Game Suggestions

[Hestzhyen]

While I agree that SE can do a lot to improve the experience for newbies AND vets in getting to at least the HW expansion, I don't think most of your systems-related suggestions hit the mark.

1)Bonuses for bonuses sake do not make collecting or using them interesting. You could argue for more horizontal gear options at max ilvl, but that's a whole 'nother can of worms
2)Proc and click effects automatically make the Anima weapon a must-have instead of "get if you want it for looks/stats/can't do final floor of Savage" if you make those effects worth using. Why do Savage if you can have the best weapon in the game bar none by grinding boar butts? For "glory"? Ha. And if it's something entirely optional like "click to restore HP with a potency of 10, 30s CD" or "10% chance to add 3 to skill speed, doesn't stack"... why bother having it in the first place?
3)Yes this needs to be done, and SE has been making noises at us that they understand our frustrations. Playing the waiting game to see what, if anything, they come up with on this front.
4)I could do without more robes as a caster, but I can see why people would want more options to be a bad-ass wizard/witch or just have something other than a boring cotton robe. More variety is better for everyone.
5)I'd like to wear some light leather armor as a healer so I'm all for this. The only restrictions I'd keep are the job-specific artifact gear for all jobs, even crafters and gatherers.
6)Making PvP interesting is subjective. I'm having a decent time grinding out the Garo achievements but I would like to see some changes in the Feast so that I don't feel completely useless if the enemy has good healers. And they definitely need to do SOMETHING about the wintrade/bot problem in all PvP modes.
7)Hey now, you can skip 99% of the cinematic scenes if you don't want to see them. I like seeing my character react to what's going on. Many of them let you breeze through the dialogue too if you only want to read and don't care to let the VAs finish too. Also, not to be a smart-ass, but this is Final Fantasy- you sign up for cut scenes and a "cinematic" experience when you decide to play!
8)Again subjective, but it would please me to no end if there were simply MORE things to do at level 70. But devs can't create content to match the pace the players consume it so while I want more epic fights and large-scale duties to complete, I understand why it doesn't happen. Maybe this mysterious "Eureka" mode in 4.1 will be exactly what I'm looking for.
9)That's not something you can make a blanket statement about. Adding 3rd party add-on compatibility means SE has to create and support APIs which siphons away dev time on other features. Also, they risk dividing their playerbase into extremes based on who has what. Don't have the boss mechanic call out? Well you should since no one's going to tell you anything or help you out since you can just download and install it, but they will kick you if you mess up too much. Don't parse? Fine, but I hope you don't want to do Savage or even EX primals with certain groups (just look at some of the arguments this has caused on the forums already and it's not even official supported!). It's a huge nightmare for the devs to tackle so it doesn't ruin the experiences they've tried to create. And all the burden will be on them to approve, deny, and moderate what kinds of add-ons are acceptable and which ones aren't. Right now they'll tolerate parsing if you don't go telling everyone that you do it and/or bully people over numbers. That's about as "official" as things are going to get and SE has every right to take that stance.
10)I can't agree with you more here. I hate hate hate that SE designs for females first and makes some lazy attempts to make it look acceptable on males, if they even bother to at all (ugh that 230/240 Eikon tank armor). I also hate that they create more glamours for females than males. Silly me for playing a male character right? If I want to have the best glamour experience I should have just made a cat girl instead. For real though, SE, stop releasing female-only glamour and nothing for guys. And recognize that even if your artists prefer to play dress-up with their waifus there are plenty of us who want to dress up our guys.

XIV isn't a perfect game but just taking ideas wholesale from WoW and slapping them onto the systems here isn't going to make it better. No one can deny that much of XIV's foundations are based on WoW but they've created systems and themes that are entirely their own. There's merit in your arguments though so don't just lash out at people who are disagreeing with you. You won't do yourself any favours by doing so.

[Legion88]

THIS GAME IS NOT NEW PLAYER FRIENDLY AT ALL,FORCES PEOPLE THAT DONT CARE ABOUT THE STORY TO SPEND EXTRA $ TO SKIP PAST THAT CRAP

1. Make high end armor sets have Bonuses
2. make a ANIMA weapon 2.0 and have the weapon either a. have a proc effect or b. click effect
3. UPDATE the cosmetic system!!!
4. Make more full robe types for all caster classes
5. remove cosmetic restrictions for armor types, if your a whm you should be able to wear a blm robe , or staff for example and vise versa,
6. make pvp interesting
7. get rid of 95% of the cimatics, dont need to see my char bobbing his head to rescuing sheep, it might be different if our avatars talked, and we could choose what they say like in swtor.
8.make actual raids, with raid zones and multiple bosses
9. allow 3rd party addons,
10. all gear doesnt need to be designed for female toons, this is more apparent especially when you play jobs like WHM

Opening Quote: You are not forced to buy the skipping tome, you can just skip through all the old way ESC > skip cutscene or fast forwarding without reading anything.

1. maybe...but if the boni have to be available without the full gear set and the have to be balanced versus other gear.
2. This would probably make the relic weapon mandatory for everyone interested in raiding, so no thing. I'm happy with the way it is now.
3. Yeah and i'm happy they are looking into this by now.
4. Nope. I'm happy of the range of ropes i can choose to glamour.
5. Nope, especially for weapons, they are more or less iconic to the job, same for AF.
6. yeah, but how. I just think they are on the right way with the prune of buttons and abilities in PVP, but i have no idea what most people think would be interesting in PvP.
7. nope, i like the cinematics.
8. yeah, maybe or maybe not. I don't get what all are having with this raidzones, they are just more way to walk before getting to the boss. Perhaps a nice Overworld map which connects the raid bosses but no big dungeon which contains all bosses.
9. Why? Because people can't automate all and everything just with the right 3rd party tool? The only thing i would like is a full functional parser with a analysis toll attached to it with a whole replay function for the fight analyzed.
10. Oh, we have something we have the same opinion on.

Im sure Square soft cares more about making money vrs forum trolls posting stupid crap , truth is a huge portion of the new player base are people from wow, and if they want to keep these people subbed these are some things they can do to make that happen

If people leaving WoW and are trying to find a new home they have to take what they get. Not all appartments have the same layout and so are not all games, even in the same subgenre, have the same layout and weighting different things different.

Sorry, but i have gotten more problems with players describing themself as WoW veterans and then being overwhelmed from the amount of skills and abilities or because all is different then WoW (maybe because this is not WoW) or neglecting the possibility that some things they learned in WoW is not applicable to FFXIV. So i'm happy if this kind of WoW player stays away from FFXIV.

If you ar screaming "I'm an WoW player and i demand that this game is like WoW!" you have fucked up in my eyes.

[Enkidoh]

Firstly, it's clear you have never played a FF game before as the FF series are story-based RPGs, including the MMO titles (the previous FF MMORPG FFXI is also heavily story focused and required completion of story quests far far harder than anything found here in FFXIV to do things like use airships or even ride a chocobo). If you're expecting a game where you can just waltz into endgame battles easily without knowing why your character is entering this ancient Allagan ruin or mechanical Primal then this game is not for you.

Also, criticism of the game is always welcomed by the development team, but only if it's constructive. Sadly your post comes across as nasty and spite-filled. Hence the development team are more likely to just ignore it. In future, try and tone down the vitriol, as even if you're frustrated with something SE are more likely to respond more favorably to criticism if it's written politely and intelligently.

Now for your ideas:

1. Make high end armor sets have Bonuses

The development team actually do not wish to follow FFXI's example of gear having bonus effects as they know it will result in gear favouritism for certain content. Most (but not all) tome gear can be melded with materia which means you can sort of customize gear with special stat bonuses so that's at least something. But outright gear bonuses are mostly something that will not happen.

2. make a ANIMA weapon 2.0 and have the weapon either a. have a proc effect or b. click effect

There is a 4.0 version of relic/anima weapons coming in the future, presumably sometime around the 4.1 patch which will most likely be in November/December sometime. So just have patience. As for proc/click effects, again SE seem to not be interested in such bonuses as they open too many cans of worms which they are trying to avoid. So I don't see that happening.

3. UPDATE the cosmetic system!!!

Can you be more specific? Update it how? If you mean adding a 'wardrobe book' system they've mentioned it in the past that there would be too much modification to the existing programming for gear appearence which could result in unforseen consequences (especially with server load) and thus it's something that probably would be too much trouble to attempt. But they are aware of it and so it could be possible in the future.

4. Make more full robe types for all caster classes

Now this is something I agree with, gear design lately has been going towards the far end of 'bizzare organic/fantasy style' and less 'functional but interesting'. Unfortunately there has been more calls from players for Disciples of Magic to be able to wear less robes and more heavy armour like melee and tank classes can wear so I don't know. Guess it's one thing that comes down to individual taste.

5. remove cosmetic restrictions for armor types, if your a whm you should be able to wear a blm robe , or staff for example and vise versa,

Uh, if you're meaning Artifact Armour (AF) or similar Job specific gear, then no, this will never happen - Yoshi himself actually stated as such during the Beta test as that would destroy the whole point of AF in the first place (AF is meant to be gear that takes on the traditional appearence or theme of that Job from past FF games, like a WHM robe is a white robe with red triangles etc). And to a lesser extent, a healer wearing tank gear would no longer be a WHM as they'd look like a tank.

And weapon restrictions are even explicitly static - here in FFXIV your class/Job is your weapon. Using a sword and shield makes you a GLA/PLD, a wooden staff or wand is a CNJ/WHM, a metal staff or rod is a THM/BLM etc. This is how the game has been since 1.0 and it is a fundamental part of the Armoury System, the game's ability and class system. Although there has been a lot of tinkering to it over the years, weapon type being restricted to a specific class is not something I see them changing I'm afraid. Same goes for gear restrictions.

6. make pvp interesting

Not that I care about PvP at all, but, please define 'interesting' as this is very ambiguous and subjective.

7. get rid of 95% of the cimatics, dont need to see my char bobbing his head to rescuing sheep, it might be different if our avatars talked, and we could choose what they say like in swtor.

Not going to happen. This is a Final Fantasy game first and foremost, and cinematic sequences/cutscenes are SE's stock in trade (and a major selling point of the game). If you don't like the cutscenes, skip them (hit enter to skip through dialogue, or ESC to skip a full cutscene), as SE are not going to remove them.

8.make actual raids, with raid zones and multiple bosses

Uh, we have raids in this game with multiple bosses. If you're expecting open world raids that is not going to occur. Raids will always be instanced here, it's a design choice SE have set themselves on.

9. allow 3rd party addons,

Apparently SE were considering allowing players to make addons within certain parameters, but nothing more was mentioned about this so I'm liable to take it that they've since decided it was unworkable to their wishes and so quietly dropped those plans. So unless they instead announce otherwise I'm going to say that they've abandoned this idea I'm sorry.

10. all gear doesnt need to be designed for female toons, this is more apparent especially when you play jobs like WHM

Well, they are making a lot more gear more gender neutral but I don't see this really changing as female clothing styles are just more interesting than male usually. Also, this isn't an attack but some advice, please try not to use the word 'toon' here as it's not appropriate for this game (given FFXIV has realistic graphics and character models, the word just seems silly and juvenile). It's better to use 'character' or 'char' for short instead.

Either way, I'm sorry if it seems like I was attacking you as I was not. You did have some good ideas, it's just how you approached it that was the problem. Attacking people only makes them put up a wall and ignore you, defeating the whole purpose of constrictive criticism.

P.S. I'm being pedantic I know but Squaresoft does not exist anymore. It's been Square Enix for over 14 years now.

[Arutan]

4. Hell no please, they need to do the contrary.

[Keridwyn]

OP I too originally came from WoW, back in ye olden days when it was possible for a low level Forsaken to stray too close to the Plaguelands, click on the Blood of Heroes, and get wrecked by the elite lv 60s that would spawn. (Because sometimes that item mistakenly spawned in Tirisfal...good times.) What I'm trying to say is I left that behind. I came to this game because it wasn't WoW and didn't do things in the same way as WoW. I came because I wanted something with a more engaging story and different gameplay. I got that. While some of what you're after is QoL, a lot of what you're after is just WoW systems you grew accustomed to and enjoyed. No shame in that but all games do not need to do the same things in the same way.

1: Possibly. I think they've said they're toying with it. I think the Savage folks might appreciate it.

2: Anima weapon 3.0 coming soon, please look forward to it.

3: Just about everyone wants this and while SE has shot down the most popular request they have said they're interested in doing 'something'.

4: Actually as a caster class can I get LESS robes?

5: Artifact gear is Iconic for a reason, it can stay that way. Weapons are your job thus they can stay that way. Everything else, I don't see why not.

6: Needs more definition. 'Interesting' is too broad a request. What isn't holding your interest?

7: And you lost me. I like cinematics. You're free to skip them with a simple button click. As long as they don't put them in dungeons anymore I'm good.

8: I kinda enjoy that I no longer have to dedicate time to clearing previous trash/bosses to progress. I can just queue up and punch the boss that is actually meaningful to me at the time.

9: Devs put their foot down and honestly, I'm okay with that. QoL improvements should come from them, not from third party software.

10: I'm all for equal opportunity glamour. Personally, I'd like if the female armors covered us up a little more though (looking at you Dragoon AF 1.0).

OP over all your biggest mistake was saying 'I came from WoW'. That picks up a lot of hostility on the forums because, honestly, this isn't WoW and a good lot of us really don't want it to become WoW. There are a ton of things WoW does and does very well and there are a ton of things FFXIV has already stolen from WoW to it's betterment. But FFXIV really and truly doesn't need some of the things you're talking about here. The differences are what ensures that this game is it's own entity, beyond just graphics and mechanics.

[ErryK]

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Me too, my dude.

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That's a little bit harsh, don't you think?

[Xlantaa]

Story progression it is what makes this MMO unique. I don' see logic to be able to unlock level 70 areas and content at level 1 character just because a player don't want to progress to story. What's the point?

[Raistlinnnnn]

Story progression it is what makes this MMO unique. I don' see logic to be able to unlock level 70 areas and content at level 1 character just because a player don't want to progress to story. What's the point?

for a lot of MMO players, the mmo doesnt start until max level, and when you have played as many as i have, (even though i played through the story to get the pets and mounts) the last thing you want to do is level another char on a new game

and honestly in comparison to most mmos, the leveling process in FFXiv is PAINFUL especially the inbetween story parts between expacs

[Bacent]

for a lot of MMO players, the mmo doesnt start until max level, and when you have played as many as i have, (even though i played through the story to get the pets and mounts) the last thing you want to do is level another char on a new game and honestly in comparison to most mmos, the leveling process in FFXiv is PAINFUL especially the inbetween story parts between expacs

Coming from someone who looks like they're a jumper due to having two classes at 70, and one at level 1.....you've missed a lot of other content you might not be able to get into due to how few people actually do them now days.

There's a thing called an armoury bonus. You get bonus EXP to classes of the same type (Combat/Gathering/Crafting) for anything that's under the highest level one you have. There's also food and grand company EXP bonuses, as well as special items you can get from your squadron, if you bother with that at all, that gives you a 15% EXP bonus for two hours

first im more then likley older then you are

maybe read the full post before responding hmm?

Personally if people from WoW are coming here and they act anything like you, their age won't save them from what people think about them after a very short while

[Raistlinnnnn]

Coming from someone who looks like they're a jumper due to having two classes at 70, and one at level 1.....you've missed a lot of other content you might not be able to get into due to how few people actually do them now days.
if people from WoW are coming here and they act anything like you, their age won't save them from what people think about them after a very short while

i leveled my WHM mage via story to unlock everything, and jumped my BLM to 60 from lv 30 because i hated the leveling process, its terrible ...thats my opinion
people like me that come from WoW raiding in mythic raid content, will easily integrate into end game content in this game, so more people like me, means more people running end game content