My 2 gils worths

[vax]

This is just idle curiosity on my part, but for those of you who played FFXIII, would you say that battle system had a good tactical element to it, or was it just spam, spam, spam attack? Reading through this thread, the idea of a FFXIV with FFXIII battle system popped into my head and I was curious if something like that could work in an MMO?

What do you mean? Changing classes in middle of the fight or select 4-5 abilities and then the char will do it?

[normalforce]

What do you mean? Changing classes in middle of the fight or select 4-5 abilities and then the char will do it?

Basically, yeah. Buff up, change class, debuff enemy, change class, deal damage, change again, heal then switch back to pounding away at the enemy. Unless I'm missing something, it would work out quite well.

[Averix]

I think any type of constructive criticism should and would be welcomed, no matter the inspiration. Whether they come from WoW, FFXI, Aion, EQ etc. They are good examples of what does and does not work in this genre. Will everyone agree on which functions those are? Of course not. But, you do have to look at what the majority enjoyed since you need the basic playerbase to support the game, and the large playerbase to make FFXIV money.

Personally, I think if this game has any hope at all of making a comeback then SE needs to start working and catering towards the console version (Don't lynch me!). Like it or not, those are the players that haven't had a "first impression" yet, and certainly not a bad one to make them jaded towards future improvements and/or changes. This will be the main revenue stream for the game to improve even further by investing more time and money. This is what will support the game for the two years it takes most of the jaded and angry PC populace that bought this game to read new reviews and give it a second chance.

Obviously this is just my opinion, but I believe that is where they stand the best chance to not only make a comeback but to make the game truly great. I cringe at the idea of waiting two more years for a decent version of the game but I like it a whole lot better than just watching it shut-down.

[Mack]

Sorry but spamming 111111111oneoneoneone is not more tactical ...

Indeed, if anything the new battle system should be more tactical and will be, I'm really looking forward to it + the AF gear they showed earlier, those should be awesome.

[Trocien]

The thing is XIV wasn't ment to be XI-2.

People thought FFXIV would be similar to FFXI is because Tanaka thought it'd be a good idea to use nearly identical races. He stated that the Dev team's #1 priority is to please FFXI players, and stated that FFXI players would want to recreate their old characters in FFXIV.

And now he is fired.

[Mack]

People thought FFXIV would be similar to FFXI is because Tanaka thought it'd be a good idea to use nearly identical races. He stated that the Dev team's #1 priority is to please FFXI players, and stated that FFXI players would want to recreate their old characters in FFXIV.

And now he is fired.

Yes, no kidding, what was he thinking? when he strayed so far off path from FFXI in every aspect as if he tried to do just that, and at the same time wanted to please XI fans the most...I think he must have pee'd off XI fans the most.

[Jennestia]

People thought FFXIV would be similar to FFXI is because Tanaka thought it'd be a good idea to use nearly identical races. He stated that the Dev team's #1 priority is to please FFXI players, and stated that FFXI players would want to recreate their old characters in FFXIV.

And now he is fired.

Tanaka is still very much at Square Enix and very much on both XI and XIV (consultant) teams.

[Trocien]

Tanaka is still very much at Square Enix and very much on both XI and XIV (consultant) teams.

And you know this, how?

[Jennestia]

And you know this, how?

Considering shortly after he stepped down to Yoshida he along with most others at SE stated being back on the XI project (not to mention the latest pictures of XI dev work), I'm pretty sure if he was fired most everyone would know -- it seems the western world takes "stepping down" as being fired.

He has no major role in XIV but it's still very much his project so they do have contact with him to know what's what, pretty much all a consultant does. So sorry to burst the "Tanaka got fired" bubble lol.

[Spitfire]

The only thing that kills this game for me is the lack of content. The battle system is (well was since they are redoing it) was kind of neat, it has some issues that needed to get worked out but battling stuff can be fun. They just made this hollow game with absolutely nothing to do it. Heck I feel that a company of SE standards something like this is totally inexcusable, I mean it just breaks my heart that they could allow something like this to happen...

I've said it a few times and I'll say it again I think the CEO needs to step down and let someone else with creative vision lead this company because his tenure has seen the complete destruction of the FF series. I mean read the guys wiki page, I don't know if any of it is true but I do know that he should be somewhere counting beans not running SE. Oh and to add he is selling out his own employees and blaming everything on someone else, now that is something that is killing the soul and morale at SE.