MMO on rails confirmed!

[Zumi]

No its good game design to lead players from quest hub to quest hub so they don't have to look up on a web site where they should go.

Also its not on rails because you don't have to quest for exp if you don't want to. You can queue up in the content finder run a dungeon for exp. Just think if you had the content finder in the current version and could queue up for totorak you would be getting a lot of exp from clearing out the place when you were lv25. ARR is suppose to have more dungeons for leveling purposes.

You can form a party and grind mobs if you want they said this will still work but questing would give you more exp.

[Babydoll]

If this is how questing is that's fine. i like it how it is now as long as there is open world content and long instances that involve strategy like nyzul I'll be happeh =D

[Ruisu]

OH MY GOSH INSTANCED CONTENT! YOU MEAN IT'S GOING TO NOW BE A LOBBY GAME! FUN!


So lobby game with little open world, with a linear quest system.

But he proved your point. Regardless if it's instanced or not. Also, lol, "little" open world. The world map being open world and having dungeons be instanced is "little" open world.

Sorry, I'm just a realist. I can play any single player game if I wanted to have a linear gameplay. Heck Morrowind has more adventure than 2.0

You sure do know a lot about a game you haven't played yet, don't you?

[Gumbercules]

only good thing about this thread is that Im taking it as Rokiens goodbye rant :P

[Andrien]

Everyone in this forum is now dumber after reading the first post in this thread.

[Onidemon]

Hello again, it's me Rokien! So with Reinheart's translation, my initial worry was correct!

"Yes, when you first reach a area by following the “!” (Exclamation mark) it leads to another ! We are currently making those links."

Why do you even bother? Since the start of the forums a year ago and the video presentation of 2.0 its quite obvious that yoshi-p does not want this game to follow XI's footsteps. You have the right to like XI and even to think it was the best mmo ever but based on facts XI did not appeal to many people. It was a very small niche who played that game.

So putting yourself in the shoes of the producer with all the pressure of higher management to make this a bit success, will you go back to grind parties who appealed to very few people or a formula that reached millions of players?

I'm quite happy with Yoshi-p's direction and so is most of people who saw the recent 2.0 news. Yoshi-p is on the right track and so let him do what he knows because he knows better than you.


I'd take ! Quests leading me from area to another over stupid and repetitive grind parties and mindless quests that take you from X to all the way to the other side of the world so you can talk to one NPC and come back. WOW was successful because they understood what the MAJORITY think is fun and enjoyable. Its simple and Yoshi-P got that so god bless him.

[Grim_Lion]

Hello again, it's me Rokien! So with Reinheart's translation, my initial worry was correct!

"Yes, when you first reach a area by following the “!” (Exclamation mark) it leads to another ! We are currently making those links."

Cant tell if Trolling or Farming Post Counts. Maybe Both.

[Biggs]

You can still grind if you want, all that was said on the topic was that it will no longer Be the main means of leveling up. There is a HUGE difference. He has stated 1000 times that it will be a game for every type of player: if you still want to go grind for xp I bet you still can. Stop spreading disinformation that has zero basis in fact. This op should be called: "ffxiv to not be identicle to ffxi" . Big surprise, it's 2 different games. Why don't we actually play the game first before making threads like this

[Starlord]

Cant tell if Trolling or Farming Post Counts. Maybe Both.

I notice that:

- He posts more on his Threads that he does in other threads
- When he feels like he's "Right" he posts back to back comments
- When the comment that was posted stuck his heart he ignores the post and other answers to posts that he can win
- When his Thread is totally against him, he stops posting and makes a new thread.

[khaled]

Some will do as current grind , some will do it this way.

It's a matter of choice and you'll see.