DESPERATION for INNOVATION: "FFXIV's DOWNFALL"

[Volsung]

I don't get it.... too much freedom and we hear "omg we all just equip similar things we're just alike aside from all these abilities i may like and others dont, make classes more defined!" (which is kinda duh, dont you build your char to be the best?)

then when the freedom is cut and classes are made cut and dry "omg now my class looks like everyone else in my class! and I have no freedom to behave different"

seriously? you can't have your cake AND poop on it xD

edit: I did the dreaded hear vs here typo

[Valmonte]

Does anybody, besides me, still think this Armoury System is gonna end up being SE's Achilles' Heel?

They've worked it, and reworked it, from DAY ONE....and it is STILL an abomination. I mean...what the heck is supposed to set me apart from every other 50 WHM, WAR, and PLD....my armor choices? (unlikely, since every time new gear comes out, it's so easy to get)

So, is it my sub class? (nope...those are PRE-DETERMINED). Where is the versatility? Where is the DRG subbing "whm" so his wyvern can healing breath....Where is the SAM subbing DNC, so he can solo a damn Sky God lol....where is the thf subbing war for berserk, and so on....

What is it going to take for SE to realize that no1 wants to be a carbon frekin copy of everyone else with their job...a handful of actions that anybody can simply swap onto, is NOT helping the situation.


AND PLEASE.....do not give me that whole "that's what classes are for" spiel. Classes perfectly epitomize the terms "BORING and GENERIC."

Kill the moogle, Burn down the mog house and what do you get? the armory system, there is nothing stopping SE from creating any weapon and assigning it to a class or better yet putting those Guild seals to use for i dunno weapon training manuals.

[Hachi-Roku]

DESPERATION for POSTCOUNT: "RYKAN'S JOURNEY"

Are you going to go for some kind of new-topic record in General Discussion?

[Rykan]

DESPERATION for POSTCOUNT: "RYKAN'S JOURNEY"

Are you going to go for some kind of new-topic record in General Discussion?

lol, no...I'm actually just a little narcissistic, and feel like my opinions are so important, and so "vital to this games success", that I make an effort to get all the info out there as fast as I can xD

These "feelings" have been brewing for quite a while, but I've been too busy (and too lazy) to really get on here much. Anyway, to AceofRains:

I perused your Armoury/Job system document, and I gotta say....it gave me a little hope for the game. I still, absolutely, despise the Armoury System (simply because it only offers one extreme or the other), but at least it's not completely hopeless.

And, Volsung, dude/dudette.....you can't be serious lol

The reason ppl are still "whining" is because it's always been one extreme, or the other: There's either SO much versatility that we have no choice but to lvl every single class, just to feel well rounded (making every one a carbon copy of each other); or there's so little versatility (pre-determined sub-classes) that no one stands out from the next guy. I think the easiest way to remedy all of this, might just be to allow weapon diversity among the classes/jobs.

If a PLD wants to equip a staff, then let him; if a MRD wants to equip a spear...then let him.

[Antanias]

OP must be dating Rokien.

[DeadlySwordz]

So, is it my sub class? (nope...those are PRE-DETERMINED). Where is the versatility? Where is the DRG subbing "whm" so his wyvern can healing breath....Where is the SAM subbing DNC, so he can solo a damn Sky God lol....where is the thf subbing war for berserk, and so on....

Seems like you really want FFXIV to be like FFXI. Why don't you just go play FFXI instead then?

[Teakwood]

WHERE is the Monk subbing Summoner, so that he can CARBUNCLE while he PUNCHES THINGS

I want to be a SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE

[Answa]

WHERE is the Monk subbing Summoner, so that he can CARBUNCLE while he PUNCHES THINGS

I want to be a SPECIAL SNOWFLAKE

[Yves]

"Golfclap, James?"
"Golfclap."

One of my favorite movies. Written and directed by Emilio, to boot!

[Malakhim]

Guys, you know what's pretty freaking adorable?

There's a momma thrasher whose eggs just hatched, and all day she's been flying back and forth between a tree and her nest on my roof feeding her chicks, and I know this because of the adorable chirping that goes on every so often.

Seriously, that's freaking adorable.

Oh wait, one of these threads...