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.

[Tonkra]

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

well you cant always count just on players, although its an MMorpg.. even in FFXII we had NPC's within the cities who walked around.

i think that makes the difference between a standard B MMO and an A Rate MMorpg. the small things.. which makes the MMO more special and lively.

these small things do make the difference... they create an atmosphere and let players stick to the world.

[Elexia]

i think that makes the difference between a standard B MMO and an A Rate MMorpg. the small things.. which makes the MMO more special and lively.

Funny you should say this. FFXI was all about the attention to the details of the world, as you say: the small things. XIV also pays attention to some small things like making monsters realistic, but then took away some behavior because of cry babies. This is the one problem SE will have if they just stick with making this MMO fit in rather than doing a lot more with it.

[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 >.>

[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.

[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).

[KaplanHomahru]

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).

If you dun know what you're talking about, dun talk at all!

With the changes we'll be making to the maps in A Realm Reborn we will also be changing the location of NPCs. Additionally, we will be adding more liveliness to NPCs in the field similar to NPCs in guilds who are cooking and training.

After A Realm Reborn launches we will also look into adding even more aspects to NPCs to make the game feel alive.

[Starlord]

If you dun know what you're talking about, dun talk at all!

I think the Reps, should compile all the Rep posts that deal with FFXIV ARR ( and sticky it). That way people won't have a reason to be like " Well I can't find it!" XD

[KaplanHomahru]

I think the Reps, should compile all the Rep posts that deal with FFXIV ARR ( and sticky it). That way people won't have a reason to be like " Well I can't find it!" XD

I only had to go back like ten pages! XD