[dev1032] Current Affinity System

[Abriael]

In FF14 there is no point in taking one specific class to lvl cap as it is pointless and useless when you can have all of its GOOD abilities on a better class.

And what would be the point, in Final Fantasy XI, to take any sub-job past 40?

I see what you did there...

Finally a non fan boy concurs!

yes, because anyone disagreeing with your reality-warping points is a fanboy right?
Waitress! A reality check for my friend please.

[Blitz0309]

And what would be the point, in Final Fantasy XI, to take any sub-job past 40?

For fun? To play something that was actually different? I had every job past 50 and most to 75.

[Abriael]

For fun? To play something that was actually different? I had every job past 50 and most to 75.

Which is exactly the same point of bringing a class to cap in FFXIV right?

Glad you agree

In 11 what if you want to lvl Warrior.. well you have to take it to 75. What if you want to make warrior a viable DD and tank well lvl ninja to 37 but wait... what if you want to be a NIN 75? Why would I want to be a NIN 75 when I already ahve both shadows on my WAR 75. Oh yeah because I have insanely fast attack speeds and max cooldown shadows and Ninja nukes allowing me to tank just about anything. You cant do that on warrior... /nin allows survivability.

Which again, is exactly the same reason why you bring a class to cap in FFXIV.

FF11 sub jobs only granted you abilities up to 37 and all/most of them are minor attack/accuracy buffs. It doesnt allow you to use every ability/spell up to 75 at any lvl you wish. WOOT I HAVE REFRESH AND CONVERT AS A LVL 1 BLM!!!! and all I had to do was spam leves every 36 hours to obtain these abilities too.

And guess what? that's what class affinity is for. Reduce class affinity, and even high level abilities become "minor buffs".

It seems to me that you don't really know how class affinity works.

[Blitz0309]

Which is exactly the same point of bringing a class to cap in FFXIV right?

Glad you agree

If playing ffxiv was fun that would be the case... but its not. And the current armory system is a pretty big chunk of that.

[Abriael]

If playing ffxiv was fun that would be the case... but its not. And the current armory system is a pretty big chunk of that.

Then go play another game, since the armory system is the very basic foundation of this game, it's selling point and most advertised feature. It's not going to go away because you hate it.

It's not a bad thing really. Different games are for different targets. This one, quite obviously, is not for you, since you hate it's whole premise.

[Spuffin]

Then go play another game, since the armory system is the very basic foundation of this game, it's selling point and most advertised feature. It's not going to go away.

It's not a bad thing really. Different games are for different targets. This one, quite obviously, is not for you.

Wow... and that must be why this game is a huger success and why this forum is full of appraisal. This current system can and will easily be abused if it not already is and it must be removed.

There is an incredible amount of grey area with the current system and can easily be exploited.

[Abriael]

Wow... and that must be why this game is a huger success and why this forum is full of appraisal. This current system can and will easily be abused if it not already is and it must be removed.

You seem to have a quite warped idea of game development.

Systems that can be abused can be rebalanced and tweaked. Abuse prevented.

Screaming: "it can be abused! SCRAP IT!" is laughable at best, and would make any game developer roll on the floor cackling.

[JakeRoon]

Then go play another game, since the armory system is the very basic foundation of this game, it's selling point and most advertised feature. It's not going to go away.

It's not a bad thing really. Different games are for different targets. This one, quite obviously, is not for you.

QFT,

I have to say, I just don't get why ppl are playing a game they hate so much?

[Blitz0309]

QFT,

I have to say, I just don't get why ppl are playing a game they hate so much?

Probably because they paid $50-$70, loved the series and don't want a piece of crap to ruin the franchise?

Just a guess.

You can keep saying "oh, well if you don't like it leave".. but that is going to have 1 of 2 outcomes. 1) the game is going to change as the developers try to lure people back. or 2) the servers shut down and then no one has a game.

[Evovenom]

Then go play another game, since the armory system is the very basic foundation of this game, it's selling point and most advertised feature. It's not going to go away because you hate it.

It's not a bad thing really. Different games are for different targets. This one, quite obviously, is not for you, since you hate it's whole premise.

It's not basic, don't be ignorant. In XI you only need to take warrior to 37, or mage job to 37. Now it's 45 but remember XI is old and has been doing it's thing for quite sometime. And that's it you don't ever need to touch that job again.
In XIV you need to level more then 2 class, say each 25 Lv x3 is a level 75. Then you can finally go back to your main and add more levels to 75 mix. You need to view their points aswell not just what you think is basic foundation.