And in 1.20b we'll have...

[Zantetsuken]

Yea sorry I'm in this game for the long haul and a longtime FF fan and I love mounts, jumping, and glowing weapons because I do think they fit in the game world, especially when they get the lighting to work correctly.

I wouldn't mind at all having all of those things you mentioned and I plan to stick around XIV for as long as the servers are up and running, opinion much?

You'd stick around even if FFXIV doesn't have those things? (and another game did?)

If so, then we have no disagreement. If you like them, give feedback that they should be taken under consideration in the 2.0 design.

In addition, offer a suggestion in how they could be integrated into the world as opposed to shoe-horned into it - like the Goobbue mount apparently is.

If only they actually didn't try to make the same mistake they did with XI and number it. This game in general is blasphemous to any true FF fans trying to say it deserves a number.

You are right about this. I've long said that the series should have been split after FFIX and a new numbering system should have been implemented

for example:

Final Fantasy Series (I-IX), (XII)
Final Fantasy Dramatic Action: (FFX), (FFX-2), (FFXIII)
Final Fantasy Online: (FFXI), (FFXIV)
Final Fantasy Tactics: (FFT), (FFTA), etc..

FFXIV as 14th in the FF series carries some baggage that both cripples it in the larger MMO market and makes it an oddity as a Final Fantasy game.

If SE had just called this MMO "Rapture", nobody would be complaining...but fewer people would have purchased it as well.

Regardless ,this is a Final Fantasy game, whether we like it or not. Those of use who bought this game under that title expect certain things from it. Now granted, SE doesn't really owe us anything. If they wanted to, they could do their best to flush the entire franchise down the toilet by making a ultra-linear sci-fi action game and calling it Final Fantasy. There isn't much we could say about it other than refusing to buy it (or it's sequel) But they'd be shooting themselves in the foot.

However, With FFXIV, Yoshi-P has asked for input from the players. As a fan of the series, I intend to leave feedback that will take the best of the series and build on it. I don't want to see the 14th game in the FF series become the latest MMO 'flavor of the month.'

[Gramul]

Actually, both have a bit of grounding in reality.

[Zantetsuken]

Now all you need is a pic of guy standing next to a tent with a sign that says 'Free elephants for everyone'

/laugh

/cry

[AfuroNubyaan]

In all honesty, adding new mounts at this stage should have been the last of SE's worries. Posting pictures of a Goobue mount and getting all excited about it as if there isn't other areas of the game that need to be seriously focused on. I think they should have just concentrated on Chocobo's and given us varying colors and breeds, then introduce new mounts when 2.0 comes around.

At the end of the day, this is a 57+ page thread with so many different opinions, caused by nothing but a simple screenshot. That should tell them something.

If they had posted a picture of some Job specific gear or a new dungeon, at least it would have been 57+ pages of positive feedback.

[yukikaze_yanagi]

If they had posted a picture of some Job specific gear or a new dungeon, at least it would have been 57+ pages of positive feedback.

You're quite optimistic

[Hartigan_Redsail]

Wow... so obvious, slapstick/comical (to each their own) cynicism isn't allowed in any way, shape, or form on these forums?

Perhaps you should start a thread that outlines that "what can be said" and "what can't be said"; maybe then you'll only hate this community with a portion of your black heart instead all of your black heart - oops, was that something that shouldn't be brought up either?! ...

You're cute, you say that like I read all of your post, I got to the words Sarah Palin and quit lmao

[Jynx]

ive never played wow so i wouldn't know,i know that it is common sense that other mmo company's would look to the biggest success in mmos for inspiration though.

It's also lead to the death of many MMO's that have tried to emulate WoW, hell I allready hear grumblings of players getting bored of Star Wars that just came out because aside from the story it's just a meh WoW clone.

[AreeyaJaidee]

I'm so glad p2p didn't erase the Jerry Springer-esque vibe from these forums :3

...yay...

[Kailea_Nagisa]

My main complaint is that I play Final Fantasy MMORPGs because that is what I am looking for, if I wanted all this other crazy crap, I would go play the other 20 generic MMORPGs out there....... FFXI kept it simple in many ways, you had chocobo's, boats, and airships, like every other FF game. You had classic mobs, and new mobs, like every other Final Fantasy game. You also had the iconic Jobs, like most of the FF games.

Yes FFXIV is an MMORPG so yes it does need to take good ideas from other MMOs and make it their own, and they also need to take the good things from FFXI. That said this is also a Final Fantasy game, so there are some things that should just not be messed with -.-

[Reaujien]

You're cute, you say that like I read all of your post, I got to the words Sarah Palin and quit lmao

I looked for that QQ thread youre supposed to make but I couldn't find it - when you gonna post son so I know when I can check up on it? HmmmMMMmmm??