Thread: You can bring back 2 features from 1.0 what would it be?

Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Hell, I miss the Path of the Twelve itself, it was so much better than the Scions of the Seventh Dawn it turned into post-Calamity. Minfilia wasn't a dumb blonde and annoying and knew how to use the Echo at will, Tataru wasn't an airhead and actually had a backbone, and they were far more secretive and not 'Primal-and-Ascian-slayers-R-Us', they were more interested in the delving into the Echo and protecting those who could use it. I miss the Path.

The split between the Circle of Knowing and the Path of the Twelve made a lot of sense, you know? Sure, the Circle of Knowing's name was a little on-the-nose, but having the Path be a secretive research group devoted to the study of the Echo and how to utilize it (while staying under the radar because, y'know, the Echo was not something to be abused, and also not everyone trusted people with weird powers), while the Circle were "Hey, so, the Sharlyan policy of trying to do the Star Trek Prime Directive kind of sucks, so some of us are going rogue and bringing our knowledge to Eorzea to try to help you prevent the apocalypse... especially since, right now, it looks like you're dealing with several possible ones at once."

The Circle and Path working together made sense; the Echo was a useful tool, and anything they learned of use could be filtered out through the Circle to allow the Path to remain secret. And Louisoix leaving word that Minfilia should bring the remaining Archons into the Path and combine their charters made narrative sense as Louisoix's intention, given the sort-of-family-ish relationship he and Minfilia had.

But the "public organization trying to aid in stabilizing and protecting Eorzea" (and later all of the Source) charter of the Circle is kind of in conflict with the "secretive organization dedicated to the study of the Echo and related phenomena" of the Path. Most notably in how the Scions are openly advising the leaders of Eorzea, publicly acknowledged for their role in things, etc... and yet still largely keep their base of operations secret and concealed.

Though in terms of 1.0 callbacks (ShB spoilers)...

I did love the fact that if you map Norvrandt to pre-Calamity Eorzea, Nabaath Areng is basically where Ul'dah is. And in 1.0, the original Waking Sands was hidden in Ul'dah; it wasn't moved to Vesper Bay until the rebuilding after the Calamity. (Heck, Vesper Bay as a town wasn't built until after the Calamity.)

So when you visit with Minfilia's lingering soul in the ruins of Nabaath Areng, you are actually meeting with her where the original Path of the Twelve had their base of operations. And thus to say your farewells to her, you return to the Waking Sands one final time. Even if only metaphorically/symbolically.

(And now I'm remembering that Ul'dah always seemed to be the player hub in 1.0, the way Limsa is now. I guess even the playerbase habits changed after the Calamity!)

Every race (and both genders of those races) (if they had their opposite gender.) having different death animations. A wipe would look more realistic (and less weird) if everyone didn’t collapse the exact same way.

Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Path Companions. The chocobo companion is good, but not great. I miss my Moonkeeper GLA and her constant flirting with Enki.

Hell, I miss the Path of the Twelve itself, it was so much better than the Scions of the Seventh Dawn it turned into post-Calamity. Minfilia wasn't a dumb blonde and annoying and knew how to use the Echo at will, Tataru wasn't an airhead and actually had a backbone, and they were far more secretive and not 'Primal-and-Ascian-slayers-R-Us', they were more interested in the delving into the Echo and protecting those who could use it. I miss the Path.

I miss path companions too!! I loved they had little stories.

Originally Posted by Lexi

I miss path companions too!! I loved they had little stories.

I'd be perfectly fine if they brought it back but you adopted kids from the orphanage and taught them how to be adventurers like in Skyrim. You could level them, they would have stories and hang around your house when not in use walking around / sleeping / cleaning. I had a discussion about this with a few others and we were hyped about the possibilities. Of course, that won't ever happen. Imagine if you train them and they learn from how you play such as dodge timing, rotations etc... lol, I'm sure their servers would melt xD

I miss having overworld enemies that could easily kill max level/capped/overgeared players. The world felt dangerous. Also, maybe it was just me but trial fights were hard (granted a lot of that was due to lag). I also miss the variety in classes. I still have found memories of healing Ifrit on Thaumaturge (cross-class skills and such).

i miss my path companions aswell, the openess of the world (less zoneing)

Hamlet Defense and gear being tailored to race and gender (like actual holes for tails and not just clipped through robes).