Moment of Truth: How do you really feel

**Kirith** · 09-13-2011 02:05 AM

1. How do you feel about the patch frequency?
It's what it should be, considering how SE works (i'm not implying bad things with this statement).

2. How do you feel about the changes themselves?
I see the game becoming more playable, but not more interesting.

3. How do you feel this game will fair against current upcoming titles?
I "feel" it can't compete, but i wouldn't argue about the opposite opinion as i simply can't say. There are games with big player bases i wouldn't play even if they paid me.

4. Do you think this game will ever exceed niche popularity?
If it gains any sort of popularity, it will, it's moving towards the mainstream mmorpg at a good pace so it's bound to be popular in the broad sense, eventually.

5. Do you think the changes are in the right or wrong direction?
Wrong on most things. Not all, but most.

6. Do you think the they have focused on the most important things historically with patches or should the focus have been elsewhere?
I think the focus should have been more on content. I simply don't think the basic systems, like battle, were broken enough to warrant delaying all new content for 1 year or even that they needed a complete remake. Even when the focus was appropriate i feel the choices made weren't the best. I may make a thread about it one of these days. I'd rather play an engrossing game with low comfort than a boring and comfortable game.

**Vesper** · 09-13-2011 02:35 AM

1. How do you feel about the patch frequency?

When you compare them to other MMO's the patches here slow. You may want to hop in and say "But this isn't WoW or this is Rift or.." that doesn't matter, this game competes against them, a modern mmo team should have updates rolling out faster.

2. How do you feel about the changes themselves?

Mostly underwhelmed with them and not a fan of the way they are implemented. Taking 2-3 (or more) patches to implement a new feature or to adjust a feature fully is just patch padding, making it look bigger and more full of content than it really is. I mean come on, was the hide weapon/mainhand command so high in demand/importance that it needed to be HALF implemented last patch? Nope, they should have just waited on adding it in 1.19 so it was fully ready and functional. They to do much of this partial feature implementation around here.

3. How do you feel this game will fair against current upcoming titles?

Upcoming MMO's can't make the population much worse than it currently is. Those of us here are obviously loyal... let's face it there are more polished and established choices out there. We are just waiting for some good patches. Upcoming MMO's are not hurting this game, a crappy launch and trying to rush this game out early is what hurt and is continuing to hurt this game.

4. Do you think this game will ever exceed niche popularity?

This game has one more chance to be something more than a niche game for those of us hardcore fans of it or for those wanting something to waste time in before the next MMO. When PS3 launches it opens up the game to another chunk of people and the game needs to be polished by then. They need to get a good marketing campaign in ALL regions this game will be launched it and make it known its coming to PS3, with new content (expansion) and also heavily reiterate that its also on PC.

Also if they are smart they will try and work out whatever issues they have with microsoft and get this on 360. If they need to toss MS a bone and offer them a % of sub fees or something do it. Your bringing in more players and more money even if you have to kick a little back. WiiU is supposedly powerful, as much as I hate post Gamecube nintendo get this game on WiiU also. The more platforms the better for the population.

5. Do you think the changes are in the right or wrong direction?

I have mixed feelings on this. Somethings were definately right and some things could have waited.

6. Do you think the they have focused on the most important things historically with patches or should the focus have been elsewhere?

There should have been some more focus on a few things. Culinarian & Food is a system that was needlessly complicated, another one of those "lets make it different, just so its different from wow, eq etc". Some things are not broke and don't need overhauls. The system should have bee as simple as, eat food, get buff, get higher rank now you get diminished buff so eat higher rank food. Not the current, look at chart.. oh crap my x stat is 5 points to high (lower stat) eat food. Its just.. meh. Culinarian is an entire job that has been getting the shaft since launch, its the Magus (WAR) of FFXIV. No matter what other changes are needed in game a class should not be dumped into the "will get to eventually" pile, its an entire class for god sakes it should have been fixed asap.

Market system is crap. The search feature is horrid, I and many of started helpful and of course non helpful threads about this. I don't care if we keep the market wards, but a new search UI needs to be implemented ASAP. Give us a cookie cutter search feature that every other MMO has and have it list which ward the item is located in. That will make it 100% better. Look here for suggestions I made and what others revised from my original idea. Hell if they want they can take half a dozen patches to implement it like everything else being fixed, just get the ball rolling on it.

And finally DOL and to a lesser degree DOH (Least you guys got a NM drop > Dodore Jacket) need some unique/NM loot or something similar. You can't tout how a game is so great, you can play as a crafter, a gatherer or a combatant all the way as their own jobs and give 2/3 almost nothing each patch, can you for god sakes maybe just give DoW a couple less items so DOH/DOL can have some damn item love in the patches in the future? I have caught tens of thousands of fish, my rod is held together by duct tape, bubble gum and sheer willpower!

**Spectre** · 09-13-2011 04:42 AM