How pysched are you about ARR?

[LlenCoram]

I am incredibly excited. Ugly animations aside, I'm having a hard time deciding what I want to do first.

I'll log in, watch the new CS explaining the new world (I'm sure we'll have one), then... I don't know. Maybe I'll put on my walking boots, call Kwefka over, and start exploring the new maps. Maybe I'll visit Fishermen's Bottom, see what new flies and lures are available. I could get myself a new rod and learn the new fishing mechanic, at the same time learning what fish are available and where. I could run to the Arcanists guild and start learning the new class. Maybe I'll rush off to the Limsa housing area and buy myself a beautiful piece of land right on the water. With the help of my friends I could get it set up into a cozy little place where my shell will enjoy hanging out.

And that's just in La Noscea!

The entire world will be different, with new quests and areas and fights and adventures to be had. Sure their marketing kinda sucks, but I know for a fact all of my friends and I will be there to see what's new. The launch of the game will have a lot to do, and there's more being worked on down the road (like musketeer!). Personally, I'm very very excited.

[Babydoll]

I'm like 50/50

I'm always excited to try a new SE game. Just that...I have not seen nearly enough to honestly get hyped over it because I do not know much about it I've stopped trying to convince my friends to play...gave up on that after the infamous "flood" never happened.

They need to share a lot more with us..or at least let us try to beta before I can really decide. Not that excited about the beta either...

The gambit system looks promising, all the fan service and open world content....that stuff I look forward to I guess...

[Azurymber]

Imagine meteor getting closer every 3 days.
New monsters falling from the sky
npcs being killed (and not just disappearing but lying on the ground dead where they used to stand)
Monsters in all the main cities

They seriously could have pulled off a 2-month long apocalypse with minimal effort. A few new mobs which they could have just based on old ones (ex. death elementals, mutated mobs), and a week-long ending event.

Instead a few extra cactaur spawned at some camps and stuff like that....
And there doesn`t seem to be any actual information about what ending event there will be.

SE had the opportunity to create a ton of pre-end tensions and actually destroy their own world (which would have been great symbolically)
It also would have attracted a -ton- of people back if they did it without closing registration until the last week. And all those people witnessing an entire MMO world utterly destroyed, would want to know what happened after (which they would find out in AAR)

That`s good marketing. And SE gave up one of the best marketing and promotional opportunities of all time.

I hope the ending week will be good :x

[Gokulo]

You already have people complaining they can't do stuff because of the Imperial Invasion and you seriously think a 2-month long apocalypse is a good idea? :P

[Mug]

Imagine meteor getting closer every 3 days.
New monsters falling from the sky
npcs being killed (and not just disappearing but lying on the ground dead where they used to stand)
Monsters in all the main cities

They seriously could have pulled off a 2-month long apocalypse with minimal effort. A few new mobs which they could have just based on old ones (ex. death elementals, mutated mobs), and a week-long ending event.

Instead a few extra cactaur spawned at some camps and stuff like that....
And there doesn`t seem to be any actual information about what ending event there will be.

SE had the opportunity to create a ton of pre-end tensions and actually destroy their own world (which would have been great symbolically)
It also would have attracted a -ton- of people back if they did it without closing registration until the last week. And all those people witnessing an entire MMO world utterly destroyed, would want to know what happened after (which they would find out in AAR)

That`s good marketing. And SE gave up one of the best marketing and promotional opportunities of all time.

I hope the ending week will be good :x

According to the last news article on the Lodestone, people are panicking. Um...where exactly? Hopefully, they saved the best stuff for the end, but the build-up has been so underwhelming. Random monsters popping en masse at certain areas on the map, does not exactly have me on the edge of my seat.

I have enjoyed the Grand Company quests, though. They did a good job on that part.

[leomike35]

Im very excited but this wait is shaping up to be kinda hard. I'm sucking it up though as it can only get closer day by day. I figure after 1.0 shuts down then all news has to be about 2.0. They won't have any reason to have community contests to try and tide us over. The true rubber should meet the road. Until then I'm finishing botanist and then maybe I'll go on a screen shot tour.

[Cynthis]

I was pretty excited by all the new features but it feel like every time we hear some news it seems like there are fewer and fewer new things ready at release which also seems to be later and later. Combine that with some of the things they are introducing that I don't like like level capping content and I am borderline not caring anymore.

[Ruisu]

Personally I'm not.

Gee, what a surprise.

[Starlord]

Doom and Gloom the world is going to end!! Oh wait it is! :O

PS: I am excited about ARR

Personally I'm not.

You know.. if your not "excited" about ARR.. then what are your reasons for coming on the forums then? Nothing you say will really change Yoshi mind about X thing(s) at this point. I just don't get it, at this point it pointless to stay if you think ARR is going to drown in the same ship they sunk 2 years ago.

Just seems pointless to me.

[Jynx]

I'm excited tenative on the Alpha/Beta how I feel when/if I get into it.