Too many gameplay restrictions

[papichulo123]

cant perform certain actions while mounted eg desythesis

[eternalstar01]

There was this really cool feature in Aion, as part of the banking system, where there was a row of slots that were essentially account bound, so if you wanted to transfer money/items to your alt, all you had to do was move it to the shared slots. It was probably one of the best alt-favoritism systems I've seen in an mmo.

I see too many people mention WoW when pointing out flaws in this game, as someone who didn't play WoW at all, this is worrying me, feels like this is trying to be the WoW killer or another WoW, and from the looks of it WoW sub decreased a lot, there was even some buzz about a private server that was "vanilla WoW", that's how good the original game seems to be now that people prefer the old one, i just hope SE stops the copy paste of WoW and listens to players.

I play WoW currently, and this game isn't really much like it at all (thankfully). I think all the MMOs all have their strengths and weaknesses. For instance, my favourite inventory system is hands-down, guild wars 2. You get bank slots for all your crafting items, for each class, separate from your regular inventory. Cross-server partying was so easy, if I recall correctly, they built portals between servers...? Anyone care to elaborate here? I liked the FATE system better, they were a bit more soloable. Open world exploring in gw2 was the best because of jumping puzzles. I didn't like how you can't go back into an old zone without being level synced, so you can never really go back and solo some of those puzzles (I'm a mostly solo player, so being forced into group stuff is miserable for me).

I like FF's daily roulettes / leveling system probably the best. Leveling an alt is fairly quick and painless and there's a ton of choices as you get higher up the chain. Armory bonus is awesome. I also like how much there is to do for the dirty casuals such as myself. FF endgame holds the most interest for me. FF's crafting system is by far leagues ahead of wow's (which is boring).

As for wow, I like minions the best. They implemented a pokemon sub-game for minions which I know FF was trying to take to the next level with Verminion, but I honestly just liked the straight up pet vs pet. My whole 1 year off from FFXIV in 2014 was devoted 10% to leveling my character to 100 and 90% pet battles.

And a small end-post disclaimer: Some of my information may be outdated. I have played Aion in ages... like over 5 years and the same goes for GW2.

[mandodo69]

#9. You can sit in a hot tub. I did. My character is not afraid of a bath or water.

[Kitano123]

The entire retainer interface needs to be re-done, its clunky and cumbersome.

[odie]

You also cannot start/abandon Leves (possibly other quests) while mounted.

[Azrael]

#9. You can sit in a hot tub. I did. My character is not afraid of a bath or water.

Thanks for your contribute, I think everyone knows that you can sit and even go underwater in a hot tub (depending on the race). You can even do that in (some) small rivers.
Still you can't swim in them or in the sea, which point 9 was about.

[RobbieH]

You also cannot start/abandon Leves (possibly other quests) while mounted.

Worse than that, you can't even interact with basic stuff while mounted.

[Seraphix2407]

I agree 100% with the person who made this thread. I like how they adress alot of issues and doesn't put people down. I see to often tell people to gtfo and quit and game is fine etc. Sadly the person who made this thread love this game too but just dislikes the restrictions like many players, like myself do too.

[Iromi]

I agree 100% with the person who made this thread. I like how they adress alot of issues and doesn't put people down. I see to often tell people to gtfo and quit and game is fine etc. Sadly the person who made this thread love this game too but just dislikes the restrictions like many players, like myself do too.

Same. Tired of seeing the "if you dont like it quit!" types. People are offering helpful suggestions and rightfully so. They want to enjoy the game and fill those empty gaps and fix things.

Anyway yeah, I agree with OP totally, these are things that should have been addressed quite some time ago.

[Kosmos992k]

Hello,
I hardly post on forum even though I read it a lot.
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...And why this 1000 chars limitation? damn

1 & 6 appear to be the same, and you already answered the why of the limitation and how players can cope with that limit.
9 Is not a limitation it's a design issue, rather like flight. When they want us to swim it will be added, but as you say, for now it would serve no purpose except swimming.
8.Rotations in any game are 'scripted' because just as there will be BiS armors, there will be 'perfect' rotations which competitive players will demand everyone hit or else. Not sure why you're arguing about abilities being locked behind others, it's like a set and spike combination.
7. Game balance. The raids are balanced around 8 players, to balance on a flexible cap, the raid balance would be screwed up and you'd have to depend on rubber banding the HP of bosses and MOBs as well as the strength of their attacks as the party scales. Otherwise you'd have people going in 16 man instedad of 8 and cake walking the entire thing - boring.
5. Can't keep items on the market while you're managing your retainer's sales, sorry this is almost a non-issue in the first place unless you're keeping your price adjustment screen open for hours on end, but aside from the logically speaking, your retainer cannot be handling market transactions while they are discussing pricing strategy with you, can they?
4.Can't send stuff to alts, again you answered your own question, RMT and player abuse of this kind of feature deters SE from allowing it. That said, if you have a friend in game, send the stuff via them, and return the favor, or use the company chest.
3.PVP faction restrictions only apply in the parts of PVP that require the use of factions for lore reasons, otherwise you have the spectacle of Warriors of light beating the hell out of each other when they should be working shoulder to shoulder. The lore doesn't fit such open PVP, nor does the game, outside of likes like the Wolves Den gladiatorial style match.
2.Cant teleport while trading? Aw, diddums....why is this even remotely an issue that irks you. Close the trade window. Good grief, people will complain about anything. Next you'll complain that you can't trade wile riding a chocobo porter. If your problem is some jerk initiating a trade to interrupt your teleport, that's harassment and report the dumb-ass for doing it. You cannot fix stupid, and unfortunately many players display this quality in abundance.

1000 character limitation and posting limitations prevent flooding, you already know how to work around the character limit, so why complain?