FFXIV: Different and Unique

[viion]

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!

[Xatsh]

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!

And them copy/pasting another game success would of had them around 1 mill subs for about 9 months then a massive drop out to where they are now anyways.

While what they tried did not work, copying other mmos has been proven time and time again that it does not work either.

Better them try something that could work, then something that has never worked before.

[Demacia]

Better them try something that could work, then something that has never worked before.

Would be true if they had good ideas and implementation to begin with. Also would've helped if they didn't release so much false information. Oh Square Enix.

[viion]

And them copy/pasting another game success would of had them around 1 mill subs for about 9 months then a massive drop out to where they are now anyways.

While what they tried did not work, copying other mmos has been proven time and time again that it does not work either.

Better them try something that could work, then something that has never worked before.

Maybe, maybe not.

[Anty]

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!

i think its rather having nothing. FFXIV isnt unique, sadly it isnt. Its a copy of ffxi lacking 80% of what ffxi had without replacing it by other unique features. There is just nothing. IT HAS great potential but looking at the patches so far it might just turn easier every patch and get like all other mmos.

The only reason why im still checking on patches is... a tiny bit of hope, that it will not be changed into an average mmo, like there are many atm. I hope it works on strengthening the niche it was in instead of trying to appeal to the mass market. Not only it will become uninteresting for the ff players, but it won't be able to compete with all the other more polished mmos out there, which have tons more content. Even the best of the current wow copies have the problem with the huge competition... if ffxiv wants to fail, it goes the wow-copy way, the fail will be a 100% guarantee.
If it progresses and stays in the niche it is, it has a chance and might even turn out to be great in the future.

[Gundammeister]

The only reason why im still checking on patches is... a tiny bit of hope, that it will not be changed into an average mmo, like there are many atm. I hope it works on strengthening the niche it was in instead of trying to appeal to the mass market. Not only it will become uninteresting for the ff players, but it won't be able to compete with all the other more polished mmos out there, which have tons more content. Even the best of the current wow copies have the problem with the huge competition... if ffxiv wants to fail, it goes the wow-copy way, the fail will be a 100% guarantee.
If it progresses and stays in the niche it is, it has a chance and might even turn out to be great in the future.

Agreed

[Shikyo]

Agreed

I dont think any true fan of FF and FFXI in particular want XIV to be anything at all like wow....
I think thoes that played XI know that XI was not like any mmorpg out there when it was released not at all like wow and thats why I loved it.
Most wanted XIV to be an advancement of the unique and brilliant world that was XI, Not WOW... why do ppl keep saying that final fantasy fans wanna see a final fantasy game be anything like wow? O.o;
To me WoW and FF are like oil and water.
Most that i know that loved XI wouldnt touch wow with a 10 foot pole, we saw wow as a niche over hyped kiddy game built for the masses and XI was the opposite a deep rich mmo for the mature player that had a certain amount of sophistication and took a certain amount of skill to play.

[kaboro]

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!

They did not lose players because the game is unique, but because they released the game in an unfinished state.
Unfinished state is fixable, lack of originality is not, so i have a lot of hope for XIV.