to Yoshi P. (Please read)

[jones6]

I played ffxi for a couple years. I was really addicted to it. I never really was in parties much. Started as thf and pretty much soloed to 30 to unlock bst. I would get an occasional invite then kicked when I dinged since I would bring others xp down. The economy was pretty interesting. I was far more interested in that. I pretty much maxed all my crafting skills out before I quit. The gear was usually valuable and if not I could desynth and get valuable materials back, it was a great system. I started playing WoW hoping for the same type of crafting experience, but ugg it was horrible. 95% of the time drops were much better than crafted items.

The crafting in this game was definately a huge step up from WoW and so was the mini game. I enjoyed it much more in beta when rapid was a valid option. I read crafting classes were going to be treated like full on classes. I was excited for that. It seemed poorly implemented when I started throwing stones in storied battle sequences, that was not very cool. It seems high quality gear has the most value but there is no real way to find it without checking lots of players retainers in the ward.
Everything in this game is so plentiful it is hard to create value out of things. I was shocked at such high drop rates for useful items. Getting to max level crafting is more about taking the time to spam standard than getting the items necessary from other players or farminig it.

So far I enjoy the game. Sure things could be improved but I still enjoy it.

[Gramul]

If they're going to go ahead and drop time sinks (I always thought of them as long term goals) they need to add enough content and milestones so the game doesn't feel unrewarding. Part of the reason I enjoyed FFXIV was the fact that each milestone took time, patience and diligence to achieve, and to me, it made it all the more rewarding when I finally reached them.

[Teknoman]

Im sorry but drop rates should be low and hard to get. If you dont want to work for gear go play wow not FF

Honestly i'd rather the actual task to get the item be hard, not have a low drop rate.

I used to be on FFXIVCore....then mods started deleting my posts for no reason.
The final straw was when I posted a thread to help aid after the Japanese quake
with websites like redcross, etc etc -- and it was deleted.
You sir are not awesome.

You should have just asked a senior or lead mod why your topic was closed or posts deleted. Sometimes mods act on their own accord and you have to go above their head.

[VeranRamaden]

Honestly i'd rather the actual task to get the item be hard, not have a low drop rate.



You should have just asked a senior or lead mod why your topic was closed or posts deleted. Sometimes mods act on their own accord and you have to go above their head.

I didn't care that much. It started happening when this forum launched.

[Holland]

Im sorry but drop rates should be low and hard to get. If you dont want to work for gear go play wow not FF

I would believe is the other way around. If you want to slave yourself to a game wasting hours of your life (which you are free to do) go back to XI.

That is exactly what you had to do in XI if you wanted to get anywhere or be anyone with amazing gear, be in a LS or several LS's with a very strict weekly schedule, Monday/dynamis, Tuesday/Limbus/Salvage, wednesday/Sky, Thursday/Sea, Friday/Dynamis, Saturday/Skypopfarming, Sunday/Meritxpparties, If you miss any of those days, you would punch yourself knowing how that other member now has more points than you to claim the Item your looking for once it drops... Because of low drop rates the game forced you to be there every week, every day on those events if you wanted something, just like a job.

[NefarioCall]

Yoshi speaks and writes Japanese.
i wonder if he knows english. o_O

[Teknoman]

Yoshi speaks and writes Japanese.
i wonder if he knows english. o_O

He has posted here in english before. Not perfect english, but english nonetheless.

[Kopuno]

100% Agree w/the OP! And for those who are saying "Go back to ffxi", I would love too had Astral Burns and Abyssea not ruined ffxi. Much like the way many of the mulitple 50's in XIV used the leve exploit.

[weeble]

i agree with everything the op talked about, not ffxi or not that game came first and it is expected to see alot of the things from it in this game. it is expected for the same feelings and experiences. final fantasy made ffxi, but ffxi made ffxiv. and anyone else running away from other mmo's wtf you keep running back to like wow cause there all clones? but yet you still want wow crap in a ff mmo? derp to me.

the one thing the op didn't mention that i will and one of the things that make me judge all other mmorpg's as inferior to ffxi is it had party play missions. without this ffxiv is like all the other mmo's i said no thanks to. it will not get a pass any more then the rest did. if a mmo wants to call it's self a pve rpg mmo then it needs what rpg's have. in depth quests, in depth missions and battles, with great story and party play ...none of this solo it all stuff. i can do that in any mmo. if se wants to make any mmo's. i just don't need to play them anymore.

and for people who will flame, your the real reason mmo's think they can make a empty game, and shovel it down our throats. they can make dynamic less battles and copy paste almost everything from other mmo's and give it to us like we'll eat anything.

not looking for a ffxi clone, but to hell with a wow clone with a final fantasy story too. op hit pretty much everything i can think of that was needed in this game. and hopefully that is the direction they finally push it and keep it at.

also for the many copy paste people saying go back to ffxi, there are tons of games that are out filled with at the least more content then this game can ever produce. why don't you go there. aol chat had a mmo out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-zQWEp_IvY go back to that and enjoy playing some mmoaol games. http://www.gamefly.com/ heres another place you can go. cheap monthly and forever new games for you that you can't ruin with your opinions and gimmie gimmie attitudes. /flashes his money ..might not be majority but i bet yours will be wasted here either way.

[Teknoman]

It wont be anything like WoW but its not going to be too similar to XI either. Yoshi-P and company seem to know whats going on.