Lifeless world ?

[Freyane]

Heya

I suppose everybody watched the FFXIV ARR alpha trailer.

And the world seems "frozen". No NPC moving around, no market, no house, bar or whatever. Perhaps they didn't implement this feature that provide a total immersion... or maybe 2.0 will be another static/frozen world where day and night NPC are standing still ? Hope they will bring some life in there, so we can also enjoy exploring.

[Akira_Tenshi]

It will seem a lot more lively when there are loads of players running around.

[ShinigamiKayla]

Heya

I suppose everybody watched the FFXIV ARR alpha trailer.

And the world seems "frozen". No NPC moving around, no market, no house, bar or whatever. Perhaps they didn't implement this feature that provide a total immersion... or maybe 2.0 will be another static/frozen world where day and night NPC are standing still ? Hope they will bring some life in there, so we can also enjoy exploring.

its alpha o.o... they don't even have a lot of the new models and stuff loaded in yet >.>

[Nayto]

Nah, it'll prolly still be lifeless on release. I remembered that I read somewhere that the guild 'activities' that NPCs do would be worked on, but that's it for liveliness (And they'd probably be on a loop as well anyways).

[odintius]

It's alpha for one and the other there has been treads that dev's have respond to exactly what you talking about and will try bring life to the game. Know that can mean allot of thing to different people though because each of us have are own view and what that should be like.

[Vydos]

Heya

I suppose everybody watched the FFXIV ARR alpha trailer.

And the world seems "frozen". No NPC moving around, no market, no house, bar or whatever. Perhaps they didn't implement this feature that provide a total immersion... or maybe 2.0 will be another static/frozen world where day and night NPC are standing still ? Hope they will bring some life in there, so we can also enjoy exploring.

I can tell you one thing for sure. They did not show everything in that video. Notice how they avoided any interiors and it's partly for a reason I believe. And not because they look awful. They actually look better. At least from what I managed to find out there. But NDA and all doesn't allow me to say more than that on this forum.

I'll just leave it at. "It's alpha and they didn't show everything in that video. So be patient, you'll end up pleasantly surprised."

[CakeBandit]

Would be nice to see a NPC or 2 running/walking through certain areas in town, but oh well. I've grown use to the way 1.X was in terms of this.

[Jacien]

its alpha o.o... they don't even have a lot of the new models and stuff loaded in yet >.>

I'll just leave it at. "It's alpha and they didn't show everything in that video. So be patient, you'll end up pleasantly surprised."

"Oh nooo, guys. You can't say the reason why is because it's in alpha, the same thing happened in 1.0! If you don't complain about it now, they won't change it!"

</sarcasm>

Good thing no one has said that yet, which plenty have done so before... Those that don't understand the core changes to the team and the development schedules are the ones that irk me.

[Wolfie]

"Guys this unfinished game looks bad. What gives?"

[Lirion]

And despite all that it felt more lively than 1.0 ever did. Anyway it's alpha where only two races are playable, a lot of things are missing.