December 2011 is the end

[Alerith]

If there were absolutely no human players in the game, as in I'm the only actual player, then no, I probably wouldn't play, as it's no longer an MMO experience.

It's.... FFXII with unbalanced content.

[ArcheustheWise]

If there were absolutely no human players in the game, as in I'm the only actual player, then no, I probably wouldn't play, as it's no longer an MMO experience.

It's.... FFXII.

So your... in essense saying that the fun would stem from playing with people... not the actual game itself.. correct?

[TheVedis]

So your... in essense saying that the fun would stem from playing with people... not the actual game itself.. correct?

a combination of both actualy
for if the people werent there, you might as well be playing a single player console game

[ArcheustheWise]

a combination of both actualy
for if the people werent there, you might as well be playing a single player console game

Thank you for the replies, it is greatly appreciated.

For you Vedis:
As a single player game, would it hold up as it is? Without people?

And based on your "a combination of both" What percentage of fun think comes from your friends? You know... the hijinks.. the stuff said, the funny moments.. the triumphs... vs... just the actualy came play such as eves.... crafting... etc etc?

Thank you in advance.

[TheVedis]

Thank you for the replies, it is greatly appreciated.

For you Vedis:
As a single player game, would it hold up as it is? Without people?

And based on your "a combination of both" What percentage of fun think comes from your friends? You know... the hijinks.. the stuff said, the funny moments.. the triumphs... vs... just the actualy came play such as eves.... crafting... etc etc?

Thank you in advance.

as a single player game itd suck imo
too much in it thatd have to be dumbed down and scaled down to be single player compatible
but that can be said about any mmo out there, they just arent really meant to be single player, it takes the whole point out of the mmo factor of it


id say its 50/50 on whats what though, the game has to be good and i have to make friends to want to play a game
and while you can always make new friends, the gameplay has to be there the whole time(or has to be improving at least if it has a slow start)

[ArcheustheWise]

as a single player game itd suck imo
too much in it thatd have to be dumbed down and scaled down to be single player compatible
but that can be said about any mmo out there, they just arent really meant to be single player, it takes the whole point out of the mmo factor of it


id say its 50/50 on whats what though, the game has to be good and i have to make friends to want to play a game
and while you can always make new friends, the gameplay has to be there the whole time(or has to be improving at least if it has a slow start)

Awesome! Thanks!

Vedis: I'm assuming you have good friends on this game. It's probably true for most people still here tbh. Anyway..

Taking the fact that there are a couple heavily hyped games (TOR and possibly GW2) coming out "near" the time that 1.20 and the billing starts... would you be worried that your friends might be tempted to go try those, instead of slugging it out till 2.0?

[TheVedis]

Awesome! Thanks!

Vedis: I'm assuming you have good friends on this game. It's probably true for most people still here tbh. Anyway..

Taking the fact that there are a couple heavily hyped games (TOR and possibly GW2) coming out "near" the time that 1.20 and the billing starts... would you be worried that your friends might be tempted to go try those, instead of slugging it out till 2.0?

yeah i have lots of friends

also, i have to say this, games being released WILL NOT affect this game based on whats going on here

everyone always thinks it will but it never happens

facts are facts

fact: if people were going to play those games nothing being done in current games could stop those people from going to play those games
fact: you could be playing the "perfect mmo ever" and people who want to play those games will go play them

and i hate to say it, the same problems we see here and in all other new MMOs will happen in those new ones(the pure fact that they arent "veteran titles with years of content under their belt and multi million player communities")

alot of uber hyped games over the last few years regardless of initial reception have died down alot for a reason, even if they make a strong open they will die down like everything else as people go back to the other games they enjoy or back to the game they were so addicted to they cant bare to lose their character in

[Alerith]

So your... in essense saying that the fun would stem from playing with people... not the actual game itself.. correct?

I see where you're going with this, but you can't do it that way.

XIV is designed as an MMO. Therefore, the other players are a part of the game. The game wouldn't be fun without the player, because the game is designed to use multiple players.

If it was the same game with no other human players and the content was adjusted to perform at as a single player, then yes, I would still play.

You're asking if the game is still fun without all the players. That's not a very educated question, because the game is designed around being multiplayer.