Blah... Why come we can't be evil in this game :/ ((Storyline wise))

[Drunk-Bandit]

>.> I know this ain't TOR but man... it sure would be nice to have certain options that control the outcome of your story or quest... Example... you can either choose to rescue the npc or heartless turn into a serial killer and kill everyone ~.~... Life as an outlaw wouldn't be easy tho... you couldn't just venture into town without fighting the guards or something along those lines... Npc bounty hunters would come looking for it depending on how wanted $$$ you are and etc... Just a fun thought I wanted to bring up ^^...

[Kafeen]

Because that wouldn't be Final Fantasy

[Jennestia]

It's not that type of game in the tl;dr version.

Like FFXI there will no doubt be quests and whatnot that affects how NPCs "see" you in the world versus if you choose to completely ignore them. XIV's story and limited lore so far seems to follow we're still trying to make a name for ourselves, so we can't have good vs evil choices yet since we're still pretty much nobodies with a special ability.

It really depends on what they do with the beastmen tribes, since they're generally seen as the 'evil' ones and us (players) are seen as a 'good' ones. Who knows what the story in the future will spin towards but it would be a bit...weird to let us be good or evil when the overall theme isn't that type of storyline, thus far.

[Ashthra]

An evil Lallafel? Never.

[Kallera]

To OP's point, I don't think I've ever played a MMO that quite captured the thrill of taking the sword to the townsfolk the way that Everquest did.(didn't play WOW, btw, so I'm not certain of that one.) Are there other games that try to duplicate this?

[Drunk-Bandit]

^ >.> those would be deathstoke lalafell assassins.... I wouldn't mind joining some kind of a Faction like that... saving the world in Final Fantasy games gets boring all the time... Would be nice to break out from such stereotypes :3

To OP's point, I don't think I've ever played a MMO that quite captured the thrill of taking the sword to the townsfolk the way that Everquest did.(didn't play WOW, btw, so I'm not certain of that one.) Are there other games that try to duplicate this?

Hmmm.... Not sure about that one... only mmorpgs I really played was FFXI, AOC & now this game . But I don't think WoW had a system like this... Just PvP faction vs Faction... *yawn*

[ZenGetsu]

it wouldn't be a final fantasy

[Drunk-Bandit]

^ Can't be a hero without villains baby... No beastmen tribes don't count... :/ They're not evil enough for me... and the empire is just lazy... Zzzzzzz..... lol

[Kallera]

^ Can't be a hero without villains baby... No beastmen tribes don't count... :/ They're not evil enough for me... and the empire is just lazy... Zzzzzzz..... lol

Someone needs to give those jackbooted imperials a kick in the rear before we start asking the goats to step in...

[Jennestia]

I'm thinking you want the storyline to spin more towards the western archetype since it seems to be more prominent in western RPGs lately.

Since in FF games there's always been good and evil and the players are always on the side of good. Saving the world get's boring, yet even in good vs evil games there's still a greater evil you're fighting against or the outcome is generally the same.