Thread: What 1.0 Did Better...

Originally Posted by QiLymePye

The danger aspect is non existent in this game. In FFXI, I remember stepping out of my starting city and traveling to where the orc camp zone was. Having that orc chase me all the way back while hitting me, me praying i could zone before I die or someone would come along to save me, only to die right before I zoned.

Different strokes. What you just described sounds awful to me. I like a challenge and having to be cognizant of where I am, but the notion that I can't step out into the world without having my character's head smashed in isn't fun for me.

And since we are on the subject of death, why even have me die in this game? There is no consequence for death. In FFXI, you would lose exp, even de-level. Just hit level 10? Just got whole new lvl 10 equipment...exit city, fight mob, die, de-level. Now can't use any lvl 10 gear. That was fun. Made me plan. Made me execute. These people complaining about players not knowing how to play their jobs, if you lost exp everytime you died, it would force you to learn to play. Got a new skill, trying to test skill out in rotation? Go get in a fight. You figured out fast if you were using it properly or needed to adjust rotation. If they just brought that back, it would increase the fun of this game 10-fold.

For you. And I'm going to go out on a limb and say that you're the minority in this opinion. Death carries a penalty in gear degradation and a rez debuff if someone raises you. That's plenty for a casual game. I know that that one change would make me jump back to WoW in a heartbeat.

i mean i can't even attack a mob that you already started attacking. WTF?

Huh? Sure you can and as long as you participate enough you get credit for the kill. You don't get whatever stuff may drop from it, but if it's a quest or hunt mob you certainly get credit for it.

Originally Posted by MYFATHERBEATSME

To begin, I love ARR. It is by far my favorite game in existence. I began as a 1.0 player and unfortunately had missed gaining legacy status by only a few short weeks. When I first set foot in Eorzea during 1.0, I fell in love. Yes 1.0 was lacking many things but they did one thing right that most major MMOs still seem to leave out. What I am speaking of is realistic running animation.
I don't mean just the look of sprinting though. In 1.0 (for those that didn't play or have never seen it played) you leaned into turns and your character could not stop on a dime like they do now. It gave your movement weight and that is a feeling no other MMO ever really has had. It is something so little, but I can't even explain with words how awesome that feature was, and I know I am not alone in this thought. . Not only did you lean though. if you were sprinting and tried to stop, you would slide a little. Something so simple as this added so much to the atmosphere of the game!

Interesting you point this out, I also played 1.0 and this was one of the first things I noticed. My good friend actually completely quit the game when 2.0 came out because he simply did not like the player movement. He expressed he never felt as "immersed" in the environment of 2.0 as he did in 1.0. I also, very, very much miss the system of grouping up and killing mobs in the open world in strong holds for EXP. You could set up in a camp where a group of high level mobs spawn and just grind your exp, and you made *a lot* of friends and had a lot of fun doing it. If you got deep into the strong hold you could kill a certain mob a # of times for 1% chance drop of a rare key that would open a gold chest in the strong hold for some really nice gear. Now, where those chests used to be, are just blank silver tables of where they used to be. They ruined the game with this new idea that open world EXP grind be rendered inefficient, and now everyone just openly bots FATES 24/7 solo in Northern Thanalan for their EXP (and lets get real here - thats what people are really doing.) In 1.0, if I wanted to get to the very back of a strong hold, or a dangerous part of the map, I would need to leave with at least one other with me in case something dangerous happened. I miss this sense of danger, sense of immersion that you speak of. Most of all, I miss the old way to EXP grind.

1.00 was a flop, it wasn't a bad game. Most never gave it the time of day, that was the problem. It was for those of us who played it, a 'flawed' sandbox. It was still an open world sandbox though and had the best graphics and animations at the time, hands down, of any MMO out there. It was the only game at the time, 14 still is as far as I know, that puts your character in story mode cut scenes the way it does.

ARR/ HeavensWard are alive and well, SE had to do what they did but I'm going to remember 1.00 with fondness. I still have all my Marmot Pelts, even though they be useless.