Will you quit if this game becomes raid-centric?

[Raze]

SE Forum Rep: Yoshida! Players are threatening to quit if FFXIV becomes raid-centric!!

Yoshida: How many?

SE Forum Rep: TENS of players!!!!

Yoshida: Oh noes.

I'm sorry this was from a couple days ago but this be funny.

"They're threatening to leave by the dozens!"

Edit: shit I bumped it sorry

[Synfrag]

If it doesn't have the Open World feel at least they yes I will probably drop it. However, as people have implied "Instanced" does not necessarily mean raiding or dungeon. This could still be popped instances via an item or quest or be tied to Faction/Grand Company levequests. I'm sure someone already mentioned this but BCNM, ENM, KSNM, ISNM were all instanced. I have a feeling grand company leves will focus more on this as they are now becoming the main storyline. They talk about the Ifrit battle as a "Battle" which I interpret as being like a BCNM or similar to an Avatar fight in XI. And XI did in fact have a lot of Raid type content such as Dynamis, Limbus, Assault, Einherjar etc. So I can imagine more of those things this time and less HNMs like LoO, Vrtra, Fafnir, Nidhog, Jormy etc. which 75% of the population never fought anyhow. They will probably keep NMs along the caliber of Leaping Lizzy, Stray Mary, Mysticmaker (for all you BLMs out there ^^)

[Haji]

However, as people have implied "Instanced" does not necessarily mean raiding or dungeon. This could still be popped instances via an item or quest or be tied to Faction/Grand Company levequests.

I did not have time to read entire topic, but I'm glad someone mentioned this. In fact, when I first heard about "instanced" content, I first thought about how behest is done. It's open air, everyone can watch, but only those that have quest can fight the mobs.

As for the general question: I'm heavly in favour of instancing, whethever it's dungeon raids or open-air raids. I did not play FFXI, but I read some about their "open" monsters and it's not something I'd like to live throu. Even more importantly it's not something I'm prepered to pay to live throu.

As for preferences, I'd say it best to keep balance: make some open-air instances and some dungeons with bosses. Which one to cocnentrate on first? To be honest, for me it would make little diffrence.

[BlackHawkGS]

I love FFXIV but raiding gets boring since its just the same repetitive thing over and over and over again for months till a new one is released.

Isn't grinding NM's the same deal? ... just without cutscenes and such? I guess they change locations on occasion. Locations that you've probably seen as often as the raid dungeons.

Am I not understanding this argument?

[Synfrag]

Isn't grinding NM's the same deal? ... just without cutscenes and such? I guess they change locations on occasion. Locations that you've probably seen as often as the raid dungeons.

Am I not understanding this argument?

Not really, as was mentioned before there is the competitiveness that you don't get in a dungeon. It's a lot like PvP in a sense where your heart starts racing in anticipation of the pop and beating everyone to the claim. This is a more vital element than most people assume. Sure a lot of people don't like it and my money is on the fact that those are also the people who do not enjoy PvP combat because they are not very successful in it. For those that often win a claim or win a PvP fight there is nothing better imo than that rush.

Lets face it anything you do in repetition gets boring, but, beating other people never does because it's rarely the same thing twice. This is in large part why multi-player FPS games are the most successful genre in video games. Making the same pull on the same boss 20 times doesn't get any better or any different even if it's challenging.

Personally I would rather get that adrenaline rush from PvP and my gear from a mix of things like Instanced fights, raids and open world NMs. In the end, I want the exhilaration that I have felt only in FFXI's NM and Mission systems and Aion's PvP system. Looking at those three things their is one commonality and that is consequences for failure. With NMs it's time wasted and jealousy of the winner. For missions it was simply the time and ramifications of usually having to start over another day with a different setup. For Aion's PvP it was the loss/gain of the then oh-so-valuable AP points. FFXI & WoW PvP are a joke (So is Aion's now). If all I lose is the durability on my equipment when I die that's not much consequence and therefore lends to sloppy play style.

I don't know if anyone else has noticed but Yoshida keeps mentioning PvP which makes me happy in my pants.

sorry for the tl;drs

[Azurymber]

Isn't grinding NM's the same deal? ... just without cutscenes and such? I guess they change locations on occasion. Locations that you've probably seen as often as the raid dungeons.

Am I not understanding this argument?

no,
Normal NMs that are time-oriented or random pop from mobs give players something to do that -takes time-
It also gives a sense of achievement when you kill and claim it.
This gives players a lot more to do in game.

HNMs are group-based so you usually get shout convos, ls convos, and often drama as well. But they help foritfy the endgame community unlike raids which separate them.
In a raid you go with a team from your ls, you enter the raid quickly, you focus on the raid. If things are timed everything is about the raid and there is little socialization. etc
With HNMs or open world gods you go to a zone with other linkshells, you compete with them but often talk in shouts or socialize with your ls in game or on voice-chat while you do it.

With raids you get people who stay in the city, warp to a raid, do the raid, warp back to main city
With open world content you have people running around zones, waiting at zone entrances (which often double and a good exp spot) etc.

Raids close the game and take out the feeling of a vast world.
Open world content spreads the population out, makes the world feel alive, and makes the world seem dynamic and active.

So no, grinding NMs is nothing like raids, because it involves competition and often social communication.
Whereas raids involve doing the same repetitive tactics over and over and over again
NOW: if they came out with randomized dungeon raids -that- might be interesting and less boring but would still mess up the open world feel

[Haji]

It's a lot like PvP in a sense where your heart starts racing in anticipation of the pop and beating everyone to the claim. This is a more vital element than most people assume. Sure a lot of people don't like it and my money is on the fact that those are also the people who do not enjoy PvP combat because they are not very successful in it. For those that often win a claim or win a PvP fight there is nothing better imo than that rush.

If so, then I belive it would be best to take page from WoW and make separate serveres for instanced mobs (for those who hate this kind of so-called competition, like yours truly) and servers for completely open mobs, where people like you can get your rush. This way everyone would be happy... unless there would be very few people on some kind of servers.

no,
Normal NMs that are time-oriented or random pop from mobs give players something to do that -takes time-
It also gives a sense of achievement when you kill and claim it.
This gives players a lot more to do in game.

Sorry, but I never could quite understand that kind of argument. About this being an achivment I mean. Claiming a monster does not make you good player; it makes you a player with much time to burn (which is not nessecerly a bad thing, in MMO especially) and a lucky one. Of course, I always avoided games like that like a plague, so maybe I'm just missing something.

[Azurymber]

If so, then I belive it would be best to take page from WoW and make separate serveres for instanced mobs (for those who hate this kind of so-called competition, like yours truly) and servers for completely open mobs, where people like you can get your rush. This way everyone would be happy... unless there would be very few people on some kind of servers.



Sorry, but I never could quite understand that kind of argument. About this being an achivment I mean. Claiming a monster does not make you good player; it makes you a player with much time to burn (which is not nessecerly a bad thing, in MMO especially) and a lucky one. Of course, I always avoided games like that like a plague, so maybe I'm just missing something.

its based on competitive psychology. Winning rock paper scissors doesn't take skill or anything, but when someone wins their brain still generates pleasure from it just for winning.

edit: the part of our brain that controls that is kind of old and comes from the evolutionary process. Animals that could compete best mated the most and produced the most offspring. So being better than others would continue your gene pool and as such our brains developed to gain pleasure from being better + having more than others. I mean thats a realllllly simplistic explanation of it. But thats essentially why we enjoy competition like sports and stuff so much. And why we like to "win" or like to have more money than the others around us.

[Synfrag]

If so, then I belive it would be best to take page from WoW and make separate serveres for instanced mobs (for those who hate this kind of so-called competition, like yours truly) and servers for completely open mobs, where people like you can get your rush. This way everyone would be happy... unless there would be very few people on some kind of servers.

Sure! I'd be ok with that if the "Instanced" mob drops a lesser version of an item. The reason things in this world hold value is because of the efforts needed to obtain them. Should a lazy person get a Lotus because it takes the same effort as a Honda? Then what is the value of a Lotus over a Honda? Before this is met with "It's a game not a job" it's a metaphor. I personally don't want to run the same instance as everyone else to get the same item when I could potentially do something more time consuming or difficult for something better because I am willing to put in that effort. It's all about balance for casual and hard core. Should putting in more effort yield better rewards? Absofreakinlutely it's the nature of everything.

Sorry, but I never could quite understand that kind of argument. About this being an achivment I mean. Claiming a monster does not make you good player; it makes you a player with much time to burn (which is not nessecerly a bad thing, in MMO especially) and a lucky one. Of course, I always avoided games like that like a plague, so maybe I'm just missing something.

Yes you are missing something. And yes it quite often does make you a better player. Outsmarting and having better reaction time often means you perform better under pressure and in challenging situations. Not to mention the ability to potentially solo something too hard for your average player. Honestly and I am NOT taking a shot at you, usually players who do not like this are not good at it. I say this being one of those people in the past. As I got better it became more fun (and more rewarding) to play knowing that I at least had a chance.

[Haji]

its based on competitive psychology. Winning rock paper scissors doesn't take skill or anything, but when someone wins their brain still generates pleasure from it just for winning.

That's an explanation why ones enjoy it (when one wins at least), not why this is an achivment. Personally I'd prefer challanges when I can use my skill rather than time and luck. For example, in the case of instanced bosses there is always a way to show off "hey, look, I'm great, I beat the boss first, barely week after it come out" without denying others the chance to enjoy content as well.

I guess my main problem is that sitting 3 hours doing nothing is not my idea of cooperation. And with a NM that only one person (grouo) can claim, I would be effectively denied part of the game's content (game I paid for and, once it's p2p, would pay monthly) becouse I would never have patiance for something like that.