I've been away for a bit. I just read through 1.19 and 1.19a notes. I even took notes, thinking I would play a while, but then I got to more changes that just flat ticked me off. They just make zero sense. Again, another thing I really loved about the game, being able to heal health and mp while moving, was removed. Why? What possible reason? I think that was something everyone really liked about the game. Why, other than pure black heartedness, change THAT? Why literally change EVERY fun, new, cool thing about this game?

CON, I'm sorry, CNJ was gimped even more with all 6 ancient magic spells put on a single timer (forcing us even MORE into the healer vs nuker mode of play of course) and recast on Victimize was set from 10 to SIXTY seconds and made PGL exclusive. They have strayed so much from the rotating armory system that originally made this game so fun...maybe it's just time for me to give up on MMO's period.

Then there's the whole WoW effect thing. Looking at their future artwork, while I'm happy they are (again, if it's to be believed THIS time) promising male miqo'te, which would be cool, so much of the rest of the new graphics look like recycled WoW, down to the armor and mounts, that I know it's just a matter of time until we're calling our characters toons. I HATE WoW! If I wanted to play that I would be playing it, but it appears that is where they want to go--dungeons, raids, insipid question marks above NPC heads, endless quests, and now mounts and huge-shouldered gear (you know, the bigger your shoulders the cooler you are!) and mega-weapons. Ugh... This is not improvement. This is mockery...of US!

And it's sad.

I think the happy people are those who are blind followers of whatever they follow, be it their religion, their team or their game, and they are not fond of the rest of us who think a little deeper than that. I swam up hill against that thinking a LOT in the Army too. "Just follow orders."

Anyway, ZAM's results are more realistic at 50/50. I think SE will be lucky to keep that many for half the time. The changes are too drastic with no reward, and as captainpicard said, this is now a sinking ship. Unless those new jobs (which are the core of what will have to save this game) really take hold and create sweeping changes this ship is going to continue to have a very decided list in favor of DD, and it's never going to recover.

Very sad. It really was beautiful and visionary.... at the beginning.

Now it's just another WoW clone with all that was unique to FF tossed aside in favor of not being what the original team wanted. Imagine if the orignal team had been given all this time and money to work with....what a magnificent game we would have then!

I hope they make it somewhere. They were artists and true to the Final Fantasy name. At least what they created was unique and delivered as promised. My early months of playing this game were the most fun I've ever had playing an MMO.