Very limited content at ARR launch :( ?

[Altanas]

I'm a little disappointed but it makes sense to hold things like crystal tower back until the new population are levelled up and care about it.

No companies means no guild facilities i assume? and of course no free company primals for a while

If we dont have chocobo raising, I guess we wont be raising chocobos to fight side by side for quite some time then

Player housing is another basic MMO staple. Greatly disappointed about even more waiting for that.

My subtle concern is that perhaps they are holding back to see what subscription numbers are like. If they are poor there will be a free to play announcement with a shop to buy this content... ... ....

[Babydoll]

As it stands now, I find 2.0's progress and presentation to be reminiscent of the way 1.0 was introduced.

Yeah me too. :/ They said this time they are going to listen to the player base more...we shall see heh.

[Xatsh]

I want to know what endgame this game will have at launch.

They better not only have 1-2 dungeons at launch like half these mmo release with or it will be 1.0 all over again.

Lack of content is the #1 killer of mmos.... I hope SE learned that from 1.0's launch.

if there is not enough endgame SE just needs to postpone the launch 2-3 months and add it.

[Starlord]

I want to know what endgame this game will have at launch.

They better not only have 1-2 dungeons at launch like half these mmo release with or it will be 1.0 all over again.

Lack of content is the #1 killer of mmos.... I hope SE learned that from 1.0's launch.

if there is not enough endgame SE just needs to postpone the launch 2-3 months and add it.

Well, Most of the 500k+ people that played at Launch barely made it past 15 before calling it quits, because of how Horrid things got, UI ( sucked) Lag (Terrible), and barely any (low/mid end Content). While I agree there needs to be some sort of end-game Content at launch ( and I'm sure SE has something planned for end-game content at Launch). I believe there main priority needs to be for the Newcomers and Returners ( most returners are still very low level, and they might even just re-roll at that point).

UI/Network/Low-mid Content needs to take Priority. ( but yes at least 1 end-game content at launch would be enough till they add in Crystal Tower and such).

That's how I feel anyways when I first played FFXIV.

[ProxyFate]

Whoa stop right there everyone...

First off before people let this run away from them he said no chocobo RACING, not raising. You will still have the raising of your own chocobo with future updates allowing you to have more then one.

Next, there will be 3 new story lines to follow

There are new instances they said they are bring out , just not crystal tower at the relaunch

A new land to explore,

New classes/jobs

and more....

Chill out with the doom and gloom and see how it goes. I know people are freaked out that this could be 1.0 again, but i think Yoshi at least deserves for his release to happen before we play judge/jury.

Last, if he doesn't deliver enough, oh well. We just move on.

[Synthesis]

Do not worry much, game will still be in better shape than now with more to do.

However I understand others expect more, especially those who didnt pay attention to current version. PvP should imo be included at start, this alone will add more content itself. On other hands I would rather to have it perfect bit later (month-two) than screwed pvp from start.

edit : I agree, that more should be in game at start. That will have an impact on reviews as OP said.

[Curcio]

I want to know what endgame this game will have at launch.

They better not only have 1-2 dungeons at launch like half these mmo release with or it will be 1.0 all over again.

Lack of content is the #1 killer of mmos.... I hope SE learned that from 1.0's launch.

if there is not enough endgame SE just needs to postpone the launch 2-3 months and add it.

I can understand where you're coming from but I hope FFXIV takes nothing from the quality of the dungeons of other MMOs. More is not necessarily better. In the case of SWTOR, all hardmode dungeons could be done in the span of a few days.

In the case of FFXIV, most people still haven't actually beaten AV/CC.

While I would love to see 7+ new dungeons, I think 2~4 is more likely a realistic number ALONG WITH alliance content (multiple parties) and world NMs like Behemoth and Odin.

Not to mention I hope they continue along the line of difficult story missions. Van Darnus, Castrum Novum, etc.

If XIV's content was on the level of difficult of SWTOR's content, everyone would have darklight, everyone would have Garuda down, and most people would be killing hard mode darnus if they put a little bit of time into the game.

Make the endgame difficult, but fun, and focus on a steady stream of content for everyone - New people should be left out. Give them dungeons and NMs to kill and cool gear to find.

[Babydoll]

Are the new classes/jobs really coming? Because that kind of contradicts what he just said in the interview about having none at the launch. This whole thing confuses me so much, I wish they would just update the website with what is planned to be there and stick with it even if it means waiting a bit longer.

I was just looking back at a post Yoshida said

Producer/Director Yoshida here,

Thanks for continuing feedbacks on the spell casting.
We are looking through the comments so even with patch 1.22 or after on current or 2.0 we will look into making changes.

Once adjustment details on 1.22 is confirmed will update on it!
And just a little bit... (about 2.0)

We had a meeting with FFXI dev/management/other related departments regarding the entire project

Looking through current, checking on the project goals and checking the mile stones status, and within that meeting we also exposed the 2.0 FFXIV client which already started the QA process. This is really a large scale project and running alongside with current version we have to actually look to feel the reality of this.
(Remaking a MMO in year & half is something the dev team also believes it's not realistic ^^

So the 2.0 client is finished to a level where is reality.
For that swapping the maps for dungeons, transferring the contents and renewal, releasing lots of quest, how much to include using mass production. We're currently in that phase.

And after that it's just battle with time. To show to everyone it will require some more time. For myself I want to show the actual 2.0 FFXIV as a game and I apologize for dragging this but for now please fight against the 7th Umbral Era and wait for it.

So does that mean its nearly done? Still in Alpha...idgi....

[Arcell]

Honestly the purpose of 2.0 was to rebuild the entire game in proper, well working order, not for content. If the game is in a much better state than it is now, I'll be happy. We're going to have an entirely new world to explore. We're going to have entirely new storylines to follow and complete. We're going to have to learn to play the game all over again.

I can wait for the content as long as launch delivers on an improved experience and new world. I mean I don't even have all my classes to 50, I still have quests to complete, I still haven't beaten everything I would like to. I've got things to do, I can wait for the other stuff.

[DrJackal]

i think you guys are forgetting few things
- if crystal tower is quality raid (with 6~10 bosses , cool design , fun & challenging boss fights) it can hold players (or at least raiders ) for 1~2 months just like other MMOs

2- the small team running 1.0 now and 2.0 team will become one which mean updates will come in faster rate.

3- every game subs number will drop after (re)launch, if they can have decent update on the 1st 2 months the damage will be minimum .