FFXIV is just really really disappointing!

[Nephera]

go back to WoW and play it

thats the kind of attitude that we cant have atm.



edit: and guys its not like its unheard of for a final fantasy game to take you aside and explain some things to you, in 6 Narshe has a little house with npcs that explain certain aspects of the game, tactics has a really in depth tutorial system that explains practically everything about the game and even has its own npc to guide you through it

http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Darlavon

though his english wasnt uh..fantastic.

[Ciden]

In the interview with Zam, Yoshida-san talks about how he doesn't want the player to feel when they first enter the world as "stressful." Now it pleased me very much that he used this particular word because that was exactly what I felt when I got the CE an logged on back in sept. I quit in 3 weeks because of horrible lag, no real directives on what to do or can be done and just a general feeling of the game besting my intellect with the sometimes anger provoking UI.
After awhile I picked it back up in Feb because I would rather be a part of the solution as a resource of input rather than complaints to SE and I thought with all the level of new open communication that this game can be more than what it is and was.
Although it still has a long way to go I know I can trust that the team are working their hardest to make this game the champion it was meant to be. Albeit the stream of information on the things that will give us hope for staying or coming back is at a trickle, but it has been one heck of a month for them in Japan.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

you have to be in passive mode to set skills to your action bar. It would help to read how to play a game before complaining about its controls.

You should go back to WoW, its an established MMO with lots of content. You can be level capped in 2 weeks, and have both your primary and secondary crafting skills capped a couple days after that. Instant gratification... Yes,that seems to be what you expect. Plus they did the great reset, so all that gear you worked so hard for is now obsolete crap that any noob can exceed in the first cataclysm dungeon. Come back to this one after its first expansion pack, there will be plenty to do then.

ok really vix... this isn't cool. Really why are ppl bashing this guy >.> like this. This isn't how the ffxi/ffxiv community should be like.

[Kilta_Firelotus]

@ cid
I agree with what your saying, games should be fun. But also games do come with instruction manuels with at least basic control ley outs. I can see if you read the controls but still find it hard, thats imo is understandable. But to just jump in and expect to master the game the second you log in is a bit of a folly.

I'm a big time gamer but everyone new game I get It can take a bit to learn the controls. I always read/skim the book just for a basic understanding. Then I play the game and learn by doing. the ffxi tutorial was imo vety good. It was very informnative, fun yo do, and got rewarded for it. It was also just a text back, and were expected to know at least the basic controls. Which again are in the manual.

[Ciden]

Exactly. I wasn't a master and that pissed me off lol. I'll admit. But when my interest started growing during my time off I put myself through FFxiv 101 for 2 months before I started again learning and reading about everything I could online and how to get past some of the little irksome quirks. I didn't forget the manual but it was rather vague in parts and heavily truncated :P I was more upset that a big leather book popped out of the CE box after I was done reading the manual and as I flipped the entire thing was blank! I thought it was a cruel joke at first.

[Speeral]

Op also you can manipulate the ui and move the widgets around take ur mouse and skim it along the edges of each boarder and u'll see a hand pop up click the left mouse buttom hold it down and move the widget where u need it.

Also as a community putting people down just bc they had a bad experience with something is no way to treat a new player. Especially if we want the player base to grow ....

[Carpe]

Valafjal, you're making a valid point. The problem right now is that there are no good in game tutorials and the interface is not intuitive for new players. Hopefully this will change soon. I think a part of the problem though is that you're brain is probably hard-wired for the keyboard layout used in WOW and many other MMOs, which is different from FFXIV. Take some time to look at the controls section of the instruction booklet. You can select the mob with the left mouse button, you have to hit enter to confirm that you want to cast a spell on a target. Also, if you got a gamepad that you can connect to the PC then try that out since I think a lot of people would agree it has a more intuitive feel to it.

[Ciden]

@ Kilta:
and thank you for calling out the malicious nature of Vix in that last gem they plopped onto this thread. People who aren't original tend to lash out at other people for expressing their thoughts or feelings instead of sharing with us and Square for that matter what ideas they might have to make the game better. Yes we may disagree, but that makes you neither right nor wrong in a journey to understand what it truly is we want from this game in the future. If you close your ears to other's viewpoints you don't gain any deeper insight into your own and how it could be better if we took the time and consideration for each other.

Kilta I noticed you always take the time and kindness to understand people and I think it a model of what this community should be like for others new and old, a welcoming place where everything isn't "gay" (wow ref. that stuff drove me to quitting that game)

[PandaTaru]

ok really vix... this isn't cool. Really why are ppl bashing this guy >.> like this. This isn't how the ffxi/ffxiv community should be like.

What do you expect... He posts a thread in the general forum saying the game sucks because he couldn't read the manual. At least 2/3 of the problems he has are explained in either the manual or in the tutorials on lodestone.

But still, people shouldn't be so harsh with him since he's just ranting because he is upset and not trolling.

[Ciden]

@Kilta
sorry thread! 1 more. And I think it's cool you're from the Hill. I'm in Lynn, Lynn, city of sin ;D