Questions about your reception to Dawntrail

[DiaDeem]

When did you start playing?

September 2013 on PS3

Will you play DT at launch, and are you looking forward to it? Why or why not?

I will, and I'm very much so looking forward to it. As to why, honestly the answer is very simple: I just have fun. I'm also very excited about the graphical overhaul. As I play through Danwtrail, I'm also gonna replay the entire story in NG+ whenever I have some random free time, just to see everything with the new visuals.

Did the media tour sway your decision, and do you think there's any way you'll change your mind before DT actually comes out?

Nope and nope, unless they suddenly change the sub to $60 a month or something.

[EusisLandale]

When did you start playing?

Late ARR.

Will you play DT at launch, and are you looking forward to it? Why or why not?

Only because it'll take some time for a game I'm importing at the same time to actually get here, once that's here this game'll be on hold. I'm not particularly looking forward to it due to it being a lot more of the same in the absolute worst ways.

Did the media tour sway your decision, and do you think there's any way you'll change your mind before DT actually comes out?

Yes it did, because once again seeing that it's just more of the same in the worst ways. There isn't anywhere near enough time for them to do something that'll change my mind. But who knows, maybe they'll actually do something by 7.2 and not change the date where we can expect something to be fixed again before then.

[Kayokane]

When did you start playing?

1.x

Will you play DT at launch, and are you looking forward to it? Why or why not?

I'll be in Early Access. Yes, I am looking forward to it, the story seems like it'll be interesting.

Did the media tour sway your decision, and do you think there's any way you'll change your mind before DT actually comes out?

Not really, Media Tour is only really a hype engine. I don't think my mind will change before DT release.

[AnimaAnimus]

Started in beta foir 1.0. First expansion I am very indifferent about and have been getting less and less hyped for as the live letters and media tour pieces of news come out.

Nothing really looks exciting outside of the FFXI raid and after what they did to the Twelve, I am very apprehensive on what they will do to the Shadow Lord and others. The combat news is very disappointing as well. I literally dropped smn as my main the moment I saw that dumb new Bahamut.

I was really hoping for new protagonists, our lil troupe of scholars that have been tagging along since 1.0/2.0 are getting really old and I really want to be able to explore and experience the world on my own, with the locals of that area and without being told how to expereince it from the Leveilleur and Co. guided tour. And frankly if I have to see Graha eating one more taco....

[TheMightyMollusk]

I feel like this one is the first with this many people either uneasy or straight up apathetic to the newest expansion.

It happens at literally every expansion, every patch, and pretty much every event, announcement, or any time the dev team sneezes.

Anyway: Started in Heavensward. I'll be here at early access, unless the servers blow up like at EW's launch, in which case I might just go find something else to do until it calms down a bit. Somewhat looking forward to it, but having half a patch to build up to it unlike the two whole patches of the last three expansions didn't really do it any favors. Didn't really pay attention to the media tour, so it has no real effect on me one way or the other.

[SeverianLyonesse]

I also have to point out that forums like this will tend to skew toward " I will play," given that only accounts that have been active in the past 14 days are allowed to post.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I also have to point out that forums like this will tend to skew toward " I will play," given that only accounts that have been active in the past 14 days are allowed to post.

Yeah, but the biggest doom posters are also here so.





As for an answer, beta of 1.0, and yes I'll be playing. I still enjoy the game, so why wouldn't I?

[Tsurayu]

Of the pre-launch periods I've seen since I started playing the game in StB, I feel like this one is the first with this many people either uneasy or straight up apathetic to the newest expansion. I haven't seen reactions as polarizing on the short time I've been using the forums, so I got curious.

Hopefully it'll be a good way for Squenix to gather data on both what is keeping the satisfied party here, and what is pushing the unsatisfied party away.

• When did you start playing?
• Will you play DT at launch, and are you looking forward to it? Why or why not?
• Did the media tour sway your decision, and do you think there's any way you'll change your mind before DT actually comes out?
  

I started playing during the Early Access of A Realm Reborn.

Yes. I will play Dawntrail at launch, and I am looking forward to it. Sure, there are some battle/gameplay changes I'm disappointed by, too, but overall I'm far more excited than I am disappointed by a few minor gripes.

And no, the media tour didn't really do anything to sway my decision one way or the other. To be honest, I've always found each expansion media tours to be the most pointless form of advertisement. It's little more than an invite for the 'cool kids' and what they get to show us after embargo is usually either not that interesting to begin with compared to what SE has already shown off in a previous LL, or something that is so old that it has changed by the time we have access to the full game.

[SeverianLyonesse]

Yeah, but the biggest doom posters are also here so.





As for an answer, beta of 1.0, and yes I'll be playing. I still enjoy the game, so why wouldn't I?

Just the ones who have played in the past 14 days. Which however many there may be, hints at even more who can't even post here.

Also, compartmentalizing critics as "doomposters" is rarely productive commentary.

[nia_saeli]

[*] When did you start playing?

ARR Beta Test

[*] Will you play DT at launch, and are you looking forward to it? Why or why not?

I will play it from the early access. I am not looking forward to it, but I don't want to come in with a "it's gonna suck" mindset either.
1. How bad the 6.x MSQ was and how it managed to make the 6.0 MSQ feel worse in retrospect.
2. How boring the jobs and content look. I haven't cared much for any of the Endwalker content at all and if it weren't for content like Eureka, Palace of the Dead and Heaven on High still being available (and fun)I probably would have unsubbed. I'm just not confident that SE can make engaging content anymore.

[*] Did the media tour sway your decision, and do you think there's any way you'll change your mind before DT actually comes out?

I think this is the best way to explain my Dawntrail Journey.



I was super excited back when it was announced, but each piece of information that we got has kind of taken all the excitement out of it.