Game is ruined (FFXIV 2.0)

[Crevox]

This is a pretty important concern. I suggest we discuss it early so square has time to prepare for the possibility of the abuse of such a system.

Yeah, sure. But, a lot of design decisions come from them and my own single opinion won't matter. I personally hate the idea of my chocobo being able to fight with me. He's my MOUNT. Why should he be fighting? Why should everyone get a pet? It's stupid, annoying, and ruins the idea of a pet class. You're not cool because you have a pet... everyone else has one.

You play a class because you like the role, you like what they do... it's not cool when EVERYONE ELSE can do it too. The same problem exists RIGHT NOW, with my Marauder in the party giving people Protect II even though I'm a 50 dedicated Conjurer.

[GreatLeviathan]

I'm not fanboying XI. XI had tons of problems. I played it for like a month. I wanted a new UI, I was ALL FOR the overhaul. This is not what I was expecting and not what I was hoping for.



Maybe? Hopefully? The new UI absolutely looks nothing like any FF game I've ever played (art, style). Sure, I could mod the UI to look like something else, but it's just one example of the direction they're taking.



A couple examples of my disgust:

Chocobos fighting with people: EVERYONE HAS A PET. Not only is this somewhat annoying, but it completely ruins the uniqueness of pet classes.
Dungeon finder: While it was good in WoW, it ultimately caused so much problem in the game. There is no community anymore, and no random interaction. To go anywhere or do anything, you just hit the dungeon finder. Random people show up, you don't care about each other, and you get the thing done. I'm all for a ton of help in getting parties formed, but hopefully it doesn't turn out like this.
Achievements can also turn out REALLY BADLY. The majority of WoW's achievements are not fun, interesting or anything. They're massive time dumps so you play more, and give you nothing of value. They're bringing that system here... will they do it right? Probably not, because they said there's over 300.



Is it not mature? I was actually online, in the game while typing this post. I logged off when I typed that.

I didn't read anyone's opinions on it before I posted... should I have to? I want to post MY opinion. Maybe this is not what others think, but this is me getting my voice out there and what I think about it.

*yawn* you done yet? There are 6 there people crying with the same post you made.
When 2.0 is released you will make a post called.
Not fair everyone has cool armor and i'm still lvl 1. Lvling is too slow i want to be at lvl cap.

[Madruk]

Game changes look sweet, and this is coming from a WoW hater.

A year before a mail system though, wtf.

[Crevox]

Dungeon Finder ruined WoW?

I need pick myself off the floor after that one.

Maybe not ruined, but it was extremely unhealthy for the game. No one wants to talk to anyone anymore, and it ruined all social interaction. I can't go down the street and talk to random people, they'll ignore me. There's no reason to talk to me.

In random dungeons, NO ONE TALKS. If you talk, you get kicked for being chatty. They want to get the dungeon done, not talk to you. If you actually do meet someone you like and want to become friends... too bad, you can't. They're on another server. This is the last time you'll ever meet them.

[Tenshi]

Achievements can also turn out REALLY BADLY. The majority of WoW's achievements are not fun, interesting or anything. They're massive time dumps so you play more, and give you nothing of value. They're bringing that system here... will they do it right? Probably not, because they said there's over 300.

I agree that Achievements are frequently not fun, or interesting. They're definitely "low hanging fruit" on the game design tree.

That being said, they're also super easy to ignore. If the presence of Achievements is one of the things that disgusts you the most, why not just... not bother with them?

[Sehro]

give me your gear and gil please. need more materia!

[Gramul]

Yeah, sure. But, a lot of design decisions come from them and my own single opinion won't matter.

Nonsense. If it's a concern about a feature they're planning to implement, they'll listen.
Heck, the update just today was to address concerns over PL-ing. You just have to get people aware of the problem so we can address it. And the earlier, the better.

As we don't know what a Chocobo Knight can and can't do yet so I don't know what to tell you there.

No one wants to talk to anyone anymore, and it ruined all social interaction. I can't go down the street and talk to random people, they'll ignore me. There's no reason to talk to me.

You mean like this game for the past year?

[Fear]

The game looks like WoW

I'm sorry but you're either blind as a bat or insane, WoW looks like a messy piece of crap and FFXIV actually looks amazing.

[Crevox]

I agree that Achievements are frequently not fun, or interesting. They're definitely "low hanging fruit" on the game design tree.

That being said, they're also super easy to ignore. If the presence of Achievements is one of the things that disgusts you the most, why not just... not bother with them?

I eventually did in WoW, but it's still a massive time dump of a feature. There were actually some rewards, but they were given for doing STUPID things. I don't mind the ones that challenge you to do a boss fight in "hard mode" basically. What bothers me are the ones that demand you to do something stupid and annoying while doing the boss fight normally just to get some silly brownie point achievement. You should get an achievement for doing something heroic, difficult... not "grab 5 floating golden orbs in this dungeon, because why not."

give me your gear and gil please. need more materia!

And yeah, I dislike materia too, but that's a different subject.

[Mural]

Dungeon Finder ruined WoW?

I need pick myself off the floor after that one.

well it kind of did no one really leaves town to go to the dungeon's any more all they do is click a button there in the dungeon with a full party. be for that it was you have to find people to make a party and then head out to the dungeon witch kind of made the game fun cause you had to travel to it and you could get attack on the way there.