Why is this game such a chore...

[ddwarbird]

I love this game, I really do. It has a beautiful art style and its Final Fantasy which is good enough reason for me to play it. However I am getting really annoyed at two things that seem to be consistent in the game.

- The Staggering Difficulty Spike and The Length of certain tasks - This really shows that Square Enix are dragging their heels a bit here. The length to do the simplest tasks is annoying and not really that fun. The overall difficulty of the game is more like it was designed for Japanese audiences who never really do anything else but play this game. However there is virtually no real support in the game for more casual players.

- The lag of AoE's on boss fights - I dunno why this is happening as I NEVER had this problem in WoW. There is some lag between skillshots which means even if you move out of it, you will still get hit. This is EXCEPTIONALLY annoying on Boss fights, why is this happening in the first place?

[Anorex]

There's difficulty spikes? Fooled me.

[ddwarbird]

There's difficulty spikes? Fooled me.

I mean just in terms of expecting high levels of reaction time. I wouldn't advise this game to players who are dyspraxic and have coordination difficulties.

[Kuwagami]

There's difficulty spikes? Fooled me.

one shot mechanics which stops you for the time you master them (difficulty), and then become trivial when you master them, rendering the fight boring and easy as hell (here's your spike)

No fight remains difficult no matter how many times you beat it (provided you aren't solo and have a dedicated group, ofc)

I don't experience AoE lag.

And ? Lots of people do experience AoE lags (hopefully I don't. The other tank in my FC does though).

People should stop with the "I never experienced it so it must be wrong"

[Diavolo]

I don't experience AoE lag.

[Vespar]

I don't experience AoE lag.

You might not but many people do, its more of mild latency issues but it is enough to get you killed in things like weight of the land, landslides, etc. I play on a NA server using on a not-so-great ISP connection in Japan run by an American company (military), and some days I'll have great speeds/latency and can dodge like a pro... other days, I cant get out of an aoe to save my life. It has nothing to do with my play style since on my screen I'll be on the edge of the arena but a weight of the land in the center somehow kills me even though I obviously ran out of it and am miles away :P

[stupiddog]

The overall difficulty of the game is more like it was designed for Japanese audiences who never really do anything else but play this game. However there is virtually no real support in the game for more casual players.

Given both the Japanese school system (Hello, Jukus!) and the (IMHO inhumane) working hours on a typical "salaryman" job in Japan, I have absolutely no idea where you get the idea Japanese people can dedicate more time to a single video/computer game than "Westeners" can.

[Ransu]

I mean just in terms of expecting high levels of reaction time. I wouldn't advise this game to players who are dyspraxic and have coordination difficulties.

I'd hate to see you play other MMO's. In terms if reaction time and speed this game is incredibly slow.

[Kimikryo]

The game is to hard for you?
Really now? Apart from Titan EX and Turn 5 everything I encountered till now is easy. Only made harder by people trying their best to annoy others.

If you mean certain stuff needs lots of time to finish, that says nothing about difficulty, that is just good old grinding.


So this game is aimed at Japanese players, well who would have thought that a Japanese company from Japan would aim their Japanese games at Japanese people. Japanese people can dedicate about as much time as we can dedicate into games. As much time as they are able to.
It kinda looks bad to say "Japanese do nothing but playing games" Hello, this is an MMORPG. It is a designed timesink.

If you are unable and/or unwilling to dedicate time into an MMORPG you never will get as far as with any other game.

[Nero]

- The Staggering Difficulty Spike and The Length of certain tasks - This really shows that Square Enix are dragging their heels a bit here. The length to do the simplest tasks is annoying and not really that fun. The overall difficulty of the game is more like it was designed for Japanese audiences who never really do anything else but play this game. However there is virtually no real support in the game for more casual players.

If this would be more of a "true" Final Fantasy and for the Japanese Audience, most people would not be able to get past the first Job-Quests.