Thread: We're getting stat allocation back in 1.20, right?

Originally Posted by Sputnik

First we bitch about spamming 1, then get auto attack, now we want that back. We bitched about stats, they removed allotment, now we want that back. Lets just fucking bring back tanaka so he can turn back time to when we had those, im sure youd all love that.

actually they always said they were bringing it back, and that this was a temporary thing they wanted to do while balancing some things. I didnt remember the date, but apparently they did say 1.20 coming back.

it does make sense in some cases, such as a pugilist who wants to spec for DD or a different who wants to spec for tanking, also their are other applications, like now vit effects buffs, some mages may want that, some may not. A healer will probably want vit mind and piety, and a DD mage will probably want int mind and piety. there are other examples, materia doesnt really give you the options to do this, specific classes have certain things available to them.

Originally Posted by Dreamer

I would be perfectly happy with this. Tanaka had a lot of great ideas; unfortunately, he seemed to only have enough time to implement partially. If he'd been given the extra year to work on the game that's been given to Yoshi, I'm positive we would see results just as drastic as we're seeing now.

He decided to use a graphics system that would not last in the long run. While some ideas were neat on paper, he executed them poorly, deciding that the best way to experience FFXIV was to "limit" how much you could enjoy it a day. You can experience lifeless guildleve events every 48 hours, you can only level a class to a certain extent before surplus, and so on.

I love Tanaka, but even with a years time, these same flaws would be in the game. Going half ass on areas that clearly were not rushed, but poorly programmed in was bad on their part. It showed that they cared more about looking pretty than being efficient. He said he was taking aspect of other MMO's into the game, guess what he meant was the worst aspects of other games.

However he did good at where Tanaka is actually good at, producing "some" qualities you would find in an offline FF.

i thought i remember the devs saying the point allocation system will be different than before. not only in the amount of points you get but its overall effect.

it seems to me a lot of people are assuming bringing the system back means bringing it back exactly as it was which is false.

I hate change. That's why I stick with a game that is being rebuilt.

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Originally Posted by Visch

I hope not.

Customization = more ways for baddies to be bad.

hahaha, but they have that right.
i dont like playing with "baddies" either but i would never tell one to log off or change. its their game too.

It would seem Crystal Tools is really what landed the whole game in trouble. It took too long to complete, and it didn't work well as the foundation for an MMO. It was all downhill from there, since there wasn't enough time for everything else, and what they could make in time was too bloated to work efficiently.

However, on the subject of point allocation, letting people assign hundreds of points worth of attributes is clearly not reasonable. I don't think the return of that much customization would work or is necessary. The game already auto-allocates stats by class appropriately.

What would be nice to see is point allocation as layer of customization that would present options for upcoming situations, but wouldn't commit you to holding on to those stats for the long term. Obviously, most people will opt for more damage most of the time, but sometimes they might want more evasion, more health, better DoTs, etc. You can already adapt your class through the abilities and gear you set, but this can be one more thing that enhances that preparation.