No wonder new players aren't that impressed

[Mamba]

Square Enix really should go back to the roots of how good game is made...

I made a new character just for fun few days ago just to experience the "beginning" of the game again.
It really was not that impressive...
Yes, it looked cool but it wasn't a beginnig of a storyline that would make me fall in love with my character because he was going to save the world!!

I think a simple storyline in the beginning with some simple fighting (without tutorial on your face the moment you start) would work a lot better than what is in place at the moment. Nothing is more frustrating that get stuck in an instance with NPCs that you have to find and talk to when you just want to go and hit something with your sword or w/e.

By the time you actually figure out how to get out of a town (with a weapon if you were silly enough to start as a fisher) and find a marmot to kill, you have this feeling of "omg I can't be asked with this".

Yes we need epic storyline, but I think first we need to get that "I WANT TO DO SOMETHING" out of our system and then we can sit down and figure out how to save the world.
OR at least give us a epic world map that we can open even in the town and go "woah, the world is huge. I need to get through this instance as soon as possible so I can go explore the world!"

[Renshi]

My guess?
SE wants us to contribute to the Dev team in order to product an awesome game with less losses as possible, and the best thing behind this? We'll exactly know how it was to play and the story, so we can tell the 2.0 players the old story of Eorzea.
I remember some words by the Dev team saying that DoW/DoM, DoL and DoH will have different storylines, because... yeah, a Botanist fighting a horde of Imperial scums...

Anyway, just give it time, they're focusing on the mechanics of the game first, while building story for both 2.0 and the next patches. Can't wait to see that anomaly in the world =)

Also, the "I WANT TO DO SOMETHING" feeling is something you already have when you create your character. I want to be an Archer in order to attack from afar dealing good damage and support my team. Therefore you level it with Leves at starters, then take a party and go into Shposhae and etc etc, also let the story build up with you =)

[Jinko]

Chances are the start of the game will be completely redone in 2.0.

Yoshi-p already said that he plans for new players to follow a chain of quests starting in the adventurers guild.

[captainpicard]

Chances are the start of the game will be completely redone in 2.0.

Yoshi-p already said that he plans for new players to follow a chain of quests starting in the adventurers guild.

The fact that the "adventurer's guild" isn't getting a nuclear bomb dropped on it in v2.0 is a cause for concern.

[FlynnRider]

I still remember the day I created my Elvaan Male in Sandoria in XI back in '04. The music starting...the CS showing the city and then control to run around a begin exploring. I will never, ever forget the way that game made me feel. So freakin' nostalgic. Why XIV doesn't feel like that...I will never know. :/

[SuzakuCMX]

I still remember the day I created my Elvaan Male in Sandoria in XI back in '04. The music starting...the CS showing the city and then control to run around a begin exploring. I will never, ever forget the way that game made me feel. So freakin' nostalgic. Why XIV doesn't feel like that...I will never know. :/

Well I just started FFXI and I can tell you....

....I had to go look up the keyboard controls online. Why the heck is Numpad the default and - used to open up the main menu? Ridiculous control scheme in that game....also Windurst for the win. Tarutarus are #1.

[Mamba]

Well I just started FFXI and I can tell you....

....I had to go look up the keyboard controls online. Why the heck is Numpad the default and - used to open up the main menu? Ridiculous control scheme in that game....also Windurst for the win. Tarutarus are #1.

Lol I give you that one!
I remember when I started playing 11 I managed to have an argument with an NPC because I thought he was a real player dissing me because I was a noob...
It was some dude at Bastok Mines haha....

[Ruisu]

I still remember the day I created my Elvaan Male in Sandoria in XI back in '04. The music starting...the CS showing the city and then control to run around a begin exploring. I will never, ever forget the way that game made me feel. So freakin' nostalgic. Why XIV doesn't feel like that...I will never know. :/

nos·tal·gia

2 : a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition; also : something that evokes nostalgia

Everyone has this for FFXI, even I do. It was a fantastic game, but keep in mind that you were (probably) much younger when you played FFXI, so it's much more memorable. Same reason why I find FF7/Chrono Trigger to be more memorable than FF9/Chrono Cross.

[Fiosha_Maureiba]

With the adjustments from Hand and Land, it may even be fruitful to disable their selection at

Edit: unfinished post, ha ha!

Continued: character creation.

[syntaxlies]

your complaining about the story line, srly, they have mentioned the time involved with CS and all that a bunch of times and would have to sacrifice alot to produce a new story line. im glad they didnt make that the focus of the reconstruction.