Thread: 1.0

Originally Posted by Lisotte

I think a majority of the people posting "that sounds way too haaaaaarrrddd, or too painful" probably haven't played much of the oldschool MMO's that had this as a core concept. Most of the time you didn't have to rely on high level players to get your business done. Sometimes you did though, and having to form social interactions based around helping people was what formed real guilds, not ones that are glorified chat rooms.

It isn't a question about difficulty. It is a question of why even bother? FFXI at least has the excuse that most of it's content was in an open world environment which also in it's own right could get very chaotic if you had a high population server. In this game it is pointless, inconvenient, and only takes up space that could be used for other content that actually progresses your character. Go to Diadem or the upcoming Eureka if you want a simulation of high level mobs in a open zone.

The enemies weren't that strong once you got outside main cities. The only thing I can really think were dangerous were the NMs themselves. Though the idea of putting in a area or zone where you have to use a Chocobo to cross to it would be interesting. ~ Especially in the new expansion because although you are introduced to it - its like an OH WOW oh SHIT they hurt. I'll be back for you --- one day once I get this level. Something like that I wouldn't mind.

There are things i like a lot more about 1.x, and the open world is one of them. Hopefully Eureka fixes this in the expansion.
(Ul'dah lag is not one of them, lol)

The thing about 1.x's open world is that although it had a lot of copy pasta environments to make it so huge, you could always find these little spots where a great deal of effort had been put into the art design. Especially in higher level areas. I'll always remember my first trip up to the Lance. And no, this game has nothing like Ifrit's Cauldron. Hopefully Eureka fixes this.

Originally Posted by LineageRazor

There was a saying I heard once while playing FFXI: "No matter how powerful you are, somewhere in the world there's a cute little bunny that can kick your ass." XD

I also remember fun stuff people did, like Bubbly Bernie: HNM-style! (Bubbly Bernie is a notorious monster spawned as part of a low level quest. He's level 10. Folks would take him on with a full alliance of 18 level 1 characters for kicks.)

Same folks (at least in mindset) that also used to do Hogger runs in WoW before they changed everything. /sigh a different era where players coming up with things to have fun with was the norm, not the exception (nor something negatively viewed upon towards a "lack of content").

I'm okay with the size of the world itself currently. It's big enough that it feels like a real immersive world without being so big that a disproportionate chunk of my game time is spent in transit. I only have so many hours a week to play between all my real life commitments, I'd rather spend that time actually playing and doing things instead of running from A to B.

On the topic of higher-level monsters in starter zones, I think if they made the treants and goobbues and adamantoises right outside the starter cities hostile rather than passive, that may be a good enough boost in the danger factor for sprouts to make things interesting without making them tedious.

Originally Posted by SessionZero

On the topic of higher-level monsters in starter zones, I think if they made the treants and goobbues and adamantoises right outside the starter cities hostile rather than passive, that may be a good enough boost in the danger factor for sprouts to make things interesting without making them tedious.

That is called needless punishment. What they have now is a much better way of introducing a new player to enemies that can aggro you. Also it is very misleading to a new player on how the game works.