Returning player (BETA & Initial release) Impressions and concerns.

[Merylstryfe]

I'm not going to bother quoting people, but;



But anyways, as I said. The "It's changing in 2.0 thing" is all good. But I've already read everything, and stand by my original statements and complaints. Yes it's changing, but in nowhere does it state specific design qualitys, just promises without definition. Part of what makes games great is the developers having things to consider when developing. You think if every person just said "It sucks" and left it at that, they'll just automatically create the best possible solution in 2.0?

I find it funny that most people will say they enjoy the game the way it is and tell people to leave when they voice concerns, yet can't wait for the upcoming patch they're so quick to give to people as an answer.

So which is it? Are you blinded fanboys that will take what you can get or paying customers that request only the top quality for ungoing subscriptions? MMO's start with the voice of the customers, and they're a key aspect in making the game grow and florish. If you are so quick to accept everything, you'll get the product you desire; a game in its current state that will never attract new players and continue to sit under 100K subscriptions worldwide until they've lost so much money that they'll likely never consider another MMO.

If you really thought this thread was an unconstructive complaint without definition then you are part of the problem, not the solution.

Your comment about people saying the game is good but being excited about the patches is a bit narrow minded. Can a person not honestly like a game, but be excited for additional content and more depth?
The thing about MMO's is that they all are constantly evolving; it is the responsibility of the player to look at how far a game has come and, if possible, see a roadmap of where the game is going, and make a determination whether they like the game or not.

For many of us, Since Yoshi-P took over, we've seen some drastic changes, and our complaints (many of which you stated, such as server side action queues, and repetitive maps), have been DIRECTLY addressed, even going so far as to show concept and in-game shots of the changes. While you say that's an easy fix (I'm guessing you work in the IT field?), from my experience when you build a game online client, one of the very first decisions that is made is how much of the game is handled server side. Obviously, they made a bad decision in FFXIV, and will be addressing it when they roll out 2.0.

One final note; no one, not a single person, just "accepted the game as it was," there were several polls taken by the dev. team regarding what we wanted changed, which is why they talk about the sweeping changes coming in 2.0. The reason many people defend the game right now is because we've seen how far its come, and paid attention to where its going, and like other posters have stated, since Yoshi took over, he hasn't let us down.