Thread: What 1.0 Did Better...

FF14 does feel more restrictive, but that is the side effect of curated game, and theme park ride style instead of sandbox open end. I personally rather play FF14 the way the creator intended, restrictive or simplified rather than the freedom of ESO style. I don't want to deal with "I do what I want and how I want to play, cuz this is how it is going to be so stop telling me what to do and what my role is" type of attitude. When you play in a group setting, player has ROLES and you better follow that to a T and perform your duties and stop thinking with your ME ME ME ME. It is a group play, you do not matter, your group does, everything you do is to ensure your group will survive the encounter and everyone is supporting each other.

The way FF14 roles are set up are good, it avoids nasty surprises of those special snowflakes who want to play however they want and cannot follow order and disregard any mechanic. This notorious ME ME ME mentality can cause wipes after wipes after wipes. Each job here does have to adhere a certain role and follow strict rules in the party, and you don't exactly have too much freedom over your play style. And that is totally ok, curated experience versus "sandbox" do whatever you want how you see fit. Different game, different play style.