What is FFXIV trying to BE?

[gifthorse]

I think FFXIV is trying to be.... FFXIV. For some reason people can't seem to grasp or accept that.

Perhaps the reason people have difficulty grasping or accepting such a "concept" is because it tells them absolutely nothing. Absolutely nothing at all.

[Dargoth_Draconia]

Its trying to be a good game.

[Mack]

and rightly so.

it's pure nonsense.

Lol are you flaming yourself here? I like it gave me a chuckle.

[snowstriker]

gift
they did tell you..... you just chose to ingore it

the armory system was never about set classes. but more templates.

the only set is under the disipline
hand war land magic

we are given the chance to mix and match or stick to one of those. Pretty much create our own classes insted of a job and sub job what wasn't very customisable.

Kinda like elder scroll games, well at least in morrowind.

I tried Aion from NCsoft. The game was fun, just the community was well
think of the forum, but make it 10 times worst. I got yell at for the most retarted things. Like looking for a legion under lvl 25. I was new to the game and really had no effin Idea on what to do. And no one was helpful.

Except I feel lame as any of the classes and none of the skills are very interesting. Here's to hoping they finally announce their plans for new job / battle systems.

[Commat]

fun, live, reboot, and rebuild

What does that even mean?

The old devs had fun (instead of working on the game).
The game went live (and tanked).
They got a new dev team in too reboot.
The new team is working tooth and nail to rebuild.

[Mack]

The old devs had fun (instead of working on the game).
The game went live (and tanked).
They got a new dev team in too reboot.
The new team is working tooth and nail to rebuild.

This man makes sense.

[gifthorse]

Wow you guys missed the point of the thread entirely.

[Seif]

Well I have no idea. There clearly isn't a guy in charge with a vision. They're just basically trying to copy other MMO ideas into XIV and it's turning this game into a emotionless mess.

[gifthorse]

I'm so tired of this method of appeasement that's screwing over the original vision and making it difficult to ascertain whether the game will ever even be worth playing in the future. It's stupid to make false promises, but giving players some insight into the philosophy behind the future design process isn't stupid at all. It's an honest practice. Unlike stringing people along when they are just going to destroy the underlying fabric of the original FFXIV that people signed up for.

How many people were looking forward to Public Companies? I remember since release everyone was anticipating the day they would have to shuffle their Linkshells and swear allegiance to one Company. All those dreams were dashed so SE could implement fetch quests and add auto-attack.

Is that a sign of things to come or just a small step off the original path?

[Neptune]

Well basically.. gifthorse my bro.. I see it as Yoshi-P is not being honest with us. But, he said he wasn't going to be honest and open. He said no more info and no more broken promises until trust is regained. So, I agree with you and I'd like him to be open, but I'm ok with waiting while he tries to work it out with all those other people besides me he meant when he said that.