Wishlist of Changes To the Game

[Enkidoh]

Who needs a cellphone when they have a link pearl? My battlecat (coeurl mount) serves as a motorcycle stand in quite well.

Exactly - in fact, Cid explained back in the 2.0 story that they're actually radio devices (they use electromagnetic waves, as in, radio waves), and the clincher is the cellphone ringtone-like chirp they make in cutscenes when an npc receives a call. So yes you are definitely right that linkshells are basically a cellphone in all but shape and name.

[Yasuhiro]

Then I am sorry to say that you are playing the wrong game - FFXIV's setting is a low-tech neo-medieval world just on the cusp of an industrial revolution and always will be. Modern things like cars and cellphones do not fit it and thus will never appear here I'm afraid.

FFXIV reminds me of Final Fantasy IV a heap.
That game was promintently medieval but had things like hover cars and computers existing.

[NefarioCall]

Make me want to bother getting nice stuff by turning progression horizontal instead of out-dating it every 3 months.
It has the added benefit of creating an end-game, which is as non-existent today as it was 3 years ago.

oh wait, i forgot, Glamor is the TRUE endgame...-_-

[Texa]

oh wait, i forgot, Glamor is the TRUE endgame...-_-

imo, people play this game more like Animal Crossing than a RPG.

[randysquirrel]

I'd also like to see the language of the MSQ a bit easier to understand. The story is always a big part of any FF game, but I sometimes lose the thread of whats actually going on, with everything everyone says being so hard to understand. Used to just be Urianger, now its everyone lol

Alphinaud: "We needs must blah blah"
Tataru: u wot m8

[Jeibird]

there's a small chance thisll actually happen but i have my doubts.

id love the complete and utter removal or even better, alteration of unused and ineffective skills. either retool tempered will and also allow it to work in ANY situation with knockback or give it the axe. increase the potency of freeze and make it non aimable or axe it along with blizzard 2 and aetherial manipulation. re tool Jump, Spineshatter, and Dragonfire to make them actually go OVER terrain and stuff on that terrain. the fact that i triggered mines in fractal and other instances with jumping abilities annoys me to no end. increase the effect time of miasma 2 and its potency. doesnt have to be by much but at the potency and timing it has now its only useful in braflox hard

id name other examples but those are the big ones i have issue with off the top of my head

[Yasuhiro]

I'd also like to see the language of the MSQ a bit easier to understand. The story is always a big part of any FF game, but I sometimes lose the thread of whats actually going on, with everything everyone says being so hard to understand. Used to just be Urianger, now its everyone lol

Not a fan of the localization either. Luckily I know Japanese so I can just listen to the voiced cutscenes but reading them is a whole different story.
The infamous Midgardsomr cutscene comes to mind, I appreciate they tried to add flavor but the "Pray seeketh for succor, is aught amiss? Soothe our humours!" speak kills it.
I wish I could switch the text to Japanese.

[No2631]

axe it along with blizzard 2 and aetherial manipulation

axe [...] aetherial manipulation

u wot m8

Memes aside, Aetherial Manipulation is an important part of a Black Mage's repertoire in movement-heavy fights to squeeze out additional spells. I'd wager many other high-skill BLMs use Aetherial Manipulation a lot and would object to its removal.

[Vasala]

I would like to see a right click report name added to combat the latest RMT tactic of making a character with their website name and then spam inviting people to parties to advertise via the name popping up in the invite.

[Jeibird]

I guess it's just a personal thing then. I've never found a.m to be effective enough nor cool looking enough to justify its use. it's an elusive jump with worse animation and less utility. in the time it takes to target a party member and click the skill I could have just stepped outside the aoe. knowing the fight and knowing where to stand, for me, nullifies any use a.m has