edit: Title is supposed to be "they mUst play to their strength..." sorry for typo.


SE apparently for nearly a decade can only make games with above average graphics. Gameplay in SE games has been extremely uninspired and archaic, ffxiv being no exception. If SE wanted to save their reputation, their fanbase, and their supposed standard for quality they need to scrap FFXIV, refund all accounts, and give each registered ffxiv user a coupon for their next mmo for free.

The next MMO since SE can't seem to develop new or exciting gameplay (I havent played it but I KNOW auto attack will be fail) should be FFXI with updated graphics, FFXI-2, set maybe 100 years after FFXI. It would be familiar to all of us, and 100 years is enough time between games for there to be some creativity. Using FFXI as a benchmark and launching with airships, chocobos, a mail system, and things that have been standard in MMOs since everquest will go a long way in quelling our disappointment.

I am as sad as everyone here, as this game's 1-year anniversary is in two months and we have seen next to nothing in terms of actual content, or developing the FF "feel". Yeah, it's not laggy, and yeah, we can search items in a clunky market system...but the game is toast. It really is, and it is my conclusion that if SE was smart they would scrap it and spend their money on something the fans want...just look at innovative MMOs around the corner, GW2, TERA, to name a couple. How will FFXIV hold a candle to these? I don't see it happening...this is a bottomless pit and it was a gigantic mistake.