Dear Square-Enix...

[Elgeron]

Ok, for those who are too dense to figure it out, what the OP did was copy the basic post of one of the biggest QQ'ers ever on this forum, and change the wording to turn it into a relative positive thread. The other post is "To Square-Enix" and basically that poster played to level 5, couldn't figure out how to get the game into full screen mode, yet felt compelled to write a 5 paragraph essay as to how terrible this game was

[Seth_Ahriman]

Maybe its denzel washington trying to get us to remember deja vu?

[Hayden]

bwahaha! Like a Boss!

[Matsume]

Ok, for those who are too dense to figure it out, what the OP did was copy the basic post of one of the biggest QQ'ers ever on this forum, and change the wording to turn it into a relative positive thread. The other post is "To Square-Enix" and basically that poster played to level 5, couldn't figure out how to get the game into full screen mode, yet felt compelled to write a 5 paragraph essay as to how terrible this game was.

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

[Dragon]

Ok, for those who are too dense to figure it out, what the OP did was copy the basic post of one of the biggest QQ'ers ever on this forum, and change the wording to turn it into a relative positive thread. The other post is "To Square-Enix" and basically that poster played to level 5, couldn't figure out how to get the game into full screen mode, yet felt compelled to write a 5 paragraph essay as to how terrible this game was.

You just had to go 'n' ruin this thread, didn't you?

[electrikALIEN]

But was it from the heart?

[Khal_Drogo]

Don't listen to the people complaining that combat is slow - this is a Final Fantasy game, dammit! I happen to enjoy the slower and more tactical focus of reacting to enemy skills rather than spamming abilities and trying to outright avoid things!

I read most of your post, and I DID get a kick out of it for sure; but this one statement REALLY stood out. Are you kidding me? You have time to think and react in FF, and enjoy slower-paced, more tactical gameplay? rather than spamming abilities and trying to avoid things???

Are we playing a different game? Have you not fought Ifrit? Are you sure you've actually partied much? Maybe you got PL'd from lvl 1 to 50 in the Beastmen SHs before they patched that? Because, SURELY, you can't be referring to the same game I'm playing. They may have slowed tp gain down, considerably. They may have limited the amount of abilities we can equip from different classes, thus limiting the ENDLESS spam going on, but it is still a SERIOUS problem.

Your description of what XIV is "not" was, just about, a perfect description of the Ifrit fight. And as for the camping, talking with party members, and all that, well, I dunno what you're talking about. The monsters die so fast that no one could ever, possibly, have time to relax and enjoy one another's company. If anything, the pace is still too fast. If ppl want to sit around and "button-smash," maybe they should go buy one of those "bop it, twist it, pull it, push it" things from the 90s or w/e.

As for me and the less primitive "pool" of the XIV community, I believe we would all like to see a much more stimulating and engaging battle experience. And the only way accomplish that is to slow down the battle pace, and put more focus into one's strategy, rather than trying to get spammed in cures while you endlessly wail on your enemy (how fun).





XIV, as it is now, is a SLIGHTLY more intense version of "Rock-em-Sock-em Robots." Here's the XIV you WoW players all know and love:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-9n2...eature=related

[Elgeron]

" maybe they should go buy one of those "bop it, twist it, pull it, push it" things from the 90s

Ok now seriously, I´m low level and I havent fight Ifrit yet so I know I can give a totally valid argument or opinion.
I think battle pace is well balance, but I think it really need a lot more skills and enemies diversity wich make us plans our strategies more, like making elemental attacks, bad status and positionating more important, and different combos with differents effects.

[Coglin]

Are you kidding me?

Someone doesn't quit get it.

[Merylstryfe]

Aww...li ruined a hilarious thread.
Thats it, I can't take this whole sarcasm thing anymore!
/gunshottothehead