Thread: 3.0 Launch Predictions

Originally Posted by Verdan

The expansion content all being locked behind the main story is gonna be the biggest scandal this game had since it was so shitty they took it down to redesign it.

I have to agree. Us forum goers know about this, but what about the general public? The people who haven't kept up with FF14 for months or longer?

Originally Posted by myahele

I have to agree. Us forum goers know about this, but what about the general public? The people who haven't kept up with FF14 for months or longer?

It's been mentioned in the 2.55 patch notes, and will be mentioned again in the 3.0 patch notes, and the 3.1 patch notes.
The problem isn't people not keeping up with the community, the problem is people not reading the patch notes that are advertised with big pretty pictures on the launcher.

Originally Posted by Verdan

The expansion content all being locked behind the main story is gonna be the biggest scandal this game had since it was so shitty they took it down to redesign it.

Not really. The HW content locked behind the base-game's easily played through MS isn't going to cause a scandal.

Originally Posted by SDaemon

Not really. The HW content locked behind the base-game's easily played through MS isn't going to cause a scandal.

yyyyeah...Steps of Faith says "Hi!"

Originally Posted by kyuven

yyyyeah...Steps of Faith says "Hi!"

Hi Steps of Faith! How are you doing you incredibly, mind-numbingly so, easy and sexy beast, you?

Originally Posted by kyuven

It's been mentioned in the 2.55 patch notes, and will be mentioned again in the 3.0 patch notes, and the 3.1 patch notes.
The problem isn't people not keeping up with the community, the problem is people not reading the patch notes that are advertised with big pretty pictures on the launcher.

The patcher is something you get AFTER you buy the game. I'm tellin' you guys, people are gonna be real mad to find out they have to get to 50 and gear and do several instances before they get to tool around with the new stuff they added, including popular classes.

Originally Posted by Verdan

The patcher is something you get AFTER you buy the game. I'm tellin' you guys, people are gonna be real mad to find out they have to get to 50 and gear and do several instances before they get to tool around with the new stuff they added, including popular classes.

Leveling to 50 to do level 50+ content isn't that outrageous and the 100-ish quests for the Astral story-line aren't that lengthy at all. Not counting the few dungeons and trials, the regular old quests wouldn't even add up to a day.

I only predict unability to join servers for about 3 days. Well atleast I won't be disappointed.

Whenever this gets discussed I feel like a lot of youse guys are disconnected from the emotion people would feel when they'd discover that they can't fool around with any of the expansion content they got by paying for a new expansion. You will completely deflate someone excited about the new stuff added when they realize they'll have to do a ton of stuff before they can even look at it, and if they come back or to this game because they wanna shoot guns or use a big sword they will balk at the idea of going through a ton of stuff to get there. "Yeah but it's not a metric ton, it's a short ton" is quibbling over a barrier's size when it's the presence of the barrier that's gonna kill momentum and be quite a rude surprise to new comers and lapsed olders.