Tanaka was Right!

[Savagelf]

the market system in 1.0 was horrible there where no dungeon or instance the class progress system was the worst if you got to a point you stop leveling because you ran out time you allow to lvl a jobs and you were encourage to switch to another class to leveling. high lvl monster where next to low level monster too. the only way to level were leve

NObuaki Komoto has his good elemental like crafting system and desyn system each man has good elemental to they content. one must draw they strength I like the throw back to ffxi like eureka it fun. I think that each part need tweaking for example eureka could have mini dungeon where you gain exp faster that you only access in fc or in 8 man setting but you have be in eureka to access. the same is true with the submarian you could have mini dungeon that you only access through submarian and airship. you use this for treasure hunting too I glad they make use of it for rebuilding Ishgard

[Gurney]

He was also know for not listening to he dev teams and ignoring the player base. It was his way and that was the only way. WoToG took almost 3 years for it to be finished. When he went to work on 1.0 from 11 there were several changes in 11 that were done to make the game more playable. Now some of the changes took some out of the feeling of accomplishment when finishing a story line. Those who beat CoP before the nerfs know what I mean.

[LineageRazor]

He was also know for not listening to he dev teams and ignoring the player base. It was his way and that was the only way.

...why am I suddenly thinking of Blue Mage...?

[Gurney]

...why am I suddenly thinking of Blue Mage...?

SMN also look how long it took to get new avatars, and that was after he left to work on 1.0.

[Verlyn]

As the leading director he takes the full blame, be it his or his team's fault. What I am also wondering is, why he hadn't the guts to redo the game back in 1.0 then. I guess he didnt want to take more risks?

I mean, he didn't have time or budget for much else? FFXIV 1.0 was very much a product of corporate meddling and a release date push.
Sure, it's fine to lay blame on Tanaka for the issues, but people crucify him as The Reason 1.0 Was Hot Garbage when it's just a bit more complicated than that.

[Alistaire]

NIGHTMARE --Yoshi P

[swiss_Momo]

but if 1.0 was so good, then why did it flop so hard that it almost killed the entire FF genre?
Checkmate Tanaka apologists!

[Mihana]

Obvious trolling aside here, there still are elements I personally miss from 1.0 (That some mobs like aldgoat followed you around at a leisurely stroll, or dodos would look at you and stare as example.) that would be great to have return. But I'm no fool either, 1.0 was very much unfinished and needed a complete revamp. In short the relaunch needed to happen to save this game. I don't know much about Tanaka personally but the original one was rushed, clunky, admittedly content-wise rather boring. I recall spending much of my time RPing back on Besaid at the time before server merges over doing content because there wasn't much. That said I do agree some elements like more in-depth crafting was a nice touch but still created a lot of excessive inventory bloat.


To make some pants first you create the cloth and thread, front half, then back. Then you create the belt, the buckle, buttons and extra metal bits, and then you could finally assemble it. And you had to have knowledge in multiple professions (Like a subclass in a way.) for some recipes so you needed to level leatherworking to handle say the belt and straps if any, blacksmith for the buckle and metal bits, and finally weaving for the rest.This might be fine for a single player game but not in a MMO.

[Ardox]

Hello my dearest, esteemed FFXIV colleagues! I am writing this post to talk about the nature behind the game we all play, how things used to be better, and to find companionship among like-minded individuals! You see, back in the glory days of 1.0, we had /snip

So glorious they had to remade the game

[TaranTatsuuchi]

Who's got that laughing hyur gif handy?
This thread deserves it.