What XIV can take from XI to make it better

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Here is the biggest thing IMO I think xi did way better than xiv is doing: creating a sense of national pride. The cities in xiv are gorgeous, more so than even the ones I came to love in xi, but they are utterly devoid of character. If you need proof then look no further than how quickly after launch everyone just began using uldah as a hub. Certainly I understand the multiple factors that play into why this happened, but I couldn't help but feel like this could have easily been avoided by creating a system that had players investing in their home country. Conquest was awesome but I am not looking for a cut and paste system of it in xiv. What they could do is have teams from each city that players can sign up for to be on that pvp against players from the other cities. Maybe incorporate gc seal standings in for each city each week for those that don't like pvp and offer npc items that are only available to the winning city each week. There really is no shortage of ways to do things like this, and somehow the original dev team chose none of them. I love Limsa, and only wish SE would show effort that reflects how much love they have for the things they created.

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[ShivenCasull]

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Having a leader board type competition is great for prolonging the life of a game.

SE already does a good job with the GC Heroes idea. Possibly make it so these rankings give a bonus for the respective GC members?

[Biggs]

Having a leader board type competition is great for prolonging the life of a game.

SE already does a good job with the GC Heroes idea. Possibly make it so these rankings give a bonus for the respective GC members?

And put that somewhere in the game, not on a seperate board. Not to mention maybe give those people or their FC access to goods through npc's they couldnt normally get.