The "SE Please take this game feature from..." thread. (Constructive Feedback)

[NaoSen]

If you could take a single feature directly from another online service game (Doesn't have to be MMORPG, no changing it, what is the most passionate thing to you to for it and why. Be it a mechanic, feature, system the "I wish FF had this ..." or "I wish FF was like this ...". I know existing content may make it not work at all but the idea's for feedback.

Game:
World of Warcraft

Feature:
Class variety.

What I like about it:
When I play a different class or in some cases, different specialization in the same class, it changes the entire pacing and feel for the game to me, maybe I can take on more mobs but kill slower, maybe I rely on burst damage to kill something because I'm more fragile, maybe I have a pet to tank for me, how I approach healing changing.

How it differs to me from FF:
In FF it feels like I am just pressing different buttons to achieve the same effect, even entire roles don't feel that different. Every 30 second / 1 minute / 2 minute do this thing, I feel no identity change, no gameplay change, it's just a different thing to remember.

[Raim]

I wish they would overhaul Fates and take Instant Adventures from Rift. In Rift you could queue into groups in the open world doing dynamic events on the fly. The game would matchmake you with any of the parties with open slots and direct you towards each event. As you chained events you'd get more rewards up to a certain point. Ideally, they would make Fates more rewarding by giving them bicolor gemstones at all level ranges, tomes, gil, etc and let you exchange said gemstones for the same items as hunts.

[Hallarem]

You need to understand that this game is old and to give new devs jobs. QoL and new designs are not possible sometimes. We should feel lucky that they really love us and give us something every other year. I think its rreally arrogant to wish for change in formula. Yoshi P had done his best and will keep this going for 10 more years as top MMO even passing WoW

Remember to smile

[Kaurhz]

You need to understand that this game is old and to give new devs jobs. QoL and new designs are not possible sometimes. We should feel lucky that they really love us and give us something every other year. I think its rreally arrogant to wish for change in formula. Yoshi P had done his best and will keep this going for 10 more years as top MMO even passing WoW

Remember to smile

The flipside to this is, it is arrogance to expect to run for another decade without at least changes and investment in their legacy systems.

[ryouma17]

theres many features i would love to see added however i am posting on the english forum so anything i suggest will be ignored by the devs and i have no interest in going to the jap forum

[Mijeme]

I dont have the exact source but I heard from WoW refugees that they would get acosted for playing their favorite jobs that were outside the meta.

[Raraka]

Game:
PSO2:New Genesis

Feature:
Body paint, Hairstyles tied to glamour plate

What I like about it:

Body paint works as a layer under the clothes, and usually things like socks, tattoos, stockings, gloves and such fall under this layer. What this allows is for more complex styles, and more seamless transitions between leg-shoe pieces for socks and such

Hairstyles beign tied to Plates is self explanatory, you sometimes want a more agressive look for a style, tied hair for a jacket, or long flowy hair for a dress, so it allows me to pick how my character does their hair based on look without summoning the aesthetician

How it differs to me from FF:

Body paint is non existent in 14, and if you try for example, 2B bottoms with Frontier shoes, you will notice how the stocking CUTS right at the end of the leg, leaving the bare foot exposed in the shoe. It looks terrible, so a body paint layer would help to make it more seamless. They could even implement it how other games do, PSO2 has 2 slots for body paint, BDO has tattoo customization and underwear slot, and so on

On the topic of hairstyles, it always its a hassle to change your hair for a different one. You have to even cancel queue if you are waiting for a duty in order to do it. So having a "Hair" slot on plates that you can freely set would go a long way into improving looks. PLUS now that there is hairs on the mogstation the feature would possibly boost sales

Bottom note is, more character customization is good, but it needs systems to support it in order to give it more shelf life

[Valence]

Game:
FFXIV Heavensward

Feature:
Jobs

[Connor]

Game: FFXI

Feature: Subjobs

Let me use Cure and Thunder as a Bard again like I did in 1.0! Yoshi-P I double dare you to do it.

What I like about it: I enjoyed the freedom it gave players in terms of what they could contribute to the party. Plus being able to move certain abilities from one job to another is a fairly common mechanic Final Fantasy games featuring jobs.

How is differs from XIV: the sheer fact players are even allowed to make a choice is a massive difference from XIV lol. The game makes our decisions for us here

[Kranel_San]

You need to understand that this game is old and to give new devs jobs. QoL and new designs are not possible sometimes. We should feel lucky that they really love us and give us something every other year. I think its rreally arrogant to wish for change in formula. Yoshi P had done his best and will keep this going for 10 more years as top MMO even passing WoW

Remember to smile

I'm not sure if this is legit or sarcasm.

Let's just remember that WoW's engine is almost as old as FFXI itself (It was also Warcraft 3 engine) yet holds incredibly well even to this day, with far more flexibility than what we have here in XIV