Choose your "FFXIV need this" top 5

[viion]

Trolls be trollin.

Sorry I have an opinion you dont like or agree with. Delusionism is a nasty habbit. Not to mention just calling someone a troll because you dont agree is just as worse as a troll because you're like "no i dont care, alalal you're a troll and thats it lalala". Cant come up with anything creative just instantly insulting someone and "calling people names".

[Rowyne]

It was really hard to choose, but this was what I felt should be the next 5 priorities:

1) More Field maps
14) Linkshell Administration (kicks, adds, LS retainers, LS skills, LS customizable Icons..)
7) Chat channels
8) More quests
4) SP rewards on Quests.

#1 After the combat system is reworked, what needs to happen next is a major map and environment rework. It's actually a very complex issue that you can read more about here.

#2 Next, community tools need some serious work. Let our linkshell leaders prune their rosters so they aren't forced to break and reform. Give us chat channels so that our community is more connected. We are playing an MMO in the social age. Right now it feels lonely and isolated, and anything but social.

#3 Finally, I think there needs to be more variety and choices of ways to level. I know that some people are opposed to quest-based leveling, but I think many of us would like to have that choice. Even if it isn't viable all the way to cap, at least some questing could break up the monotony of leves. It would also give those of us who are hungry for lore and the need for immersion a more satisfying game experience. There needs to be a greater emphasis placed on questing.

[Draven]

My custom top 5

1. Increased SP gain while in a party of 2 or more.
2. Mail system with at least 6 slots
3. Extension of Surplus so we don't hit fatigue so fast.
4. More/Better story content with Boss battles.
5. More areas to explore, quest and hunt in.

[darkstarpoet1]

My custom top 5

1. Increased SP gain while in a party of 2 or more.
2. Mail system with at least 6 slots
3. Extension of Surplus so we don't hit fatigue so fast.
4. More/Better story content with Boss battles.
5. More areas to explore, quest and hunt in.

to your number 3 supposedly that is going to be removed at some point. it's like everything else though it's a unknown future date so don't expect it soon. i'd love to see it though.

[Rhomagus]

25) Fix disconnects problems (no kick from partys, no losing guildleves or factions..)
22) More client options (hide gear parts, fix sound volume for weather and doors, more chat tabs, chat colors,etc)
14) Linkshell Administration (kicks, adds, LS retainers, LS skills, LS customizable Icons..)
17) Fix Party leveling (Enmity, skillchains, kill chains, battle regimen allow to continue fighting)
20) Balance party combats (longer combats with more sp reward)

In that order. I only put 22 at the number two slot because of the weather/door volume. That doesn't need to be implemented, that needs to be fixed. They have to fix the problems first before they start incorporating new stuff. A lot of those things should not be difficult to implement. If somehow they are and take more than 1 programmer more than one work day to complete, then I agree with Nipa's number 2:

FF14 need...
1/ A dev team with people who actually played few recent and successful MMOs.
2/ A full engine and network code rewrite. From scratch.
3/ To drop PS 3 support.
4/ 2 more years of alpha-test and content development.

I think those little 4 are way enough to satisfy everyone.

Ah. From from your list? Pretty nothing in there is as much urgent as what I listed. Maybe that number 12. Yeah crafting unrelated minigames sounds really important, in case we are not already bored enough by the crafting ones. Oh, and that 29 too, dye on crafts, because we don't want the graphical team to actually works, do we?

If the code is keeping you from allowing LS masters to kick anyone from their linkshell at anytime, you don't have a tool that's efficient for the job your trying to get done. It's like trying to drill holes in wood with a beautiful glass hammer.

[Mack]

Its from a south park episode with the underpants gnomes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-eak9Jz3_k

Hahah that's funny.

[Eldaena]

9) More Full party quests
11) Balance Number of Disciples of Magic and Disciples of War
17) Fix Party leveling (Enmity, skill chains, kill chains, battle regimen)
14) Linkshell Administration (kicks, adds, LS retainers, LS skills, LS customizable Icons..)
25) Fix disconnects problems (no kick from parties, no losing guild leves or factions..)

There are several other things in my mind that need work, but this is my 5 from your list.

[Spitfire]

1. More content
2. More content
3. More content
4. More content
5. Chocobos

[Betelgeuzah]

Where the *** is your AH now? Most Westerners voted for that ***, now have you come to your senses? So glad Yoshida didn't listen back then.

1) Optimize the servers
2) Optimize the engine
3) overhaul the combat
4) materia system to fix dol, doh, and the economy
5) more milestones.

[Tibian]

1. The entire UI and Menu system still needs a massive overhaul. What we have now functions but not as it should. Everything from inventory management, to the time it takes to load individual windows. A more icon/tooltip centric system would be better.
2. Targeting with a mouse needs to be overhauled. I have no desire to tab through targets. I want to click with ease and not have to worry about terrible camera mechanics and locking on the enemy. This is clearly an issue with PS3 development, so maybe they need to consider scrapping PS3 development which would improve other aspects of the game as well.
3. Non-leve/quest related content. Ie: FF Card games, Chocobo Raising, Player Housing, Guild Housing. Grinding is incredibly boring and so are levequests. Bringing content that gets people away from monotonous tasks improves the overall experience of the game. These shouldn't be rushed out just to put out content, but they need to come eventually before the game is P2P (if it can even return to P2P).
4. Overhaul linkshell/guild administration.
5. Allow addon development. Independent developers can fix what they find necessary as it comes along. SE has the opportunity to see what is developed and then later implement it into the core game.

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And then my list of top 5 things that should happen to this game but won't.

1. PS3 Development Scrapped
2. Servers become language and region localized (not IP locked)
3. The current job system is replaced by an FF Tactics style system.
4. City/Street building that is instanced. Linkshells/Guilds can purchase a street to centralize their products and their own player housing.
5. The game is shut down and SE gives us all a complementary free SE game (in the next two years) if we show our FFXIV Key. Then SE returns to the MMO development and makes a new worthwhile MMO for the PC only, where everything works on launch.

I ommitted battle revisions because they are in the works and we don't know how they will function yet.