Please, Developers, Please! Put an end to Easy Mode thinking

[DonMega]

Alot of people complain about easy mode but people don't seem to understand THEY ARE STILL BUILDING THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME so when new players come into the game they have plenty to do, when they start getting towards the end of remodeling the beginning of the game you will start see some content with plenty of challenge and plenty of things to strive for.

Alot of people are getting player friendliness and easy mode confused remember this is still content for the BEGINNING of the game and it will take ALOT of time before you see challenge hit FFXIV. Anyone who played FFXI can tell you that they really liked it but it lacked alot of player friendliness in the form of huge time sink crap and a big lack of basic info that helps a player save time to get to do what they like doing quicker and easier which is what you get alot more of in FFXIV without the huge time sinks. If you want a challenge from this game you'll either be waiting along of time or you won't, players that have been playing for the last year or so with some max ranks fall by the wayside for the re-releases set to happen for the PS3 and PC therefore they have to have a solid foundation for the re-release, challenging endgameish content comes later.

[Dargoth_Draconia]

Another one of these posts. They never end.

[Jynx]

Another one of these posts. They never end.

I can't imagine they ever will, someone always has a opinion on how they think the game should grow. Personally I have no issue with them even if I don't agree with the content.

Nothing bad can come from the expression of ones ideals.

[Konachibi]

I can't imagine they ever will, someone always has a opinion on how they think the game should grow. Personally I have no issue with them even if I don't agree with the content.

Nothing bad can come from the expression of ones ideals.

I was going to reply with something but then realised it'd run into Godwin's Law...

[Jynx]

I was going to reply with something but then realised it'd run into Godwin's Law...

You can't fight the inevitable it will be brought up sooner or later! PERHAPS BY ME!

[Gramul]

Easy?
Hard?
Long as the game is engaging and fun I don't care.

[Galliano]

I would like to see more areas added to explore, large scale battles that take planning similar to dynamis and high end content that is hard but only hard if you don't plan things properly. Also leves should be left for the casuals that way they can still level up solo if they want but one major thing they should do is offer benefits for party play, I think the reason an MMO should work is because their is a comunity feel to the game and I think that's why XI worked well because it forced party play. now I'm not saying force party play but if their was some major insentive to party with strangers then you would meet new people and go out and have fun adventures. at the moment no one forms a party to go level with strangers because they can just do it solo hell I soloed (and duoed a little) to get MRD to 50 in just a few months and it really didn't take that much effort, if they reduced leve SP rewards and boosted party fighting SP I think that would get people out there adventuring with each other and not just doing solo grinding and solo leves because to me getting MRD to 50 on XIV was boring as hell because I hardly shared the experience with anyone, it was just me stood in an empty corner of a field map killing things. Also party play and skillful play go hand in hand, make the mobs a challenge so we NEED to use a tank along side a DD and a healer etc, and not just pick a class and solo it to 50, team work is fun and makes it feel more rewarding when you complete something.

I'm waiting on an expansion pack to hopefully bring new content in the form of areas to explore, oh remember that feeling when you'd just beaten the last promy boss and you appeared in a new area you'd never been to before? awesome! I want to feel that again...

[Chain]

Don't expect it to change, they either apparently lack the skill or the game engine simply can't handle any interesting mechanics.

Like someone else pointed out in another thread, in other games you'll get a quest to extinguish a fire. The quest will visually give you a water bucket and have you splash water on the fire etc. In this game you get a ??? on the ground, click it and QUEST COMPLETE! epic firefighting skills.

Whatever though, SE has seemed to marked this type of gameplay as their style and refuse to stray from it.

[EmeraldHill]

HAY GUYS I SOLO'D A R5 QUEST AT R25 THIS GAME IS TOO EASY!!!!!!!!!!!

[Chain]

HAY GUYS I SOLO'D A R5 QUEST AT R25 THIS GAME IS TOO EASY!!!!!!!!!!!

u mad bro?

Maybe he used a horrible example but doesn't mean he isn't correct.

Darkhold cleared in bikinis. Nuff said