A couple of developments in other games

[linayar]

Hello!

I don't know if this is still an issue with FFXIV, but I am currently posting on a second account and one of the reasons why is because when I stopped using Steam, I was under the impression that I had to create a new service account to continue playing on PC. That meant I had to abandon my preexisting characters on the Steam-linked service account. And considering you cannot delete a service account, I just closed the account altogether and created this present account.

On the bright side, I had a reason to continue playing FFXIV as I work on this character while waiting for patch 5.3. I can't wait for the live letter in just under 12 hours from typing this!

If that was incorrect or is no longer true, then great!

Otherwise, I would just like to draw attention to some news from SWTOR:

http://www.swtor.com/info/news/article/20200721

Crossplay and Cross-Save

If you decide to play The Old Republic through Steam instead of the direct SWTOR launcher, all of your progress will carry over when you switch! Likewise, all progress you make on Steam will carry to the next time you play using the direct launcher.

On PC, many SE games are on Steam, so while I am currently content playing FFXIV using a standalone service account and launcher, I may decide to create a new Steam account in the future and I had a good experience with FFXIV on Steam and wouldn't mind purchasing another copy of FFXIV on Steam if I could continue using my current service account.

And in other news, I saw this on Reddit:

I don't know if that is truly in development and will be ready for WoW's upcoming expansion, Shadowlands, but if it is real and Blizzard doesn't add any reward to it, it might be worth keeping an eye on to see if it works (differently, better, or worse) than FFXIV's equivalent system.

Anyways, I don't really like making threads usually, but thanks for the consideration.

[Vahlnir]

Hello!

I don't know if this is still an issue with FFXIV, but I am currently posting on a second account and one of the reasons why is because when I stopped using Steam, I was under the impression that I had to create a new service account to continue playing on PC. That meant I had to abandon my preexisting characters on the Steam-linked service account. And considering you cannot delete a service account, I just closed the account altogether and created this present account.

On the bright side, I had a reason to continue playing FFXIV as I work on this character while waiting for patch 5.3. I can't wait for the live letter in just under 12 hours from typing this!

If that was incorrect or is no longer true, then great!

Otherwise, I would just like to draw attention to some news from SWTOR:

http://www.swtor.com/info/news/article/20200721



On PC, many SE games are on Steam, so while I am currently content playing FFXIV using a standalone service account and launcher, I may decide to create a new Steam account in the future and I had a good experience with FFXIV on Steam and wouldn't mind purchasing another copy of FFXIV on Steam if I could continue using my current service account.

And in other news, I saw this on Reddit:

I don't know if that is truly in development and will be ready for WoW's upcoming expansion, Shadowlands, but if it is real and Blizzard doesn't add any reward to it, it might be worth keeping an eye on to see if it works (differently, better, or worse) than FFXIV's equivalent system.

Anyways, I don't really like making threads usually, but thanks for the consideration.

I really do hope that Blizzard handles this Mentor-esque system better than SE does with FF XIV's.

[Alestorm]

I really do hope that Blizzard handles this Mentor-esque system better than SE does with FF XIV's.

The issues wont be likely be from Blizzards side, it'll likely go poorly because the community itself is so toxic. The fact they are "borrowing" ideas from this game and others says two things: 1. they're now realizing WoW is bleeding subs and need to try something to maybe slow it down and 2. plagiarism is now their way of coming up with new ideas. Especially since your relic weapon in Legion was basically an Anima weapon but more annoying to power up since NPCs did over half the work for you.

[Vahlnir]

The issues wont be likely be from Blizzards side, it'll likely go poorly because the community itself is so toxic. The fact they are "borrowing" ideas from this game and others says two things: 1. they're now realizing WoW is bleeding subs and need to try something to maybe slow it down and 2. plagiarism is now their way of coming up with new ideas. Especially since your relic weapon in Legion was basically an Anima weapon but more annoying to power up since NPCs did over half the work for you.

WoW's been bleeding subs for years, but that's nothing new really. They've just managed to slow the flow considerably at times. BfA was not one of those times. WoW has been borrowing ideas from other games for years though, and that was well before Legion. MMOs sort of copy each other. Sometimes their content works, sometimes it doesn't but it's all about how it's handled. Blizzard and SE are very much alike in that regard at points. They may have a good idea but don't quite know what to do with it themselves.