Thread: I Miss 1.0

Originally Posted by Bigmoose85

I think there needs to be an ultimate list of everything 1.0 did better than 2.0 and beyond that way we can reference it when whining about things they should add.

I'll start... Better texture graphics. They don't have to be 8k but holy crap can they at least be bumped up to HD.

Aside from being pretty barren, copy-pasted and having too many invisible walls, I thought how they handled the open world zones was alright. It was actually relevant because battle leves and behests (now guildhests and instanced) were a viable option for leveling. It was seamless, had open world dungeons although not much in them, had a good variety of layers to the zone design (main part, elevated/upper, underground/lower etc) and there was some difficulty in it since monster levels were varied and can reach past our level cap than set to a certain range like it is now.

The monsters were coded better, too. Some monsters are cowards, some would attack you if you're in their bubble for too long, some would even follow you out of curiosity.

Originally Posted by dinnertime

Aside from being pretty barren, copy-pasted and having too many invisible walls, I thought how they handled the open world zones was alright. It was actually relevant because battle leves and behests (now guildhests and instanced) were a viable option for leveling. It was seamless, had open world dungeons although not much in them, had a good variety of layers to the zone design (main part, elevated/upper, underground/lower etc) and there was some difficulty in it since monster levels were varied and can reach past our level cap than set to a certain range like it is now.

The monsters were coded better, too. Some monsters are cowards, some would attack you if you're in their bubble for too long, some would even follow you out of curiosity.

For all of the criticism 1.0 receives it really was a masterpiece. The only thing XIV has on it is the trust system (and that's being generous).

I...wouldn't go that far.

Man this is a troll thread.

Originally Posted by ErryK

I assume you like copy-paste environments?

I seem to remember that being a 1.0 problem... not an ARR problem. So my answer is no. I wish I could remember where I read that but yeah... that was an 1.0 problem sir. :C

Originally Posted by mario710

For all of the criticism 1.0 receives it really was a masterpiece. The only thing XIV has on it is the trust system (and that's being generous).

Ok, if it was a masterpiece, why did it fail so miserably. It was a big part of the reason square reduce their earnings estimate by 90% 90% the year it released.

That's pretty far from masterpiece if you ask me. What did you even enjoy about it? When 1.0 released you had 2 methods of leveling up. Killing overworld mobs and behests (basically 1.0's fates), and levequests. There was a limit on the levequests, so overworld mobs was a lot of it. I would know, i killed thousands upon thousands of coblyns and doblyns to level LNC to 50.

There was no end game. There was literally nothing to do at max level. There were no NM's, no Primals, no dungeons, no bosses. There were a few levequests that had special mobs, but nothing to keep you engaged.


I'm seriously wondering what you remember of 1.0.

Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

Ok, if it was a masterpiece, why did it fail so miserably. It was a big part of the reason square reduce their earnings estimate by 90% 90% the year it released.

That's pretty far from masterpiece if you ask me. What did you even enjoy about it? When 1.0 released you had 2 methods of leveling up. Killing overworld mobs and behests (basically 1.0's fates), and levequests. There was a limit on the levequests, so overworld mobs was a lot of it. I would know, i killed thousands upon thousands of coblyns and doblyns to level LNC to 50.

There was no end game. There was literally nothing to do at max level. There were no NM's, no Primals, no dungeons, no bosses. There were a few levequests that had special mobs, but nothing to keep you engaged.


I'm seriously wondering what you remember of 1.0.

Hyperbole.

1.0 was designed to make the journey itself the endgame. The endgame began as soon as you started playing.