State of the game

[ConjurusRex]

Hey everyone, how are you all doing? I started playing ffxiv on the day the collectors addition came out and stopped playing around March 2011. I stopped playing for obvious reasons. Since then ive been playing Starcraft 2 but have kept a close eye on FFXIV because I still have an interest in it.

Question is,

How is the state of the game? Is it a lot better then it used to be? I know a ton of changes have been made. Do tanks and healers actually play a vital role now? Any info about this would be appreciated! Thanks!

[DarthTaru]

It looks to be on the road to FFXI v2, which is great. With 1.18 out it's a great time to come back. Not sure of your rank but if it's low you'll have R25 dungeons and low level NM's to play with in between quests for SP and XP parties. If you're 50 the new dungeon is a breath of fresh air.

It seems like the changes to the battle mechanics were really holding up content and justifiably so. Now that we've seen a dramatic change to what the battle mechanics were content should start coming rapidly and really fill in what was once a really bland and uninteresting world.

Loving the game now.

[Visch]

Add party search system similar to XI.

Fix Shell and mobs all having ranged attacks.

Make re-entry time into dungeons 24+ hours.

Game is good to go. Everything else is lookin' good.

[ConjurusRex]

Thanks for the speedy replies. This is great news! I will stop my FFXI install right now then ^^

[Xatsh]

How is the state of the game? Is it a lot better then it used to be? I know a ton of changes have been made. Do tanks and healers actually play a vital role now? Any info about this would be appreciated! Thanks!

Is it better? yea quite alot better. Alot more content and they added skill requirements to the game.

Do tanks and Healers play a roll, yep not going to beat any High level NM or Dungeons without competent Healers and Tanks.. Mobs literally spam 1000-1600 dmg attacks. 1 Aoe can wipe every mage and DD if the tank fails to hold hate or the mages/dds rip it off the tank, or vise vera if the mages fails to cure and keep a mp supply the tank dies in 2-3hits.

Overall the changes are not finished... you still see things which just seem.. well incomplete. Which was told to us considering this is update 1/3. With 1.19 and 1.20 finishing the sweeping changes.

State of the game? If you mean population it is much higher then 2 weeks ago for sure many people came back, but in the grand scheme still very very low for a major franchise AAA title. It will probably be that way until the PS3 release. Too many PC players wrote it off as a crap game and stopped even looking at the updates and until reviewers give it a better review you will not attract anyone who is not a fan of FF following the game.

Overall the update is big step in the right direction it is not a miracle patch though, still alot wrong atm, but with 1.19 and 1.20 if they are this quality it is possible the triad of large patches will come together to create a miracle and make this a very successful mmo.