Would you be upset if the game went offline?

[Luhy]

I've pressed Enter probably 10,000,000,000 times already, so no.

Most of us only pop in once in a while to talk to people. The game itself offers nothing of interest anymore. We only even do care as much as we do because of stubborn hope.

[Kallera]

I've pressed Enter probably 10,000,000,000 times already, so no.

Most of us only pop in once in a while to talk to people. The game itself offers nothing of interest anymore. We only even do care as much as we do because of stubborn hope.

Surely you would just be served on the front page then?

[Elexia]

You misunderstand, the OP means if they shut down the service until all the changes they want to make were in place, not if the gameplay went offline only.

EDIT: +1 for ShinChuck's signature

lol his sig is basically slander. That topic was pretty damn pointless to anything because it's comparing apple to oranges and saying SE is trying to silence the argument. The thread also spiraled downhill which is why it got closed and deleted, basic moderation.

Wouldn't be mad , but it would serve absolutely no purpose to take it offline to fix.

1. It would save operation costs for a game they're making zero profit on.
2. There is no 2.

It would serve the biggest benefit to them actually.

[syntaxlies]

I am all for them to take the servers down until the game is ready for release. Keep a beta test servers to get feedback and that is it.

what do you think were doing now, prolonged beta testing. how would they fix the game if wernt bitching at them and telling them what parts we like/hate. You already see what they have done when left alone, hence FFXIV at launch.

[Blitz0309]

I say take it down. Take the forums down as well. Do a player wipe and relaunch the game when its actually not a beta.

It "could" speed up development. Simply by not having to worry about all the people keeping the gear/stats/levels and having to tip toe around making any huge changes to the worthless armory system. Running the game means people are playing something that could change. And the developers have to tip toe around not making those people angry. So that does slow down development and may down right kill some ideas from ever being implemented.

Who cares if taking the servers down signals that the game failed... i think most people would agree that it failed a while ago.

And no one cares "Well if they do a player wipe i won't come back!".. You knew this was a beta when you first logged in, and even if you're slow you surely realized it after a week. Not to mention if you've had fun and have multiple r50's... you'd try the game again when it came back up. And besides, who cares if the small amount of players who are playing get pissy and don't come back if they launch a game that is actually good? Hell, those same people like kam keep saying "if you don't like it leave"... as the game dies from people doing just that.

[DoubleEcho]

It "could" speed up development. Simply by not having to worry about all the people keeping the gear/stats/levels and having to tip toe around making any huge changes to the worthless armory system. Running the game means people are playing something that could change. And the developers have to tip toe around not making those people angry. So that does slow down development and may down right kill some ideas from ever being implemented.

I'm sorry but none of what you said is any different from any other MMO. Developers for other large MMOs do the same things while having the server online - aspects of the game are constantly updated. The ones on this forum advocating for taking the servers down are grasping at straws with no real thought put behind the idea.

[Blitz0309]

No other MMO has had to completely redesign its world/combat/job system. Most at least have a general idea of what they are doing and made balance changes, unlike this game. Its still up in the air what changes are going to be made, which is ironic after 9 months.

Lets say they actually gave in and went to ffxi jobs/subjobs. All your r50 classes are gone. But they can't do that because everyone who has played will be butt hurt.

[Kallera]

I'm sorry but none of what you said is any different from any other MMO. Developers for other large MMOs do the same things while having the server online - aspects of the game are constantly updated. The ones on this forum advocating for taking the servers down are grasping at straws with no real thought put behind the idea.

This, or they think wasting 5syears of hard work on a numbered title in their series is something easy to do, as if 14 is a number people skip over in math and counting, a floor that doesn't exist.

[Reika]

No other MMO has had to completely redesign its world/combat/job system. Most at least have a general idea of what they are doing and made balance changes, unlike this game. Its still up in the air what changes are going to be made, which is ironic after 9 months.

Lets say they actually gave in and went to ffxi jobs/subjobs. All your r50 classes are gone. But they can't do that because everyone who has played will be butt hurt.

I have to dissagree with your top line. WoW has redesigned the whole world once (Cataclysm), Combat many times, and class system many times. The combat and class system there go together by way of changing, adding, and removing roles to and from each class. So FFXIV isn't the first, and probably wont be the last.

[Soukyuu]

as if 14 is a number people skip over in math and counting, a floor that doesn't exist.

Well, there is a '4' in the title, so who knows... :P