February 5th Announcement, Realistic Expectations Thread

[Azper]

I just want another MSQ experience on the level of Shadowbringers. It really swept me away for the first time.

Things I'm expecting or hoping for on Friday:
Expansion title and release date
New job reveals
Existing job "artifact" gear designs
Expansion location (Garlemald? Sharlayan? Thavnair? The moon?)
New job actions

...that's about all I'd say. Not a particularly high bar I'm setting, so we'll see.

[HeyMcFly]

I don't want viera male/ hrothgar female because I know it will be botched just like the current viera & hrothgar are- I'd put all my cards to fixing those two races 1st

Graphics & engine upgrade
Give Viera & Hrothgar hats- Matoya's Hat made visible, give Viera Y'sthola's hairstyle from mog station
Long hairstyles (like Gaia's & Rynes)
Hilda's Ponytail
Updated & improved character creator
For devs to take inspiration from the best ffxiv character mods- which are literally long hairstyles/ curly hairstyles, braids, & skin textures.
Give all male characters stubble & beards & thick eyebrow options
More make-up choices -
Blue Mage roulette
Battle Amaro (when you unlock amaro, can take on a quest to get a battle amaro)
Devs to stop being so out-of-touch with housing so housing can see real progress & positive changes
Mythic+ based dungeons not related to HoH or PotD that give amazing glamours

[EtherRose]

While i would like to see a graphical update - it's not needed. The game still looks great and fine. I'd rather them work on a new engine for the next FF-MMO which will most likely be action combat based. I hope.

[Absurdity]

I'd rather them work on a new engine for the next FF-MMO which will most likely be action combat based. I hope.

Which would make me about as interested as I am in the newest FIFA game. I guess I'm one of those weird oldschool people that like the tab target based combat, doesn't exactly help that all of those "action combat" mmos have been absolutely terrible shovelware.

[EtherRose]

Which would make me about as interested as I am in the newest FIFA game. I guess I'm one of those weird oldschool people that like the tab target based combat, doesn't exactly help that all of those "action combat" mmos have been absolutely terrible shovelware.

TERA wasn't bad. BDO ain't bad. BnS wasn't bad either, etc. I get the old school tab-targeting feeling but,...could it just be that you are genuinely not very good at action combat games? Considering they are faster paced than tab-targeting i can understand that some people can't keep up very well. Which is usually the case. But unfortunately, with FFXV being action combat and FFXVI being action combat.....the next FFMMO is most likely going to be, you guessed it, action combat.

[Theodric]

I'd rather not see FFXIV abandoned in favour of a different project. To me, it makes more sense to upgrade it bit by bit and fix some of the limitations that are currently holding it back. I'm not against a more action focused MMO and if it had stuff I enjoyed, I'd play it...but the development team are adamant that FFXIV will have staying power over the coming years. I'd like for that to be proven with more than just words.

[MachaYum]

I'd rather not see FFXIV abandoned in favour of a different project. To me, it makes more sense to upgrade it bit by bit and fix some of the limitations that are currently holding it back. I'm not against a more action focused MMO and if it had stuff I enjoyed, I'd play it...but the development team are adamant that FFXIV will have staying power over the coming years. I'd like for that to be proven with more than just words.

Square Enix’s ffxiv dev team keeps shoving excuses down our throats everytime we want major improvements to be made.
“It can’t be done currently”
“Server limitations”

It’s like, if you can’t improve upon your current mmo, you might as well begin another one so you don’t have these issues. FF11 still has players, just not as many as ffxiv. But let’s be realistic, we all know they won’t start a new mmo project till they’ve milked every run down aspect of this game. Which is like, the year 2040, lol. They just REALLY do not want to improve upon things that should be improved on. I know Yoshida said “feel free to have high expectations” but I don’t think his definition of high expectations are the same as ours....

[Absurdity]

I'd rather not see FFXIV abandoned in favour of a different project. To me, it makes more sense to upgrade it bit by bit and fix some of the limitations that are currently holding it back. I'm not against a more action focused MMO and if it had stuff I enjoyed, I'd play it...but the development team are adamant that FFXIV will have staying power over the coming years. I'd like for that to be proven with more than just words.

"upgrading it bit by bit" unfortunately has it's limits, the engine and code this game is running on is ultimately a mess and all they seem to be able to do with it is put bandaids over the cracks.

[Kikoten]

Realistic expectations?

Absolutely.

I expect I'll see the following:

Expansion Pack Announcement
New Job(s) Announcement
UI Update Announcement
Head Gear for Viera/Hrothgar Announcement
5.5 Preview Announcement
A New Dungeon(s) Announcement
A New Trial(s) Announcement
A New Raid(s) Announcement
Male Viera/Female Hrothgar Announcement (see: Expansion Pack Announcement)
Hype Train Chat*
Hype Train Forum Chat*
Myself, Jumping On That Hype Train
Lots of People Announcing the Confirmation of X, Y, and Z via In-Game Chat
Myself, Looking Forward to Seeing Lots of People Announcing the Confirmation of X, Y, and Z via In-Game Chat
Millions of Fans Gushing at the Sight of the Next Expansion
Myself, Gushing Alongside Millions of Fans, at the Sight of the Next Expansion
I Took the Day Off from Work to Watch this Announcement Showcase, but Also Because I am Getting the COVID Vaccine and it is Requested to Receive It before My Two Days Off, but For Some Reason the Nurse Said She Couldn't Do That, So It Fell to Me to Request That Day Off, and Here I Am
Butt Slider*

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*1 and *2: On Various Social Media Platforms/Boards
*3: Butt Slider, a New Exterior Housing Item that Allows You to Sit on a Slip-and-Slide and Propel Yourself Across Your Front Yard

[Kiurai]

I doubt the engine is exactly 1-1 as it was in 2013 but limitations will always persist unless they leap into a new engine which I don't expect any mmo to do anyways so I don't know why people ever expect that. Although it's a poor excuse I don't doubt the legitimacy of what they say, loads of MMOs can't develop certain systems due to limitations we never can directly see.