The ONE Deal-Breaking Feature You MUST Have

[Griffster]

Cross-server content finder.

I played Tera a bit and the cross server instances were the focus of a ton of drama. Without server reputation to mitigate terrible behavior you see the worst in people. It would take good strategy to prevent abuses. No kick from party, standard loot drop rules, etc.

My deal breaker would be lack of world story. Thats what kept me in FFXI for so long, doing RoZ, CoP ToAU, WotG. Good stories interwoven in the game.

[Eekiki]

Fun.

/10char

[Seif]

Better combat. But it's a close tie between combat and story. The current story imo is pretty "meh".

[Colino]

lol, just trying to have a little fun in the morning.

NO! NEVAAAAAR!

Better combat. But it's a close tie between combat and story. The current story imo is pretty "meh".

I don't mind the overall story line, it's just that sometimes the dialogue gets a little convoluted and it takes a long time to get a point across.

[Mirage]

A well-designed auction house and interface for using it.

[Krausus]

pointless thread is pointless, I doubt hardly any of you would quit if your one reason wasn't addressed.

[Keres]

pointless thread is pointless, I doubt hardly any of you would quit if your one reason wasn't addressed.

I don't know, 2.0 is being seen as the time when (according to the expectations of the dev team as well as the community itself) all of the current game's major problems will be fixed, and really the only opportunity for fundamental engine-level issues to be fixed. If we get into 2.0 and it turns out that there are still some engine-level issues that keep us from enjoying the game, then being that there'd be little to no chance of those issues ever being fixed in the game's lifetime, why would one continue to play in those circumstances if those issues were of significant importance to that person?

Not saying that such a thing would be a dealbreaker for everyone, nor is it particularly likely (I have faith in the new engine from what we've seen and heard so far), but it's still a possibility.

Regarding the "softer" issues like content and story, yeah, I don't think it's likely that anyone would immediately drop the game because those sorts of things are constantly evolving and improving over time.

[Onisake]

I don't know, 2.0 is being seen as the time when (according to the expectations of the dev team as well as the community itself) all of the current game's major problems will be fixed, and really the only opportunity for fundamental engine-level issues to be fixed. If we get into 2.0 and it turns out that there are still some engine-level issues that keep us from enjoying the game, then being that there'd be little to no chance of those issues ever being fixed in the game's lifetime, why would one continue to play in those circumstances if those issues were of significant importance to that person?

Not saying that such a thing would be a dealbreaker for everyone, nor is it particularly likely (I have faith in the new engine from what we've seen and heard so far), but it's still a possibility.

Regarding the "softer" issues like content and story, yeah, I don't think it's likely that anyone would immediately drop the game because those sorts of things are constantly evolving and improving over time.

Like i mentioned in my post, it's about retaining the customer base. we may not quite right at 2.0 launch. but we would eventually quit. and that's a problem for SE.

a lack of content isn't really a 'soft' issue. SWTOR and D3 all are having a similar problem that FFXIV did at launch. lots of people joined. but there's nothing to keep them there. the difference being people left FFXIV from design flaws. not from lack of content. FFXIV has both to contend with atm. and 2.0 should fix some of that.

For me personally, FFXI and FFXIV right now have a good pace of releasing new content. I'm not super hardcore so i'm not completing all content the day it comes out. it takes me a while. to finsih it. by the time i do, generally i can either go back to content i have not yet finished or new content is ready. This pace needs to be maintained to keep a health player base.

FFXI had the right of it, because the new content was pretty varied. games like WoW and CoH were a bit more limited in design, so new content was generally all the same flavor.

without a doubt, i will eventually quit if stale content is released. or no new content is released. IE: it's a deal breaker.

[Mirage]

pointless thread is pointless, I doubt hardly any of you would quit if your one reason wasn't addressed.

I can assure you that I would.

I can still squeeze a fair amount of enjoyment out of FF11, or maybe even TSW! I only play one MMO at a time, so the chance of me switching to a different game is very real.

Quitting FF14 isn't that much of a loss, after all. I've only invested a few months into it. I've quit games that I have played for way longer than that.

[Krausus]

I can assure you that I would.

I can still squeeze a fair amount of enjoyment out of FF11, or maybe even TSW! I only play one MMO at a time, so the chance of me switching to a different game is very real.

Quitting FF14 isn't that much of a loss, after all. I've only invested a few months into it. I've quit games that I have played for way longer than that.

Then you obviously dont have much invested (time or emotional wise) into the game to begin with and your one reason or quit shouldn't really even be considered as important.