Quote Originally Posted by Azurymber View Post
you can't use the "ffxiv isnt fully redeveloped" argument anymore. Its been a year. People like you will make this same argument a year from now when the game is still free....

If you are a company with a successful product, you copy the parts that were successful and throw away the parts that were unsuccessfulI agree., thus resulting in a -more- successful productI agree.. Thats fairly logicalYes it is......
FFXI was a successThat depends on perspective but I'd agree with that particular assesment.. To ignore it and make a game that is the complete opposite and then wonder why it falls on its face is ridiculousI think we've covered this "complete opposite" argument before and XIV is FAR from complete opposite. Some would argue with how much of it is a clone.. I don't see why anyone thinks a team that couldn't fix a game in a year will magically turn things around in a few months and make a game a hit success?Did you play pre and post patch 1.18. Maybe your server is still light but Besaid is booming, particularly with new players. People are getting excited about the new direction. Naoki Yoshida has been getting a lot of praise for his new direction and his openness to the community. He did a lot of things differently than XI in those regards. Thats not realistic -at all-.People are forcing arbitrary deadlines on the team. Unfortunately it was this same mentality which could've "caused" so many of the original teams problems.
I have yet to see someone claim that this game will be turned around by the end of the year. I do see people doomsdaying about the release of other AAA MMO's but those two concepts aren't one in the same. That's an entirely different discussion though.