Your Focused On The Wrong Thing!

[Zanfire]

::waves hand:: This is not the game you are looking for...

[Korbei]

How is it that people act like this is the only game in the world and somehow has to cater to every player of any given genre?

If you don't like this game for what it is, then move on. Go play something else. There are plenty of games out there. Something will satisfy you. If it isn't this game, that's fine. Stop badgering the devs for catering to the people who actually like it and the direction in which it's heading.

Stop asking stupid things to be shoe-horned into a game clearly not meant to have it. Just load the character select screen, choose delete, then go to http://www.square-enix.com/na/account/ and delete that too.

[Konachibi]

I think it comes from how the devs listened to the community in the past and changed the game to what most players wanted. Not all MMO's do that, but because this one did some people get the idea that they'll keep doing it to suit everyone's palette.

They should just leave Yoshi and his team to do what they think is right and see how it comes out. With the way things have been progressing since the revamp started it's defenitely improving, it's just going to take time till everything is running at full speed.

[Arcell]

I think it comes from how the devs listened to the community in the past and changed the game to what most players wanted. Not all MMO's do that, but because this one did some people get the idea that they'll keep doing it to suit everyone's palette.

They should just leave Yoshi and his team to do what they think is right and see how it comes out. With the way things have been progressing since the revamp started it's defenitely improving, it's just going to take time till everything is running at full speed.

Agreed. At this point the only input they should really be looking for from us is how things they've implemented are working. We should give feedback, not demand things be changed to suit our desires. And when giving that feedback we should not feel like the devs are obligated to listen to each and every bit of it and fix it as we suggest. Listening is good, but suggestions should be taken with a grain of salt. Communication is good but here no matter what they say (or don't say) people always complain.

[Zanfire]

Agreed. At this point the only input they should really be looking for from us is how things they've implemented are working. We should give feedback, not demand things be changed to suit our desires. And when giving that feedback we should not feel like the devs are obligated to listen to each and every bit of it and fix it as we suggest. Listening is good, but suggestions should be taken with a grain of salt. Communication is good but here no matter what they say (or don't say) people always complain.

well...some things we should demand for, like a not crap party search system or like the big demand to change the entire world...mainly because everyone agrees it pretty much sucks. But for this persons case....thats just not gonna happen.

[Coglin]

How is it that people act like this is the only game in the world and somehow has to cater to every player of any given genre?

Because of WoW and other games.......Squeeky wheel mentallity. If a small group out post the opposition on there feed back pages IE. Forums, they tend to gravitate toward what they are asking. As they gravitate more and more in that direction, that gravity builds until it becomes the black hole that they have made some of the threads here.

They dumb things down to accomodate the greasing of the squeeky wheel, until things in game are.........well.........dumb.

I mean look at EQ II. You don't even have the abilitiy to physically go in and add to stat points anymore.........IMHO, once you lose the ability to dynamically design your character, its over. Once those squeeky wheels demand easy mode to the point that a game designer makes all stats standard set based on class choice its over.

[syntaxlies]

you should play devil may cry, i think it has everything your looking for.

[Rillifane]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfDCwP2SnI4

[Galliano]

This would be a very bad idea, firstly it's a Final Fantasy game, they have never had jumping in them, it would make it more like WoW which would be hated by the majority I'm sure. Secondly the OP mentioned being able to jump out of the way of attacks, this would cause a total nightmare to the battle system and would mean SE would have to totally re work all the algorithms (which they won't).

It will not happen, the end.

[NoctisUmbra]

Wow. This thread is still up? Quit feeding this pokemon. Here it is, plain and simple:

What you are asking for is an Action RPG based MMO.

The direction FFXIV is clearly headed in is a Traditional RPG based MMO.

One is not better than the other. One will never be better than the other. That is entirely a matter of opinion. Both can, should, and will coexist forever.

If you like Action RPG based MMOs, and do not enjoy Traditional RPG based MMOs - don't let the door hit you on the way out.

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