Thread: FFXIV Instances 1.18 Gratitude Thread

Originally Posted by Blitz0309

Maybe if they were more active in their official forums and kept us in the loop there would be a lot less negativity.

We get vague hints of whats to come and the only feedback we every get is "we're looking into this"..

What do they expect. Us to all sit around and /praise them after nearly a year of a game that isn't worth the dvd it came on?

be glad you get any info at all, many games don't tell you crap about whats going on, in fact, with the way SE gives out info, I would rather them say nothing then what they tell us already.

Originally Posted by Arc7w1l1ght

Final Fantasy is and always will be the best mmorpg out there

After this there was no way to take this seriously.

We get vague hints of whats to come and the only feedback we every get is "we're looking into this"..

i see you guys only see this is a vague hint so let me me tell you what this really means; "we don't have an answer at the moment but where working hard to find one" its sad that this needs to be said but clearly some ppl just see only bad.

Instanced Raids Unveiled! (06/20/2011)

As has been previously announced, 1.18 will usher in new battle content in the form of instanced raid areas—forsaken domains wherein parties attempt to cut a path through hoards of fell foes.

Read on to learn about the two areas set to host exhilarating battles come 1.18.

front page is hard

Once 1.18 is released and after trying out the new system, I will decide if I want to thank them for 1.18 or not.

All I can thank SE dev team (new) ATM is thanks for trying to fix what the old team F'ed up, I know it's hard work and hope they keep up with constant changes to make it into a real Final Fantasy title.

I am going to wait and see what the patch holds before giving them any credit.

There is alot of things I am liking that I seen and some things that just seem like the dev team has no clue wtf they are doing.

Honestly it is all coming down to Dungeons and company content. IF it is just like a typical western zerg fest through a dungeon to kill a boss with nothing else involved... well then I will consider 1.18 an epic failure. If it is involved, challenging, with more then 1 thing to do in the dungeons then i will probably consider it a decent patch... Great patch is already ruled out with the other negatives I seen already... unless they release alot of stuff they have not said anything about yet.

I'm glad someone has the guts to make a thread that appreciates the devs even though it's a potential hate magnet. And it's really got a lot of hate as well.

It seems to me that people don't completely understand just how difficult creating such a massive game is. I've taken college classes on programming, and have even done personal studies of it. Programming is far from easy, even if it's something that would seem so simple to do. Any change to the game, even the addition of content, would mean rewriting the core of the code, and it takes time to find the places in the code that need adjustment.

Also, I've spent the past 10 years or so trying to become a writer which is very difficult. The reason why? Because it's hard coming up with new ideas that aren't just complete rip-offs of something else. In the movie industry it's difficult as well, that's why nowadays you see remakes of movies, see cartoons or comics turned into movies, or see a movie about something similar to another movie you've already seen. What's this got to do with making a game? Creativity is hard! SE wants content never experienced in any other MMO or single-player game, because that's what makes Final Fantasy what it is. And creativity is especially hard when you become an adult, which the whole staff at SE are adults I'm sure, and creativity lacks because your imagination becomes limited when you experience the real world and you wonder if your ideas will be liked or hated, and believe that maybe you should just keep them to yourself.

Now, after all that I want to say that Yoshi-P and his crew have been doing a great job in trying to make this game what it should've been at release, and know that there are people out there that understand the struggles it takes to making it likable. Keep up the good work! But do you think you can keep us a little more informed on what's going on at HQ? I hate being in the dark for so long while waiting on the Letters ><