should not westernize FFXIV

[Mikita]

Mik there is fantasy in ff14. Just not in the intro. And like most mmo the low lvl gear always is the less appealing. But also you gotta look at the setting too. ff13 and ff14 setting are way different. ff13 was in a high tech world floating above an even larger world. Their cloths represented in both.

Yes, the settings are completely different, and I'm not saying that the designs of FF14 are bad -- but I feel they are somewhat dull when compared to their other installments that I've seen.

It does seem like Yoshi-P is taking the game in a slightly different direction with sketches he released in an earlier Letter from the Producer: http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com...449d1b7c37eb49

It will be interesting to see how the game continues to evolve.

[Azureos]

i think it s true that FF14 lack a bit of visual identity even hough it s far from being the worst part of the game.
it would be more immersive i think with better colored lights and shadows and some particule in the air who would give a more dreamlike and fantasy effect.

[Seikninkuru]

just need some trance and stop the jpop imo.

[Azureos]

lol i feel like if i was in an elevator when i heard Ulda s theme lol

[Picoman]

I agree that fantasy elements add to the appeal of a game world... I think they did a pretty good job with it in FFXIV myself, but they definitely could have pushed it further. There's a huge difference between fantasy and unrealism. FFXI had sky, for example... The floating land of the gods... It was stylized realistically, but was a work of pure fantasy. It's only a matter of time before they add areas of this nature, I'm certain. Once there's actual endgame content we will probably see more of this... In fact, there already is some that's been made and just isn't accessible yet. An example is that there is a cave in FFXIV with a whole underground forest... It's like a subterranean ecosystem.

Some JP hacked the game and accessed the areas... It wasnt complete, but it was done enough to get a general idea of what it'll be like.

Hey, what youtube keywords did you use to find the jp videos? Or is it just cassiopia?

[Elkwood]

This game needs something to make people feel accomplished, everyone here that played FFXI remembers COP, it was bar non the best expansion to hit FFXI. When you got to sea you felt accomplished, the missions were so intricate the storyline was so amazing. The gear that was dropped for the most part was good, and every Jailer had its own strategy for killing. And what happened when you beat the last Jailer O lookie AV Popped...

Now the XIV Main Mission storyline I am still working on but so far I am immersed in it, it is a very good storyline, but it lacks in several ways compared to my example, so far everything is solo-able, For the most part it has all been cutscenes with 1 quick battle (Just finished rank 26 mission I have heard 38 requires a party). I do like how the 20,30, and 36 Quest line for each job seems to be tied into Ishgaurd in some way. But... Where are the rewards I have 2 missions left no Ishgard, No Secret Dungeons.... No NM I can go back and kill on a BCNM... Nothing

As far as Westernizing the game I do hope SE sticks to what they do best Final Fantasy, I sincerely hope they ignore most of the suggestions from the NA community since the community in a large part are complaining about non important things. The game works as it is, but I am already sick of Exclamation point above someones head, I am sick of hearing about how quests don't give SP, I don't want PVP to be open world and give SP for killing another player, I don't want Awesome uber gear to drop from PVP, the best stuff still needs to come from PVE or Dungeons. I don't want Dungeons to give SP, fact is if you die I miss my XP loss, because right now it makes the game to easy.

[viion]

I don't care about graphics. We played FFXI because rewards, victories over top NMs and so on were all more difficult to obtain and required more skill than other MMOs. FFXIV caters to the skill level of a baby WoW noob.

I play XI for its graphics.

[Rhianu]

everyone here that played FFXI remembers COP, it was bar non the best expansion to hit FFXI.

Wrong. ToAU was the best. :P

I sincerely hope they ignore most of the suggestions from the NA community since the community in a large part are complaining about non important things.

I'm sorry, but that comment makes me extremely angry. No seriously, I find it highly offensive for you to even suggest that. Please, just stop talking now.

I play XI for its graphics.

...I hope you're joking.

[Elkwood]

Wrong. ToAU was the best. :P

TOAU was to easy in my opinion, COP before the level and XP loss nerf was a pain! TOAU with salvage gear which was exploited for over a year, gave better gear yes, but the missions for the most part were still solo. And Mostly like XIV were all cutscenes. COP had like 5 fights non BCNM, 3 BCNM fights, Tenzen Fight, and Promathia fight. thats like 10 fights i can think off off the top of my head. Not to Mention Sacrarium Dungeon, Unlocking Behemoth Fight with Zilart Complete... the list goes on and on

[Rhianu]

Basically my beef with CoP was that you couldn't really enjoy anything it had to offer unless you had an LS full of people who all wanted to do it too, and it was extremely difficult to convince people to go through the missions again if you weren't among the first few waves of people to play through them.

With ToAU, there was plenty of stuff for everyone to enjoy, even if they didn't have a consistent static party to do everything with.

Also, ToAU felt like it added more content than CoP.