Copied Factory

[meischoice]

I didn't enjoy it. :/
That's all. Sorry

[Enla]

What about it didn't you enjoy? Not bashing but genuinely curious.

[hynaku]

Same here didn't enjoy it at all. If lag any you keep dying in it.

[Theodric]

I enjoyed it.

[Fynlar]

I got a kick from how the second boss was basically GLaDOS, but that's about it.

The raid itself was okay, I guess, but the story/setting just feels way too detached from Final Fantasy for me to care very much. 2.x was directly inspired by FF3; 3.x was kind of its own thing but it at least stayed within FFXIV's setting and revolved around Diabolos who is a recurring FF entity; 4.x was directly inspired by the Ivalice games (FFTactics and FF12); but I don't even know what this is supposed to be. It also introduces what I see as a little bit of a MSQ plot hole (I would spoiler this if I knew how but I don't, so instead I'll just put in some more line breaks and hope that nobody reading this hasn't already finished 5.0):













Why do we bust our asses trying to make this giant golem thing to climb to Mount Gulg with when there was literally something big enough to probably fit the bill right in Kholusia's back yard? It kinda makes that whole segment of the MSQ feel a lot more pointless in retrospect.

Anyway, I imagine the people who are fans of Nier are really stoked, but for those that aren't or haven't even played it, it's kind of a big "whaaaa?"

[Fredco191]

Some of it’s just a little too chaotic for my taste. I still like it, though.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I enjoyed it. The mechanics were elegant in their simplicity, as they say. They look incredibly difficult, but really are quite simple when it comes down to it.

The 2nd boss is neat in that each alliance has different mechanics, as well as similar mechanics to react to, so it's somewhat different each run depending on alliance. The fights are all fun, and while some may think the NIER bit disengaging, I found it to fit into the XIV universe quite well.

Lets face it, we had clones in Crystal Tower, The Emperor Xande basically made himself immortal, the Allagans were harnessing primals like Bahamut and otherworldly beings such as Omega. Oh did I mention Omega? A mechanical/technological being that can take on human form? Yeah, it fits in quite well, and even the aesthetic wasn't super off-putting. The pipes and such of the factory could be seen as a scaled up Cerulean Processing Plant type area, or the various castrums, or heck, Garlemald may have things similar.

I'm looking forward to the next 2 raids.

[KageTokage]

I'm just hoping we actually get some relevant lore out of this whole deal instead of it being wholly self-contained.

The raid itself was fun, but I don't want it to just be a love letter to the Nier Automata fans. Ivalice was also largely its own story but it at least had a stinger that's likely to end up becoming a potentially huge problem in the near future.

[Enla]

I'm just hoping we actually get some relevant lore out of this whole deal instead of it being wholly self-contained.

The raid itself was fun, but I don't want it to just be a love letter to the Nier Automata fans. Ivalice was also largely its own story but it at least had a stinger that's likely to end up becoming a potentially huge problem in the near future.

The Nier lore has dimension traveling already baked in, it's how that universe was created in the first place as it's basically the result of Ending E from Drakengard 1, so I wouldn't doubt they're going to explain it in such a way. Part of me also hopes it doesn't just boil down to 'and then Yoko Taro decided it was so', as it has a lot of potential to expand our existing lore in rather interesting ways.

[TwiibieTwuu]

I loved it.

thought the bosses were fun to fight and learn. whole alliance was having a good time.

Loved the fact you can explore the dungeon afterwards and collect Lore notes.

Only con for me is the whole outfit coffer situation.


I do understand how people feel it's a bit weird mixing a futuristic style universe with ffxiv's.
but I've seen weirder Like that one mod for Morrowind