ARR often feels very contradictory in its design (long)

[Krystalynn]

The only thing that keeps me playing is this. I loved FFXIV 1.0... that is to say, 1.23. It was GARBAGE in 1.0

...but by 1.23 I actually fell in love with the game. I freaking miss it honestly. We'll never get it again, but this is a new FFXIV.

2.0 isn't garbage by any means but its broken. It's a sinking ship. It took a year and a half for 1.0 to go from being a turd, to something of a beautiful stone. It was no diamond, nor gem... but I won't ever forget it.

So 2.0 has that opportunity. It has the time to become greater. The only problem I feel is that it will not, because of the forced PS3 compatibility. Our zones are smaller, they're broken up, because of PS3 limitations, and this is forever going to stunt the game unless they drop PS3 support and work exclusively on PC/PS4 platforms, or give PC/PS4 platforms a brand new client.

[Ri_ri]

So 2.0 has that opportunity. It has the time to become greater. The only problem I feel is that it will not, because of the forced PS3 compatibility. Our zones are smaller, they're broken up, because of PS3 limitations, and this is forever going to stunt the game unless they drop PS3 support and work exclusively on PC/PS4 platforms, or give PC/PS4 platforms a brand new client.

What could be better if the game was PS4/PC only?
Besides graphics (the game is already beautiful, though).

[Krystalynn]

What could be better if the game was PS4/PC only?

It's not just 'graphics'. The video memory on the ps3 is what is limiting texture and model count, as well as the size of the zones. It's not that the PS3 can't handle large zones, it just needs to be able to do this and load all the people in said zones, and it already does a poor job of this as it is. The sad part is, while the PC/PS4 will perform better, the core structure of the game HAS TO accommodate the PS3 hardware. Do you think zones got broken down into small segmented chunks on purpose? Did you know the previous version of this game had NO zone borders? When you stood on the cliffs of La Noscea and saw Limsa Lominsa in the horizon, it was Limsa Lominsa. Not a fake model of it with a blurry 2d backdrop. This goes beyond graphics, that's immersion. Do you know how breathtaking it is to walk in an unbroken world? The only game that has managed to do this with strength is, ironically, World of Warcraft, but anyone who played Vanilla in that game can tell you, it's what got them hooked in the first place.

[Ri_ri]

Do you know how breathtaking it is to walk in an unbroken world? The only game that has managed to do this with strength is, ironically, World of Warcraft, but anyone who played Vanilla in that game can tell you, it's what got them hooked in the first place.

Yes... I know. And now we have flying mounts to skip all that mass of useless land. The novelty wears off after the first time and it becomes a chore to get through it. I know 1.0 had no zone borders... I also know that it had long corridors to hide loading times, and even more laggy than 2.0.

People are always blaming the PS3 for things they don't like. Besides the UI, nothing else is confirmed as "PS3 limitation".

I must be too old to think that cosmetics doesn't and never will make good gameplay.

[KoujiGeki]

Yes... I know. And now we have flying mounts to skip all that mass of useless land. The novelty wears off after the first time and it becomes a chore to get through it. I know 1.0 had no zone borders... I also know that it had long corridors to hide loading times, and even more laggy than 2.0.

People are always blaming the PS3 for things they don't like. Besides the UI, nothing else is confirmed as "PS3 limitation".

I must be too old to think that cosmetics doesn't and never will make good gameplay.

except theres hundreds and hundreds of threads proving that ps3 limitation are true but you people seem to just ignore them. they even removed belts from the game to alleviate stress on the ps3. and the fact of waiting on people who skipped cut scenes but still take like 3 minutes for their games to actually load just happened in a CM run.

[Roris]

A lot of the stuff from 1.0 was planned under the old direction, the biggest example is Hamlet Defense and Beastmen Strongholds, they also planned some sort of guild company system that eventually turned into Grand Companies and finally Free Companies. It always felt like just a small dedicated crew was left working on 1.0 slowly finishing these incomplete concepts and gameplay elements because their framework was already there, while the bigger part of the team was working on ARR behind the scenes, if you look at all the patch notes there weren't major content additions until around 1.17-1.18 and the majority were system fixes.

[Ryel]

Would like to see this thread not get buried without at least a response or acknowledgement, as it's probably one of the better worded cases on some of the issues quite a few people have been voicing to the dev team.

[elreed]

Its a shame not seeing any comment yet from the dev team or reps. I hope the Japanese made a thread like this one....

[indira]

Its a shame not seeing any comment yet from the dev team or reps. I hope the Japanese made a thread like this one....

SE doesnt care what anyone thinks now there in there comfort zone.
we had threads like this since beta in 1.0 then beta in 2.0 no one touched them but the fanboys saying everything was perfect and we dont need anything changed "go back too wow".

im all out of crysta now dont plan on buying anymore. login to grind dungeons then get locked out till reset is fail.

[Jubez187]

but the fanboys saying everything was perfect and we dont need anything changed.

I made 3 big posts on reddit, closer to when this game was new and got downvoted into oblivion because everyone was "honeymooning." It seems like people are starting to come to their senses because a lot of things the "trolls" were saying at release are what everyone is saying now lol.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen..._in_this_game/

- A thread on how TP in this game doesn't bring a SINGLE ounce of fun into this game.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...pose_in_ffxiv/

- A thread on how crafting could be taken out of this game and no one would notice.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...ame_by_design/

- A thead on how the skills in this game leave a lot on the table, (focuses on a PLD standpoint more than anything). Funny how nowadays everyone says PLD is just a 123 rotation bot.