Press and player reactions to the new XIV

[Sirakitty]

i think gameplay videos are coming up eventually. people just gotta be a lil more patient. they just decided to bring that trailer out first. i think voice acting isnt too bad and background music is good.

[neorei]

yeah we need a gameplay video 100% to convince the masses

[Fear]

This is just a very small teaser, when Gamescon hits we'll must likely be flooded with gameplay footage and a real full trailer.

From SE's point of view they probably don't want to advertise 2.0 untill its almost out otherwise people will buy the current version and complain

[HiirNoivl]

Maybe a Demo?

[Fear]

Maybe a Demo?

Can't really demo an MMORPG, but I bet we'll be seeing a benchmark soon.

[AsterBarnivere]

Can't really demo an MMORPG, but I bet we'll be seeing a benchmark soon.

Says who?
Dragon Nest had a demo.
TERA has demos.

[Rau]

Can't really demo an MMORPG, but I bet we'll be seeing a benchmark soon.

Free until level 15?
Limited Access to Markets. 50k gil cap.

[SuzakuCMX]

Free until level 15?
Limited Access to Markets. 50k gil cap.

EDIT: I'M DUMB AND CAN'T READ

Also should only be able to do 15 on one class and only 1 char.

[Rau]

EDIT: I'M DUMB AND CAN'T READ

Also should only be able to do 15 on one class and only 1 char.

I feel like the purpose of the demo should be to show the flexibility of the one character/all class content. Maybe cap at 10, and show all jobs?

IF it's ANY consolation AT ALL, my cousin came over to stay a few days at my place. She has NEVER before played this game! And she has never played a FF title or mmo (Though she has played Runescape o.O...and hated it >.>). I said, "Hey! Wanna give FFXIV a shot?" she said, "I guess.."

So I made one of my characters inactive, and purchased another character slot and let her create a character on my account.

Anyway, I let her play and she couldn't stop. She asked me all sorts of questions along the lines of, 'Will her pc run it?' 'If not, does she need an adaptor for her ps3' (She never really took her ps3 online...but remembers me having to have to buy an adapter for FFXI), 'How much is it?', etc etc. She said when she gets a job, she'd love to get the game herself.

She is not a FF Fangirl.
She was not here for FFXIV's 1st release.
She never played it before.
And yet she loved it.

PRE-2.0 and she loved it.

So what does that tell you?

Your cousin apparently has an exceptionally low standard of fun. One outlying case doesn't count a significant number of people who start playing the game, and then leave within a week because the game is still boring pre-40 because they can't find parties.

[neorei]

well with GW2 coming out in Aug and pandaland coming out in September we need a good punch to get this game through or we might have to depend on china to keep this game afloat.