, there's not even a "Tanaka's vision"...
How is FFXIV unique? because it's so empty and boring? Do leves, craft for 36hrs, do leves, craft for 36hrs, do a quest that makes you walk for one hour so you can watch a cutscene (if you're lucky) and fight a mob that takes 5 swings to die, do leves, do behest, craft... Oh yeah that's real unique, and oh so entertaining. There's so many things to do, I wonder how I haven't had an overdose of FUCKING BORING yet.

To the OP, I see from your sig your classes are all about rank 15. Getting a class to 15 takes about 6hrs if you reaaaaally take your time, so what do you know? I doubt you'd be saying what you're saying if you'd been doing the same shit for over 6 months.

And before anyone talks about how "FFXIV is cool when you play with your friends, duh", maybe you should realize FFXIV ain't exactly the only MMO that allows you to play with other people >.>

[Kiroh]

I really fail to see how FFXIV is unique. It's like people talking about Tanaka's vison lol, there's not even a "Tanaka's vision"...
How is FFXIV unique? because it's so empty and boring? Do leves, craft for 36hrs, do leves, craft for 36hrs, do a quest that makes you walk for one hour so you can watch a cutscene (if you're lucky) and fight a mob that takes 5 swings to die, do leves, do behest, craft... Oh yeah that's real unique, and oh so entertaining. There's so many things to do, I wonder how I haven't had an overdose of FUCKING BORING yet.

To the OP, I see from your sig your classes are all about rank 15. Getting a class to 15 takes about 6hrs if you reaaaaally take your time, so what do you know? I doubt you'd be saying what you're saying if you'd been doing the same shit for over 6 months.

And before anyone talks about how "FFXIV is cool when you play your friends, duh", maybe you should realize FFXIV ain't exactly the only MMO that allows you to play with other people >.>

But it haz the internetz.

And it haz the levelz.

FFXIV is perfect and can only get better!!!!111!!!1one11

[Firon]

But it haz the internetz.

And it haz the levelz.

FFXIV is perfect and can only get better!!!!111!!!1one11

IDK why that made lol but it did LOLZ

[Quanta]

But it haz the internetz.

And it haz the levelz.

FFXIV is perfect and can only get better!!!!111!!!1one11

BRAWNDO! THE THIRST MUTILATOR!

[Blitz0309]

I picked back up ffxi for a few months and loved it.

But now everything either level syncs in qufim... or your do Abyssea.. people getting 30+ levels in a day... sorta pointless. Before i quit i had nearly all jobs to 75 and was proud of that fact. Now thats something that can be done in a few weeks. Maats cap isn't something special, relic weapons are just for show. Meh.. it was fun for a while and worth $10 to play again.

I don't play a MMO just to race to the end. I don't play a MMO so i can stand around and look pretty in exclusive hard to get gear. I play it for enjoyment and a feeling of accomplishment. Whats the point of playing minesweeper if you max the size and have 1 bomb?.. thats sort of what ffxi has become, and what ffxiv has always been.

If you want to be different and unique then make a game worth playing. Yeah, it will be hard. Yes it will be time consuming, but whats the point of having another mmo that you get bored with? Focus on making a world, not a game. You want to make a final fantasy MMO casual friendly then make a effective party system and balance jobs so you don't have to wait for hours to put a party together. You want longevity? Focus on the social aspect so people create bonds with other players and look forward to talking/interacting.

I don't care if it takes me 2 years to cap my job if i have fun doing it. I'd much rather spend forever playing a game with friends than run through and wait to do "end game" just for "look at me" gear. Who gives a damn? A MMO is like life, its about the journey not the end result.

FFXIV is a cookie cutter with a few mods. You can call it different, you can call it whatever you wait. It is nothing but a pile of fail. It came from the roots of a great game, and managed to go and suck more than the easy mode that ffxi is.

[Vanguard319]

I picked back up ffxi for a few months and loved it.

But now everything either level syncs in qufim... or your do Abyssea.. people getting 30+ levels in a day... sorta pointless. Before i quit i had nearly all jobs to 75 and was proud of that fact. Now thats something that can be done in a few weeks. Maats cap isn't something special, relic weapons are just for show. Meh.. it was fun for a while and worth $10 to play again.

I don't play a MMO just to race to the end. I don't play a MMO so i can stand around and look pretty in exclusive hard to get gear. I play it for enjoyment and a feeling of accomplishment. Whats the point of playing minesweeper if you max the size and have 1 bomb?.. thats sort of what ffxi has become, and what ffxiv has always been.

If you want to be different and unique then make a game worth playing. Yeah, it will be hard. Yes it will be time consuming, but whats the point of having another mmo that you get bored with? Focus on making a world, not a game. You want to make a final fantasy MMO casual friendly then make a effective party system and balance jobs so you don't have to wait for hours to put a party together. You want longevity? Focus on the social aspect so people create bonds with other players and look forward to talking/interacting.

I don't care if it takes me 2 years to cap my job if i have fun doing it. I'd much rather spend forever playing a game with friends than run through and wait to do "end game" just for "look at me" gear. Who gives a damn? A MMO is like life, its about the journey not the end result.

FFXIV is a cookie cutter with a few mods. You can call it different, you can call it whatever you wait. It is nothing but a pile of fail. It came from the roots of a great game, and managed to go and suck more than the easy mode that ffxi is.

True, MMOs are about the journey and the people you interact with, not about how your gear is more 1337 than everyone else. Somewhere along the way ppl forgot these things. (I blame WoW.) 1337 gear is nice, but what's the point if you didn't have to work for it?

[KumaAkuma]

I wish I could say it's a cookiecutter mmorpg, but right now you can't even call it a mmorpg. It's a skeleton frame for a mmorpg. It needs meat and fat. Right now it has potential to become anything. It could become "unique" or it could become a wow-clone with nicer graphics or ...

All the steps they're taking now and want to take are towards WoW clone btw. Not that I think it's a bad thing in theory. Just that their implementation right now is way worse.

[Quanta]

It's a skeleton frame for a mmorpg. It needs meat and fat.

Assemble the dwarves at once! We're going...


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[Nilheim]

FFXI is indeed a good example, I've only played Lotro and Aion outside of XI and XIV, but XI was very original, it didn't suck like XIV does at the moment. As Shyd said you really felt YOU were the adventurer and every zone was a new experience to enjoy, whereas in Lotro for example it was just about going to the next hub to spamm quests and level.

FFXIV is so boring that every 20min I find myself wondering if there's nothing more fun I could do instead of playing it. Not very immersive now is it? Hopefully the dev team will change that, all we can do is wait and see, but saying FFXIV is fine right now is fucking bullshit.

[indira]

SE should copy stuff from there last MMO and tweek it. every one wants everything from WOW like instance dungeons we already might get queueed pvp cross server.

All the people that are left like it, the other half a million who left, did not, so SE lost a lot by being too unique and having nothing!

thing is people were expecting FFXI-2, but we got nothing at all just a broke empty game. now all that nothing is getting changed in to what they hope to be something, but may end up a clone of another game with a FF name.