How pysched are you about ARR?

[Azurymber]

Personally I'm not.

SE had the opportunity to end 1.0 in a bang, and set up ARR to be an amazing game.
But instead we got very little specifics about 2.0, and 1.0 hasn't changed in months minus a few small things.

The last 2 months should have been an aggressive campaign to impress current players, and make them -really- want to come back. I say this because it will essentially be up to current players and word of mouth to make this game a success.

Marketing a "fixed" game will not work. No matter how many ads are posted online and on tv, there is too much negativity associated with xiv. And negativity on the internet doesn't disappear.

So I'm curious to see if other people are psyched about ARR. How impressed are you by the last 2 months? Is the info sufficient to make your mouth water? Do you honestly believe that ARR will be the best MMO out there?

[Hypnotic13371337]

*beta comes out with a badass trailer showing off the high points of the ingame gameplay and the beta test turns out to be better than people thought*

it could happen

[noxs]

ffxiv can't get worse so they have a new chance to do it right.. we just can wait and see what happen

[Elexia]

Not very. Used to be excited for it when I figured it was going to be 1.0 as it should have been, with a proper server architecture and client side interface that was very responsive like it's predecessor, but now it just seems like they're settling just to make it stand into the crowd, nothing particularly special.

ARR definitely won't be the best MMO out there, honestly there probably never will be a great MMO ever again as developers are content with trying to appeal to the "standard" and not tasking any more risks. As Daniel Erickson said as he was leaving Bioware, creating a game with the sole purpose of monetization in mind is not the same thing as creating a good game essentially.

That's all new MMOs are created for, they're not being created with risks or innovation in mind anymore. If SE does something to make ARR standout, maybe it'll do fine...however just slapping in FF locations and monsters that you don't even grind on..well, what does it have beyond basic MMO features? Why should you pick up ARR rather than any other existing MMO?

[Nero]

That's all new MMOs are created for, they're not being created with risks or innovation in mind anymore.

You can blame the Playerbase. ( from any MMO in General ).

[Tonkra]

Used to be excited for it when I figured it was going to be 1.0 as it should have been, with a proper server architecture and client side interface that was very responsive like it's predecessor

ah really? i would not have played 1.0. anymore if i have known that the game will remain the same (maps etc.) which are really horrible in 1.0.


i dont understand you people are you on crack or something? as if 1.0. (the recent version) is the most exciting game you have ever played.. this version is not updateable to a quality which would me get excited to play it..

its not possible.. it needs a new game. which 2.0. will be.


hopefully 2.0. will smash you flamers into your faces. i cant read that shit anymore.



but of course, the ones who "enjoy" the current version are still here, while the last 80% of players already left, because its a boring, old fashioned and flat game.
its very idiotic what is going on here the last weeks.

Um, duh? 1.0 is ending. I wouldnt be surprised if 80% of the population is 'afk till 2.0'.

so i am


bye bye version 1.0.




But well there is one good thing... people dont seem to be hyped that much anymore about ARR (although they saw just basics and one starter area, nothing more)
sooo maybe people will be surprised at its release.

right? i've played a lot of MMOs and i've never seen as many entitled crybabies as i have in these forums. makes me sick.

you are just SO RIGHT!

most of them seem to be oldschool FFXI veterans "oooh i want to have my grind game back .... i want to have old fashioned unfluent gameplay.. hours of fighting..." etc *flame flame*

so retarded.

[Elexia]

most of them seem to be oldschool FFXI veterans "oooh i want to have my grind game back .... i want to have old fashioned unfluent gameplay.. hours of fighting..." etc *flame flame*

so retarded.

You're targeting people who played MMOs before 2002/2003 if you're talking about "old school grinds."

[Raldo]

SE has sub-par marketing. Sadly, nothing new on that front.

[Colino]

*beta comes out with a badass trailer showingt off the high points of the ingame gameplay and the beta test turns out to be better than people thought*

it could happen

Or it couldn't. This is SE we're talking about.

SE has sub-par marketing. Sadly, nothing new on that front.

Precisely.

[Yrusama]

Or it couldn't. This is SE we're talking about.

That statement was addressing the possibility, not the likelihood. And to be honest, I'm sick of all of you dampening the already low excitement. Yes, SE should be showing us more to impress, but that doesn't mean we can't be excited regardless. You might not be excited, but quit bringing down anyone that is. Last I checked, it doesn't hurt anyone to be enthusiastic about a game release.