I'm at a loss..

[Kiote]

There is nothing to complain about..

I love the Combat.

I love the Crafting and improvements to skills are on the way.

My Gathering Overhaul is on the way.

There's a lot of storylines.

My DoL/H content is coming.

Yeah, I wish the Devs would say, "Oh yeah, we're gonna make you some open world Dungeons.", and I hope Content Finder doesn't teleport people. But I look at where we started, I look at what we have, and I look at what is announced to 1.22 and.. I think I'm satisfied...

I'm am actually confident in the Direction that this game is going. I believe we are on a direct path to a real AAA MMORPG. Sure, there are things I would do different, but there is no longer any game breaking mechanics on the Horizon that make me second guess this game.

Thank You.

[Antanias]

The game is actually at a point to where I can recommend it to other people. A year ago today, I couldn't be bothered to log in at all.

[Denmo]

If you actually pay close attention to the forums, it's usually a handful of people bringing up their grievances. At the moment, the majority of people are actually playing/enjoying the game. That's a good thing.

[Sol_Aureus]

Until the server lag is fixed for good, It's hard to say.

Still, I agree that the direction the game is headed is generally good. We'll just have to see.

[Platinumstorm]

There is nothing to complain about..

I love the Combat.

I love the Crafting and improvements to skills are on the way.

My Gathering Overhaul is on the way.

There's a lot of storylines.

My DoL/H content is coming.

Yeah, I wish the Devs would say, "Oh yeah, we're gonna make you some open world Dungeons.", and I hope Content Finder doesn't teleport people. But I look at where we started, I look at what we have, and I look at what is announced to 1.22 and.. I think I'm satisfied...

I'm am actually confident in the Direction that this game is going. I believe we are on a direct path to a real AAA MMORPG. Sure, there are things I would do different, but there is no longer any game breaking mechanics on the Horizon that make me second guess this game.

Thank You.

I can help with that.


I love the Combat.

There are inefficiencies within the system. Black Mage is boring and needs more skills with unique mechanics, or at least the illusion of a decision to make to be engaging. Bard has awkward moments of "lull combat", where they basically don't have a lot of things to do, but overall feels decent.

All fights are currently limited to the terrible server response, so the introduction of fast-paced mechanics is very difficult for them to do.

How will crafting look when all the animations are shortened? Will it look as ridiculous as when they are repaired? I'm personally not convinced that the form of crafting we have now is the best and most engaging solution that can be developed.

There's a lot of storylines.

This is something that can only be determined after 2.0, but there are huge quality control issues with the main scenario campaigns. The quality isn't consistent, and it doesn't always feel like it was worth your time or advanced the story. Hopefully these are being completely overhauled. There are also countless default quests that rely on a dragon being present in the story, but you never get to see the dragon because the model wasn't created. Examples I can think of off the top of my head are quests involving Brother Telyn and Damieliot. There's also big issues with the over-use or complete misuse of certain music tracks within the quest presentations. Mechanics and battles within the vast majority of these quests themselves are utter rubbish. The best example would be the obvious parlay mechanics, but extends to "run 30 minutes to kill a wolf" or "pretend you have these magical sylph abilities that you don't actually have".

There obviously aren't any real engaging storylines below lv 30, and I think that's a major problem too. They don't have to be world-shattering, but they need to exist.

There is plenty left to be critical of, even within the things you have no complaints of, and hopefully they've addressed these issues for 2.0.

[Dianic]

I quit this game almost immediately after it came out. I played the Beta, bought a Collector's Edition, jumped in the game right at launch... needless to say, I was super disappointed. Cataclysm hit shelves... I quit FFXIV... That was 2010.

March 2012 - I read Massively all of the time. They've covered every update this game has had w/o bias, and it intrigued me enough to give it another chance (that + SWTOR was a bust).

I regret nothing in my decision to return. Very, very impressed with the changes. They've done a fantastic job so far and I now recommend this game to friends.

Great job taking a seemingly lost cause and making a complete 180. I thought this game was headed for the trash. Now, I genuinely believe it's a top 5 contender.

[Kiote]

There is plenty left to be critical of, even within the things you have no complaints of, and hopefully they've addressed these issues for 2.0.

Of course there will always be things that are not working the way I want them to. This game is far from Polished. More of what I was getting at is the feeling of impending Doom that lurked with every Patch. Since the day Yoshida took over, every single patch has brought with it a palpable sense of foreboding. Each contained a massive system overhaul that, if not executed with extreme precision, could have easily been the last straw. The Job System, The Recipe Overhauls, Dark Matter, the Combo System, The Grand Companies. Each and every one of these was a one shot deal. There was no room for a second try. Of course, I don't personally like all of the changes that went in, but the fine line was walked successfully. Nearly every major system in this game has been overhauled and each and everyone of them is good enough to only need minor adjustments over time.

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it's nice..

[syntaxlies]

the world still blows. ive been looking forward to map remake the most.

[Zien]

Yeah I would definitely recommend this game now. For some people their glass is just half empty.

[Platinumstorm]

Yeah I would definitely recommend this game now. For some people their glass is just half empty.

I have to assume that was in reference to me, but I don't view this half empty because the game is making significant improvements. I wouldn't be subscribed right now if it wasn't. The problem is whether or not it can take that level of polish to where it's something everyone wants to do, and that's likely what they want to shoot for. They haven't met that goal yet, but hopefully they will.