Best Wishes FFXIV

[captainpicard]

I hope you do not make FFXIV 2.0 a WoW clone.

I hope you do not make FFXIV 2.0 a new version of the mess it is today.

I hope you don't take too much feedback from the vocal white knight minority on this forum.

I hope you do take some constructive criticism seriously.

I hope you remember this is not FFXI-2.

I hope you don't make this a quest driven game like SW:TOR.

I hope you don't make this a totally instanced game like SW:TOR.

I hope you learn that poor drop raids and contentless raids don't make an end game.

I hope you find a way to make leveling grinds fun, and eliminate end game grinds as content.

I hope that you take a nod from the 1st generation and bring in more sandbox elements.

I hope you take a nod from the 2nd generation and bring in more epic quest lines that can't be completed solo or in 10 minutes, but also don't need to be completed 100 times, just once.

I hope you take a nod from the 3rd generation and give us ultra responsive combat, a smart interface built for pc users not limited by a game pad.

I hope you seriously evaluate all the mistakes you made with this game. I mean really take a look at what it is, and have a willingness to continue to INNOVATE, while not simultaneously STAGNATING.

Finally, I hope you will take your time. If your new FFXIV 2.0 is late that is okay. Just build a good game. One that we can all remember. One that people will fondly look back on years later like FFXI, yet one that doesn't copy or mirror FFXI. A new experience, something unlike any other MMO on the market today. Something that moves the bar forward.

Good Luck SE. I'll be watching.

[Isaveron]

I hope you remember this is not FFXI-2.

[AlexNiculaie]

Good Luck SE. I'll be watching.

Did you work to achieve that level of pretension, or is it a gift?

[Crica]

I hope you do not make FFXIV 2.0 a WoW clone.

Because another game that millions love to play would be folly!

I hope you do not make FFXIV 2.0 a new version of the mess it is today.

Yoshi already said he wouldn't do things the same.

I hope you don't take too much feedback from the vocal white knight minority on this forum.

Because a game that only the minority love to play would be horrible!

I hope you do take some constructive criticism seriously.

Y so srs?

I hope you remember this is not FFXI-2.

Because this game with characters that are exactly like that game becoming a sequel to a well loved game is unthinkable!

I hope you don't make this a quest driven game like SW:TOR

Because lore rich questing is so much worse then mindless grinding!

I hope you don't make this a totally instanced game like SW:TOR.

Because camping and competing endlessly instead is oh-so lovely!

I hope you learn that poor drop raids and content-less raids don't make an end game.

What would be end-game then for them to learn, teacher?

I hope you find a way to make leveling grinds fun, and eliminate end game grinds as content.

Have YOU found a way?

I hope that you take a nod from the 1st generation and bring in more sandbox elements.

The entire game world is already a sandbox - or did I miss all of the rides when I went exploring?

I hope you take a nod from the 2nd generation and bring in more epic quest lines that can't be completed solo or in 10 minutes, but also don't need to be completed 100 times, just once.

I have to agree here...repeating leves is the same as grinding, only in shorter spurts... hehe.

I hope you take a nod from the 3rd generation and give us ultra responsive combat, a smart interface built for pc users not limited by a game pad.

Again, I agree - but has ANY cross-platform MMORPG yet done this?

I hope you seriously evaluate all the mistakes you made with this game. I mean really take a look at what it is, and have a willingness to continue to INNOVATE, while not simultaneously STAGNATING.

They did - and put Yoshi in charge, did ya hear?

Finally, I hope you will take your time. If your new FFXIV 2.0 is late that is okay. Just build a good game. One that we can all remember. One that people will fondly look back on years later like FFXI, yet one that doesn't copy or mirror FFXI. A new experience, something unlike any other MMO on the market today. Something that moves the bar forward.

Wow, must be nice to only have to sit there and dream up things you want and get them without actually giving anyone any clues as to how to go about giving you what you want! /dreamyeyes

Good Luck SE. I'll be watching.

I'll be sharing with them my ideas on how to make it all happen and paying them to design it for me.

You won't be missed.

Tata!

[Giant]

I'm leaving FF14 too.


/farewell

[KiriA500]

Oh look, it's this thread again!

[ChronicalSin]

Leaving too! Gonna wait for 2.0 and check it out!

Good luck!

[Sephrick]

I hope you don't make this a quest driven game like SW:TOR.

I hope you don't make this a totally instanced game like SW:TOR.

I honestly hope for more of these. As long as the instances don't follow in the footsteps of Darkhold where all we do is run to the boss.

[captainpicard]

I honestly hope for more of these. As long as the instances don't follow in the footsteps of Darkhold where all we do is run to the boss.

I should qualify those two with I am not opposed to questing or instanced content. I just don't want to see FFXIV go the way of quest hubs that carry you from zone to zone in an ultra linear fashion, using super instanced "worlds" to segregate player populations into units of 50.

[auritribe]

words

If the dev's can learn not only from their mistakes, but the mistakes of Blizzard and others, this will be a great game.

If Square can take a cue from Ultima Online (and Skyrim) in regards to player housing, they'll have my money for a very long time.

And please, please, please don't make this game into WoW with a Final Fantasy skin. We have enough WoW clones as it is, and that isn't entirely a good thing.