FFXIV Version2 -- Two Likes & One Dislike

[reality_check]

Rules of the thread

In anticipation of version 3 of FFXIV, for every dislike of version 2 you'd like to post you have to post two likes. They can be as big or as small as you'd like.

PS: Feel free to repeat/rehash other people's likes/dislikes if they're on your list too.

The battle animations and animations in general are a lot of fun
HILDIBRAND MANDERVILLE
Everything about SMN


Accessibility of Crystal Tower & Syrcus Tower
Epic Primal fights
Extreme Mode & Coil insta-gib mechanics: Too much repetition of early parts of the fight. No ability to help friends struggling with certain mechanics.

[Verlyn]

Very good idea.

Dungeons and raids.
Hildebrand
Crafting/Gathering systems discourage specialization, save for desynthesis which is a confusing and unnecessary layer on top of the entire system.

The minions are adorable.
Frontlines is a ton of a fun
Materia need an overhaul. Too complicated, too grindy, too unrewarding. Screw that entire system in its current state.

Graphics are fantastic
Metric ton of things to do
Needs a better realized cross-class system, to encourage more choices as to what skills to bring--even if only situationally.

[Someguy]

Mordhona and Thanalan wake up music

Seeing a really good dps in a dungeon(I don't know what it is, but just watching someone who's really got their dps down is impressive to me--more so than a good healer or tank)

failing hq at 90-98%

[Squintina]

Carbuncles are just too cute!
Crafting is an actual game of its own
Chocobo isn't manageable with a pet bar

Lalas!
Logs are great for completionists like me
Weird UI restrictions that should have never existed to begin with (not being able to sort inventory when on chocobo is an example)

[Corfish]

I love the character models and how up to date the general graphics are compared to similar MMOs

Although the story started off slow, I feel like it has developed into a really interesting plot, and I hope that the resolution for 2.0 is interesting.

I feel like there is very little content for middle of the ground players, just super easy or super difficult content.

I love being able to be all classes and jobs on a single character

Boss battle music is nothing short of amazing.

No mini games to pass the time when you're just not up for actual progression (though 2.5 should solve this)

[TheCurls]

Being able to do everything on one character.

The hype being built from patch to patch. It keeps me interested.

The Mount Everest-esque uphill climb that is going from 3-star to 4-star crafting.

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How much the developers listen to the playerbase.

The great and fun people I've met through various means in this game: Duty Finder, linkshells, random world chatting...the vast majority of you are awesome.

The awful and unfun people I've encountered (much more rarely than the awesome ones) that are selfish, unwilling to help others, impatient, and quick to berate others for mistakes.

[RogueJawa]

Miqo'te!
Not having to have a horde of alts.

Having to put my chocobo companion's commands on a regular bar instead of having a pet bar.

[Renik]

Beautiful world
Engaging story
The way almost all battles are designed around memory, team jump rope and 1 shot mechanics

QoL
The friends i made
The roles and jobs are to rigid leaving no room for character customization and different play styles

Frontlines
Constant updates with brand new content in some of them
Not interesting and rewarding solo and mid-ground content:

[DracotheDragon]

frontlines
a lot of enjoyable content
only able to progress by having the faith in 7 people to be FLAWLESS and yet somehow get worse with the echo buff (i count this as a game thing because the echo although good seems to cause more issues then it solves :c)

[Lemuria]

Manderville Quests
Ninja
Zodiac weapons

Shiva
New dungeons!
The abolishment of myth and the low amount of soldiery tomes gained in low to mid-range dungeons.