What I want

[captainpicard]

I would rather have a visible looking for group flag and /search system similar to FFXI than an Ifrit battle.

I would rather have a lag-free client-side UI and RMT then a server-side UI and little RMT

I would rather take a WHM tele-taxi than deal with Anima and Aethryte Stones

I would rather grind in 6 man parties on mobs of my my groups choice then do leve's.

I would rather have smaller zones than giant ones that aren't varied

I would rather have the camera direction keys on the arrow keys then IJKL

I would rather have an auction house than a market ward

I would rather have a primary job and a sub job, than 20 job skills on a single job

I would rather have a trinity than a hodge podge

All in all, I would rather the dev's focus on these simple things that would make all the difference in the world than new NM's, summer events, and "instanced dungeons"

Oh, and WHERE IS THE BARD?

[SAMINUS]

I want chocolate... lots and lots of chocolate

[Morticous]

so you want FFXI? I wouldn't mind if they put all of those things in FFXIV.

[Kinseykinz]

I would rather have a visible looking for group flag and /search system similar to FFXI than an Ifrit battle.

I would rather have a lag-free client-side UI and RMT then a server-side UI and little RMT

I would rather take a WHM tele-taxi than deal with Anima and Aethryte Stones

I would rather grind in 6 man parties on mobs of my my groups choice then do leve's.

I would rather have smaller zones than giant ones that aren't varied

I would rather have the camera direction keys on the arrow keys then IJKL

I would rather have an auction house than a market ward

I would rather have a primary job and a sub job, than 20 job skills on a single job

I would rather have a trinity than a hodge podge

All in all, I would rather the dev's focus on these simple things that would make all the difference in the world than new NM's, summer events, and "instanced dungeons"

Oh, and WHERE IS THE BARD?

SE made that game already. It's called FFXI and it's still playable. I personally didn't like that game for some of the very reasons you do. Different strokes for different folks.

[captainpicard]

SE made that game already. It's called FFXI and it's still playable. I personally didn't like that game for some of the very reasons you do. Different strokes for different folks.

So in essence you don't want simplified grouping, you want lag, you like being limited by anima, you enjoy leve's which kick immersion in the teeth, you think the current keyboard setup is intuitave, you like sprawling giant zones with cut and paste gfx and no means of rapid transport, you feel the market wards are an efficient timely way to shop and sell, and you enjoy a lack of character direction/value?

Oh and you DONT WANT A BARD?!?!?!?!!?!?

[SAMINUS]

So in essence you don't want simplified grouping, you want lag, you like being limited by anima, you enjoy leve's which kick immersion in the teeth, you think the current keyboard setup is intuitave, you like sprawling giant zones with cut and paste gfx and no means of rapid transport, you feel the market wards are an efficient timely way to shop and sell, and you enjoy a lack of character direction/value?

Oh and you DONT WANT A BARD?!?!?!?!!?!?

Not a good idea to post your wants on these boards captain. Nobody cares what anyone else wants but themselves. So there is a high chance your wants will get shot down. But a more important want is chocolate. And it appears that I am the only person who wants it.. fine all for mee!!

[Delsus]

So in essence you don't want simplified grouping, you want lag, you like being limited by anima, you enjoy leve's which kick immersion in the teeth, you think the current keyboard setup is intuitave, you like sprawling giant zones with cut and paste gfx and no means of rapid transport, you feel the market wards are an efficient timely way to shop and sell, and you enjoy a lack of character direction/value?

Oh and you DONT WANT A BARD?!?!?!?!!?!?

Ok lemme break this down for you, they are adding chocos and airships in 1.19, so anima wont be as much of a problem

Leves are not the focus anymore, most people i know havent done any after 1.18 came out.

Reps have said they are looking into keyboard controls.

The zones are going to be changed in the reforms, probably not smaller ones but i would say less copy/paste.

I have already addressed the transport.

Market wards will be constantly worked on to improve them where needed.

Character direction will be changing with jobs, and changes to classes.

In an issue of Famitsu they discuss jobs with Yoshi-P and I believe bard was one of them.

Read the updates since you quit playing before you post these please.

[captainpicard]

Ok lemme break this down for you, they are adding chocos and airships in 1.19, so anima wont be as much of a problem

Leves are not the focus anymore, most people i know havent done any after 1.18 came out.

Reps have said they are looking into keyboard controls.

The zones are going to be changed in the reforms, probably not smaller ones but i would say less copy/paste.

I have already addressed the transport.

Market wards will be constantly worked on to improve them where needed.

Character direction will be changing with jobs, and changes to classes.

In an issue of Famitsu they discuss jobs with Yoshi-P and I believe bard was one of them.

Read the updates since you quit playing before you post these please.

Thats all nice but,

Keyboard could have been fixed 10 months ago.

Chocobo's and Airships could have taken priority over holiday events and NM's

Zone reforms could have already occurred rather than not considering the delay in transportation

Market Wards continuing improvement would be "delete market wards, insert auction house"

I don't take direction from Famitsu, I thought thats what these developer run forums were for, so where is that on this forum regarding Bard? And with that said, adding Bard shouldn't be a priority when a basic issue like building a group is still "under development"

The reason I am voicing these issues is because the progress to date does not inspire confidence. The developers focus has been misplaced. They need to fix these core game mechanics, not be adding content. You can't build a house without a foundation.

[Delsus]

Thats all nice but,

Keyboard could have been fixed 10 months ago.

Chocobo's and Airships could have taken priority over holiday events and NM's

Zone reforms could have already occurred rather than not considering the delay in transportation

Market Wards continuing improvement would be "delete market wards, insert auction house"

I don't take direction from Famitsu, I thought thats what these developer run forums were for, so where is that on this forum regarding Bard? And with that said, adding Bard shouldn't be a priority when a basic issue like building a group is still "under development"

The reason I am voicing these issues is because the progress to date does not inspire confidence. The developers focus has been misplaced. They need to fix these core game mechanics, not be adding content. You can't build a house without a foundation.

What you seem to forget is most of the new dev team is working with an unfamiliar engine, and work on games takes alot of work and time.

Keyboard I admit could have been fixed along time ago.

The main complaint under Tanaka was there was no content, so no chocobos couldnt have had priority over content, also events, NMs and transport have differant teams working on them.

I believe the zone reforms are going to be quite big, what we had at launch took 5 years to fully develop from concepts to release, so unless you want more copy and paste dont rush them, its an entire graphical overhaul of the zones so it will take time.

Market wards work, most of the community will be happy now if the seperate HQ items from NQ in the search.

Famitsu is a Jappanese magazine and if they have interviews with Yoshi-P then you can take direction from them, if you only look in one place for news you will get at the most of half of it, what famitsu has said has never been discredited by the reps, the one time we had a fake interview posted Bayohne was fast to tell us it was fake, i'm sure the same would happen if we posted things from Famitsu that were inaccurate.

Yes progress is slow, but they are rebuilding a game that took 5 years to develop in a very short time frame, so if the reforms are finished in 1 year its still good progress.

[Kinseykinz]

So in essence you don't want simplified grouping, you want lag, you like being limited by anima, you enjoy leve's which kick immersion in the teeth, you think the current keyboard setup is intuitave, you like sprawling giant zones with cut and paste gfx and no means of rapid transport, you feel the market wards are an efficient timely way to shop and sell, and you enjoy a lack of character direction/value?

Oh and you DONT WANT A BARD?!?!?!?!!?!?

1.I don't tend to lag, so I don't worry about it. Also, I hate RMT's more than lag, but that's me.

2.I group with my linkshell... and HATED looking for a party for hours in ffxi, and actually didn't tend to play with random players anyway. Personal choice, but while a seeking party flag would be nice, it's not super necessary, but yes, that would be helpful.

3.I conserve anima, and since I am one of the mages of which you speak, it i just as annoying to be constantly asked if you can tele someone somewhere just because you had the gaul to walk through down dressed as a Mage.
4. I play with a gamepad, so the keyboard issues don't affect me greatly. (Played FFXI that way too)

5.Yes, I happen to like the zones, especially since I know there will be new maps one day. Also, there are underused parts of each map now. And while yes, there are obvious copy+paste parts of the map, there's also plenty of interesting things on each map that they are slowly making more important via the storyline and quests.
6. I have no trouble finding and selling items in the market wards. The only thing I wish they'd add to the actual markets is a sort not only the item but the quality of said item. (+1,+2,+3)

Bard is coming... so you at least get one of your wishes


My main point was this, if you expect this game to be FFXI-2 then you're going to be disappointed. FFXI is still out there and still has a community of dedicated players who play it. And while it is okay for you to want these things, it is just as okay for others of us to NOT want that.