Too many needless restrictions

[Daniolaut]

This game has too many needless restrictions that only hinder the gameplay experience for seemingly no reason.

Here are examples of what i'm referring to:

-Wait 24 hours after leaving a FC before being able to create a FC
-One time Item restoration
-Wait x amount of days/time between being able to change GC's
-Pay x amount of gil after changing GC's more than 1 time
-One time Character Restoration
-Wait x amount of days after the creation of a character before being able to transfer
-No option to manually demolish your own house to reclaim gil
-X amount of days after auto house demolition to reclaim items/gil
-X amount of gil allowance per character/retainer for server transfer (server gil is pretty even by now.)
-Obtain x rank in GC before being able to change GC
-No option to share housing with your alts
-No option to trade between alts naturally
-No option to send moogle letters to yourself or alts
-Must obtain level x / complete x quest to change classes
-Gear sets locked behind amount of classes unlocked



These are just some of the needless ones i could come up while writing this thread. Im sure there are many others that other people can think of or that I personally completely forgot.

I understand some are to "help prevent RMT" but clearly they dont prevent RMT and to my personal view point, only needlessly hinder the playerbase.

[Daniolaut]

-No option to offer gameplay time to a friend as a gift

I understand things like "must reach level x to use party finder" and "wait x amount of time before using /sh and /s" but.... yeah the ones i listed i feel are completely not needed, and serve little to no purpose but hinder the playerbase.

[Enla]

"-No option to share housing with your alts"

I want to say they were addressing this? Or did I imagine that it was something they've been wanting to fix?"

[Daniolaut]

I want to say they were addressing this? Or did I imagine that it was something they've been wanting to fix?"

My statement is, they shouldn’t have changed housing until they could address this. Or they should have thought about the problem housing would create when they created it.

One of the reasons they said 1.0 failed was because they would say “we’ll address the issue with the next patch.”

Grant it the severity of the issues in 1.0 they put on hold aren’t as severe as the ones they put on hold now, but still.

I’m sure there are plenty of people who quit the game due to housing issues. In fact there is a thread up right now of a 1.0 player who quit due to housing. “Forced to quit after 1,800+ days subbed due to housing”

Which this falls under 2 different categories of the list I made. (Item restoration restrictions, and limited days of item reclaim from auto demolition.)

[Tint]

-No option to offer gameplay time to a friend as a gift

You can buy a gametime card and give him the code.

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- You have to use 1 tank, 1 heal and 2 DDs for squadron missions, other party compositions are not allowed (I would like to level my tanks without changing my job)

[Final-Fantasy]

I want to say they were addressing this? Or did I imagine that it was something they've been wanting to fix?"

I'm not sure if they're going to address this fatal flaw, but not only was it already possible to add your alts to your main characters friend list, but once they found out how it was being done, they went to extreme lengths to prevent it being possible in the future!

[LauraAdalena]

This game has too many needless restrictions that only hinder the gameplay experience for seemingly no reason.

Here are examples of what i'm referring to:

I'm just gonna divide your comment into other things.

-Wait 24 hours after leaving a FC before being able to create a FC
-Pay x amount of gil after changing GC's more than 1 time
-Wait x amount of days after the creation of a character before being able to transfer
-X amount of days after auto house demolition to reclaim items/gil
-X amount of gil allowance per character/retainer for server transfer (server gil is pretty even by now.)

I actually understand why they have these in place and why they are okay. The FC one is to keep emotional people from doing dumb things. I agree with the GC transfer costing, but not sure why I do, same with the transfer stuff. The limited amount of time to reclaim items is to keep people from leaving for a long time and getting items when they haven't been playing for years. Which, to me, makes sense. It's the server's space they are wasting on a game that requires connection to them. Also, I don't want people going over to Siren to buy all the Materia up for cheap and re-posting it for kicks then transferring back to Gilga or anything after they have sold it all.

-No option to manually demolish your own house to reclaim gil

Not sure how to feel about this one. I agree and disagree at the same time.

-Obtain x rank in GC before being able to change GC
-Wait x amount of days/time between being able to change GC's
-No option to share housing with your alts
-No option to trade between alts naturally
-No option to send moogle letters to yourself or alts
-Gear sets locked behind amount of classes unlocked

100% agree. These are dumb.If they are me and I play between the characters I should be allowed to trade things between them. Especially since I own them and pay for them. However, I'd limit it to just ones on the same server. Don't want anybody transferring millions and intentionally imbalancing entire server's market boards just because they can.

-One time Character Restoration
-One time Item restoration

Not actually sure what you are referring to here? I actually feel dumb for not knowing.

-Must obtain level x / complete x quest to change classes

This is because of the original job system requiring 2 classes to make a job. Surprised this is still a thing, I can see why it's dumb and forgot it was a thing.

[Daniolaut]

You can buy a gametime card and give him the code.

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- You have to use 1 tank, 1 heal and 2 DDs for squadron missions, other party compositions are not allowed (I would like to level my tanks without changing my job)

To my knowledge, the only way to buy a game card is through the SE store, which it’s like 5-10 $ for shipping on top of the card, and you then of course have to wait for the physical card to be mailed to you, which *then* you can give your friend the code. Which to me is extremely inconvenient.

Also cards are like 60 or 90 days of time. Which is.... restricting. Should be able to offer 30 days to a friend, or more. Without having to pay shipping. It’s an online game, why should I have to pay for a physical card to be physically shipped for an online game for online gameplay?

[Lumivyory]

Not actually sure what you are referring to here? I actually feel dumb for not knowing.

Every FFXIV account has an option to restore one item that was lost/thrown away and an option to restore one deleted character, but both of these you can only use once.

To my knowledge, the only way to buy a game card is through the SE store, which it’s like 5-10 $ for shipping on top of the card, and you then of course have to wait for the physical card to be mailed to you, which *then* you can give your friend the code. Which to me is extremely inconvenient.

I used to pay for my sub with game cards my bf bought for me. I have no clue on which website he was buying them but there seem to be plently of those that sell game cards and you receive a code instantly or the same day at least.

[Maeka]

I would rather address stupid little engine problems, like how you can't open certain windows while others are open, or you can't move items while having a vendor interface on-screen, etc.