The disapointment that is Alexander

[Blood-Aki]

I do not like this game, at all.

Ok, that much is clear, Be sure you unsub and look for a game that caters to your needs, You opinion is appreciated, however. Everyone is entitled to one.

Totally this ^
I chuckled when I read dps check complaints. It's just sad - poor SE can't get anything right. And also, dps checks will be nothing after everyone is i200+

It's a circle, People complained about to many mechanics, and now everything is a hard DPS check, and that is to much, You just can't win. But if DPS checks were laxed and mechanics were also laxed, they would complain "this is to easy, make it harder!" this simply will never end.

[Ronzeru]

I love how in Coil, they add trash for fun. Players complain, saying its pointless. Now they take out that large amount of trash and make it so you can get to the main fight faster. Now players complain that it feels too small. I lol everytime. This type of mentality never changes, regardless of the MMO.

[Kazama]

FFXIV 2.0 (and onwards) has been out for a little less than two years. FFXI launched on May 16, 2002. By May of 2004, based on this page, there were the following end game events:

- Dynamis
- Sky
- Ground Kings

Dynamis could be done twice a week, King were on a spawn timer, so the only thing there was to do with no limitation was Sky (though even that had timers on all the NMs to drop the pop items for gods).

- Dynamis = 4 different large scale encounters each equivalent to coils / alex.
- Sky Gods = killing 8 NMs to fight 4 gods to fight one supreme god - 13 fights in all not including farming pop items.
- Ground Kings = What, 5 HNMs during Zilart I think?
- Regular NMs = I don't even know how many there were at this point, lots.
- BCNMs = Over a Dozen battlefields.
- Divine Might = The most challenging fight in the expansion.

This doesn't include the fact crafting and gil played a huge part in endgame which alone made for quite a lot to do. Sure you can spend your time crafting and gathering in XIV but it will never make your character stronger. I know a lot of people hate gil sink mechanics, I personally love it. If I couldn't fight a HNM due to not having a HNMLS I could still buy some of the items with enough effort. It's an entirely different game, in XIV you really don't care about gear or progression until cap, in XI you spent a lot of time getting gear as you leveled. You might get something at level 50 you would use at level 75. It was a journey, not a rush to the end like MMOs are these days.

[Starkbeaumont]

just speaking of the design, I don't like the theme at all. it's not really the mechanical look in general since the allagan backrounds got quite boring over time as well, but it feels a bit empty...

and the boss designs feel really lazy, except for living liquid and the homage to FFV's liquid flame. it's just too many dull robots. but I'm honest dreadnoughts and ADS were not much better, but at least most other coil bosses delivered, even with the ever returning dive bomb mechanic.

imo from an artistical point most of the new leveling dungeons are much better designed than Alexander.

I'm not gonna talk about difficulty or savage mode at all, since i have no experience in it, cause of motivation (and partial skill) lack of my group.

In the end it is a matter of opinion but if I had to compare alex with coil, i'd prefer the later. Coil just had this feeling of exploration and adventure which alex is lacking atm. but we will see what comes next. I hope it's more than just robots...

[Kazama]

Ok, that much is clear, Be sure you unsub and look for a game that caters to your needs, You opinion is appreciated, however. Everyone is entitled to one.

Well excuuuuuse me for being attached to something I helped support and refine for half a decade lol. But, you are correct, I don't like what it has become and I unsubbed a month ago

[Nadirah]

I played the free trial of WoW 3 weeks ago. 20 levels was ENOUGH to see where the entire layout for FFXIV was pulled from.

EQ2 came before WoW did.

The layout was the *exact same*, but with death penalities.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Well excuuuuuse me for being attached to something I helped support and refine for half a decade lol. But, you are correct, I don't like what it has become and I unsubbed a month ago

If you unsubbed and haven't logged in, it doesn't let you post on the forums. It doesn't let you post on the forums if you haven't logged into the game in 2 weeks. I know, i had to stop playing for a bit to prep for a move.

[Kazama]

If you unsubbed and haven't logged in, it doesn't let you post on the forums. It doesn't let you post on the forums if you haven't logged into the game in 2 weeks. I know, i had to stop playing for a bit to prep for a move.

Sorry, I can't tell you my secret, but I am in fact unsubbed.

[SkizzleofRagnarok]

Kazama: You among many others here get it. Sadly we are some eliteist or hardcore players demanding to much when people just dont seem to get we are asking for very little compared to everything else thats just catering to casual and lazy gamers in general. Its a cash cow so SE wont do anything drastic until the subscribers show different so lets just hope Blizzard releases a new MMORPG that will take away some of the market and then maybe they will open their eyes and see how this group is unloyal and asking for just money and pure business can kill the heart and love for a game while going too mainstream.

[Nadirah]

I love how in Coil, they add trash for fun. Players complain, saying its pointless. Now they take out that large amount of trash and make it so you can get to the main fight faster. Now players complain that it feels too small. I lol everytime. This type of mentality never changes, regardless of the MMO.

Trash: Something everyone ends up trying to avoid.

See: Throne of Thunder LFR, where you always had that one guy that died, ran back, got lost, and managed to aggro EVERY. SINGLE. TRASH MOB. that the tanks insisted *had* to be skiopped, and you spent half an hour doing wipe recovery instead of actually clearing the place because "trash takes too long."

Sorry, I can't tell you my secret, but I am in fact unsubbed.

Someone else is playing the account until it's done. Got it.