E3 Expectations

[Esk]

Probably - CS and a few in game trailers.

What i'd like:
Overview of combat :
Which would include colision/physics (blocking a mob with your body to keep it away from the mages ect)
New animations/attacks/spells.
Body part targeting on large mobs to inflict status effect style injury.

Overview of new UI+info on customisation

A good look some of the new maps.
As i'm hoping they are still realistic, relatively huge but with a lot more fantasy dotted about.
A good look at one of the towns too see what's if much has changed.

An finally something about summoners, group crating and to actually see some life in the npcs, camps and hamlets so they look lived in populated and not just filed with static un-animated content.
Oww and aggressive mobs attacking weak ones, imperial attacks being fought off by the camp/town guards,...

Hmm... nvm lol..
i'll go back to wishful thinking..

[Kaizlu]

Most likely we'll get a cinematic trailer, it's SE after all.

But most importantly, I want to know how Sony is going to spin the poor sales of the PSV in Japan into a positive way.

[Victor]

This is going to be brutally anti-climactic ><

[ChiefCurrahee]

We're gonna get a short 30 second video of FFXIV characters animated to Kriss Kross' Jump.

all races will be shown jumping around with the Large font bolded text flashing into existance 1 by 1 :

R
U
HAPPY
NOW!?

then a slow fade in:

FFXIV 2.0: now with jump.

In all seriousness, I think we'll see a CGI type movie of the event leading into the 7th umbral era. aka Meteor smashing down in eorzea followed by a montage of quick cuts of in game footage. nothing lasting more than 2 or 3 minutes tops.

Unfortunatly SE will miss their chance to impress the gaming world/press in large at this event. Maybe it's for the better as other compnaies will be showing their big guns as well. SE might be saving the megatonne for vanafest which is a week after E3 or tokyo game show which isn't far off either to have a more intimate unveiling of FFXIV to try and draw more attention.

[Hycinthus]

In my opinion, if they want to impress, they should show footage of gameplay and redesigned UI and some redesigned areas.

I know it may be too early, but that's my opinion.

Showing a cinematic trailer is not going to convince anybody. CGI is not gameplay, is not content, is not anything. It's merely eyecandy. If they want to garner attention, showing us bits and pieces of the redesigned 2.0 will be the way to do it.

[Cer]

Showing a cinematic trailer is not going to convince anybody. CGI is not gameplay, is not content, is not anything. It's merely eyecandy.

Seems to work enough for Blizzard. Shit pisses me off. "Oh hey look how cool/exciting our game will never actually be!"

Anyways, They will likely show off some gameplay. I actually doubt they'll show off any CGI movies. If they show anything about the meteor hitting it will be a spoiler for all of us currently playing, which I'm sure they realize.

[Babydoll]

If they want this game to go far they have to promote it good at e3 and then after they need to have lots of commercials during prime time and ads online! I really hope they have more then CGI stuff >.> game play plix!

[Akujin]

They should have Tanaka chained to a bench or post, gagged and blindfolded, so that every participant at E3 that has played XIV since Beta gets a free kick to his arse! lol.. sorry, that idea came, its silly and mean. But had to post it.

I suspect.. a Producer Letter a day or two before E3, for starters, for us.

Then E3, a trailer, showing off the new engine, possibly a dragon or two. We did get the concept art, so I suspect something like how they showed off Odin for ToAU, if the Ultima weapon thing is the big baddy, he'll make an apperance somehow.

If they do have game play, it'll be current version, showing off current battle system, job system. Possibly an isolated situation, like Hamlet Defense level 1, or the Garlean SH. Or possibly a new dungeon we dont know about yet.

Eitherway..I'm not attending. I'll be either catching news on Spike or online.

[Airget]

Spike? That's like getting your news from Fox.

[Arkine]

WHITE TEXT BLACK SCREEN!

WOOOSH SOMETHING SOMETHING EORZEA REBORN

A glimps of something with 2.0 in it!!!

MORE WHITE TEXT BLACKSCREEN!

SOMETHING ROARING FOR .3sec!!! WHAT COULD IT MEAN!?

Square Enix, Playstation 3 2013!!!!!



That's what gonna happen.